Primate Taxonomy (Mesa ANTH 102/104) by Kayla McKinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca en-us 2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC 2024-04-03 05:27:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/798178360/c80448e3944720d7fa48a47f027c53c2/animals_hero_pygmy_marmoset__1_.jpg Primates kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089374 ONE TRUE SYNAPOMORPHY: 
petrosally derived auditory bulla 
Traits Characterizing Primates

  1. grasping hands and feet

  2. postorbital bar 

  3. nails instead of claws 

  4. large brains (encephalization) 

  5. diurnal (active during day)

  6. group living (social learning)

  7. stereoscopic vision/binocular vision

  8. single births

  9. long lives

  10. slow maturity 

  11. pendulous penis 

  12. paired nipples 

  13. limb mobility (clavicle)


]]> 2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089374 Prosimians (strepsirrhine) kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089375

  • mobile ears 

  • larger snouts (reliance on smell)

  • postorbital bar

  • small brains

  • bicornate uterus (multiple births) 

  • wet noses

  • tooth comb 

  • grooming claw

  • tapetum lucidum 

  • nocturnal

  • large eyes 

  • lacrimal bone outside of the eye 

  • unfused frontal bone and mandible


    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089375     Anthropoids (haplorrhine) kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089376

  • fixed ears 

  • smaller snouts (reduced sense of smell) 

  • postorbital closure 

  • large brains

  • uterus simplex (single births)

  • dry noses 

  • no tooth comb 

  • no grooming claw 

  • retinal fovea 

  • diurnal 

  • small eyes 

  • lacrimal bone inside of the eye 

  • fused frontal and mandible


    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089376     Platyrrhines (New World Monkeys) kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089377

  • dental formula: 2-1-3-3

  • ectotypmanic ring 

  • round nasal openings

  • zygomatic to parietal contact (ZIPPY)


    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089377     Catarrhines (Old World Primates) kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089379

  • dental formula: 2-1-2-3

  • ectotympanic tube 

  • rectangular nasal openings

  •  frontal to sphenoid contact (FUSSY)



    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089379     Lemurs kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089380 Where are ring-tailed lemurs found? 
    - Madagascar

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089380     Lorises kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089381 What is interesting about lorises? 
    - venomous saliva

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089381     Tarsiers kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089382 A tarsier has traits from which two suborders of primates? 
    prosimian and haplorrhine 

    What makes tarsiers different from all other primates? 
    completely carnivorous     ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089382     Callitrichidae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089384 What is so interesting about tamarins and marmosets? 
    - polyandrous 
    - twins 
    - genetic chimerism
    - claws instead of nails 

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089384     Cebidae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089385 Which of these anthropoid primates are nocturnal? 
    - Owl monkeys

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089385     Atelidae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089386 What is unique about the tails of spider monkeys?
    - prehensile tails

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089386     Pitheciidae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089390 What is unique about the social system of Titi monkeys? 
    - monogamous + sing duets

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089390     Hominidae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089392

  • Y-5 molars

  • short lumbar 

  • no tails 

  • broad noses

  • large cranial vault


    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089392     Cercopithecoidea kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089394

  • bilophodont molars

  • long lumbar 

  • tails 

  • narrow noses

  • small cranial vault


    • ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089394     Colobinae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089395

  • leaf eating 

  • narrow maxillary incisors

  • high cusp & blade-like molars 

  • broad inter-orbital region

  • complex stomachs 

  • longer legs and tails


    • What anatomical adaptations do leaf-eating colobine monkeys have for deriving nutritional content from leaves?
    - complex stomachs, extra saliva, high cusp molars 

    ]]>     2020-10-22 19:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089395     Cercopithecinae kaymmckinley https://padlet.com/kaymmckinley/9pd3b5ivcsid6vca/wish/854089396

  • fruit eating 

  • broad maxillary incisors 

  • flat molars 

  • narrow inter-orbital region

  • cheek pouches 

  • similar arms and legs


    • What function do cheek pouches serve in Old World Primates?
    - defense mechanism to protect food from others in group 

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