CAS AN 102 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
16 Feb 2017
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Mainly insectivorous (percussive foraging: always-growing incisors, elongated, thin middle finger. Vertical clingers & leapers: family: cheirogaleidae. Vertical clingers & leapers: family: indriidae. Social & diurnal, arboreal: live in family federations, mate monogamously, singleton births. Largest vertical lingers & leapers: family: lemuridae. Lorises, pottos, & angwantibos: nocturnal, solitary, omnivorous, slow climbers, no tail. Slow lorises venomous: family: galagonidae galagos & bushbabies. Nocturnal: males: solitary, females: form kin-based grp. "s. Omnivorous: insects, fruits, & gums: sub fossil lemurs, 26kya-560 yrs ago, 22-350 lbs, more diverse range of niches (e. g. koala-like, sloth-like, monkey-like, & gorilla- like, began going extinct when humans landed on madagascar (2000 yrs ago) Haplorhines: platyrrhini new world monkeys: cebinae, night monkeys (aotus, capuchin monkeys (cebus, central & south america, live in multi-male, multi-female grp. "s of 8-45 individuals, known for social learning & complex behaviors, very well known for cultural traditions:
