Arch 270

  1. Sectorial Tooth
    -mandibular tooth(usually mesial premolar) with a sloped honing face to sharpen the maxillary canine
  2. Cercopithecoidea
    • -superfamily
    • -all old world monkeys
    • -diurnal and quadrupedal 
    • -many have tails NEVER prehensile
    • -ischial callosities common
    • -female estrus 
    • -larger than ceboids
    • -DF 2123/2123
  3. Catarrhines
    -infraorder of all old world athropoid primates
  4. Cercopithecinae
    • -subfamily of cercopithecoidea 
    • -macaques, baboons, mandrills, vervet monkeys, guenons, mangabeys and patas monkeys
    • -food availability affects social structure
    • -ALL have ischial callosities and cheek pouches
  5. Colobinae
    • -subfamily of cercopithecoidea
    • -colobus monkeys, langurs, proboscis monkeys 
    • -mainly asian
    • -eat mature foliage(leads to distended gut look)
    • -small social groups
    • -mostly arboreal
Author
jaz584
ID
240469
Card Set
Arch 270
Description
Cercopithecoids
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