ANT-1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Grooming Claw, Strepsirrhini, Potto
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Red=living monkeys and apes=tend to live in tropical climates aka near equator or near there. Consider less a primate because they don"t exhibit all the primatical traits. Ex,some don"t live in groups, relies less on vision, more on smell. Have dental combs, also grooming claws (used for grooming) aka toilet claw . Tend torely on smell and hearing and less on vision. Have specific teeth thing to have gaps to groom their fur, aka dental comb. Grooming claw = robust nail used for grooming and picking knits and parasites off their fur. Restricted to madagascar isolated from africa and went into their own evolution direction, currents in between. Madagascar and africa is short but strong currents results in no crossing over; therefore, isolated on madagascar lemurs evolved into their own family tree. Some live in groups, some are not as social.
