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New world monkeys are?
arboreal; long prehensile tail
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Old world monkeys are?
arboreal and terrestrial; no prehensile tail
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6 million years ago lineage split?
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What percentage of Anthropoids are monkeys?
90%
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What are some characteristics of Anthropoids?
- ü Most diurnal
- ü Larger size
- ü Binocular vision
- ü Color vision
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Anthropoids means?
(“human-like”)
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Examples of Anthropoids are?
Gibbons, Gorillas, Humans, Chimpanzees, Bonobos
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What are some characteristics of Prosimians?
- ü Most arboreal and nocturnal
- ü Superior sense of smell
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Examples of Prosimians are?
Lemurs, Lorises
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Prosimians mean?
(“pre monkey”)
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Two major primate groups are?
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Primates?
- o Hands adapted for grasping (most have opposable thumbs)
- o Large brain; forward-looking eyes
- o Flat nails on digits
- o Skin ridges on fingers
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Example of Proboscidea?
elephants
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Example of Sirenia?
manatees
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Examples of Carnivora?
wolves, cats, dogs, seals, pandas and other bears
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Examples of Perissodactyla?
zebras, horses, rhinos
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Perissodactyla?
odd-toed hoofed mammals
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Examples of Cetartiodactyla?
cows, pigs, hippopotamus, sheep and goats, Blue whale- largest mammal (whale, dolphins)
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Cetartiodactyla?
even-toed hoofed mammals and cetaceans
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Examples of Chiroptera?
tent-making bat, long-nosed bat, vampire bat
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Chiroptera?
flyingmammals
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Examples of Rodentia?
rats and mice, beavers, squirrels, beavers, cabybara
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Rodentia?
gnawing mammals
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What are some orders of eutherians?
- Rodentia
- Chiroptera
- Cetartiodactyla
- Perissodactyla
- Carnivora
- Sirenia
- Proboscidea
- Primates
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How many orders of eutherians are there?
20 orders
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What are some characteristics of Eutherians (placental therians)?
- · Vivparous
- · Nourish young via a placenta
- · Lengthy gesetational period:
- ü Rabbit – 31 days
- ü Human – 266 days
- ü Elephant – 624 days
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