ANTH 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Grooming Claw, Lemuridae, Haplorhini
10 Jun 2020
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Primates divided into 2 major categories suborders: strepsirhini (lemurs and lorises) Nose is wet, connected to upper lip, split lip. Haplorhini (tarsiers, monkeys, apes, humans: hint rhinarium = nose, nose is dry, not connect to lip, frontal bone completely enclose eyeball. Strepsirhine: tooth comb, grooming claw, wet and split nose, and smaller brains. Haplorhines: no tooth comb or grooming claw, dry nose, bigger brains. Non derived ( most ancestral and primitive primates) Dental specialization called dental comb - front teeth formed by forward-projecting incisors and canines. Larger are dinural and eat veggies: fruits, leaves, buds, and bark. Adaptive radiation~ when the island was separated (below are examples to show the diversity of lemurs, not tested) Lemuridae: true lemurs large social systems (5-30), diurnal, and female dominated. Aye-aye: nocturnal, woodpeckers of madagascar and elongated middle finger claws into trees to dig out insects and grubs. Lorises: found in forests and woodlands of s, s. e.
