ANT 301 Lecture Notes - Rhinarium, Sportive Lemur, Aye-Aye
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Underlined and in red are a type of genus. Why did the characteristic features of primates evolve: forward-facing eyes are an adaptation nocturnal visual predation, alternative hypothesis (arboreal): these characteristics are for tree adaptation (bottom) : pygm possum, australia/new guinea: matt cartmill: says last common ancestor of primates was small, arboreal, nocturnal, a visual predator, and occupied a microhabitat characterized by small- diameter supports. Prosimians (not so much used in textbook: prosimians are a group of primates are only found in the old world. (subtropics of. Africa, aisa, madagascar, philippines, not in new world (north or south america: taxonomy: Science of naming and classifying organisms: specific scheme of classification, started in earnest with linnaeus (
