ANT203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bipedalism, Flowering Plant, Rhinarium
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Last class review: evolution, ns, macroevolution, classification, mammalian groups. Test on monday: m/c (30), fill-in-the-blanks, sa (definition section, point form is fine, explain theories and hypotheses), memorize tree diagram (chart) Today"s class: overview of the living primates part 1. What is a primate: members of the mammalian order primates. Includes lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys and apes: memorize chart - hint - pay close attention to superfamily = ends in oidea Sloth - not a primate claws not nails. 6 months: nocturnal, reduced dentition - no incisors or true canines. Forward facing eyes: mouse lemur - primate, reduced shout, grasping hands, quadrupedal and leaping, pentadactly - nails, not claws. Smallest of all primates (30-600 g: tarsier - primate, pentadactly, nails on most fingers, nocturnal, heterodont dentition, tree shrew - not a primate, no prehensile hands or feet. Slow loris - primate: grasping hands and feet, nails, heterodont dentition.
