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For Cercopithecinae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation & Diet

- OWM: Baboons, macaques, guenons


- Africa, Middle East, Asia
- Every primate biome
- Quadrupedal and arboreal
- Cheek pouches & Omnivorous

For Colobinae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation & Diet

- OWM: Colobus, langurs, proboscis


- Africa, Asia
- Every primate biome except savannah
- Quadrupedal and arboreal
- Specialized gut morphology & Folivore

For lemuriformes, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation & Diet

- Lemur


- Madagascar and nearby islands
- Every tropical biome (except aye-aye = no desert or savannah)
- Quadrupeds & Vertical clingers and leapers
- Toothcomb & (Larger=diurnal omnivorous/Smaller=nocturnal insectivorous)

For lorises, identify:
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation & Diet

- India, Sri Lanka, SE Asia
- Every tropical biome except desert
- Slow climbing quadrupeds
- Toothcomb (some hunt) & insectivorous

For pottos, identify:
Region primates live


Biomes

- West and Central Africa
- Every tropical biome except savannah & desert

For galagos, identify:
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation & Diet

- Sub-saharan Africa
- Every tropical biome except desert
- Vertical clinger & leaper
- Toothcomb & insectivorous or/and fruits, leaves, gums, slugs

For Aotidae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Night/owl monkeys


- Central and South America
- Rainforest, seasonal forest
- Arboreal quadrupeds
- Truly nocturnal fruit eaters

For Atelidae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Howler, spider, woolly, muriqui


- Southern Mexico, southern Argentina (most northern and most southern NWMs)
- Edges of rainforest, seasonal forest, tropical woodland
- Quadrupeds, some brachiators (prehensile tail)
- Fruit, leaves, insects

For Callitrichidae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Tamarins and marmosets


- South America
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, tropical woodland
- Arboreal quadrupeds
- Insectivorous + plant sap

For Cebidae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Capuchins and Squirrel monkeys


- South and Central America
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Arboreal quadruped, semi-prehensile tails
- Omnivorous - most intelligent NWM

For Pitheciidae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Uakaris, sakis, titis


- South America
- Rainforest and seasonal forest
- Arboreal quadrupeds
- Fruit & seed eaters

For Tarsiiformes, identify:


Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Southeast Asia (Indonesia & Philippines)
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland (no very dry areas)
- Arboreal vertical clingers & leapers
- Nocturnal insectivorous + small vertebrates

For Gorillinae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Western/Eastern mtn, Western/Eastern lowland


- Central Africa
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Knuckle-walkers
- Folivorous

For Homininae - P. paniscus, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Bonobo


- DR Congo, south of Zaire river
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Knuckle-walkers, semi-brachiators
- Omnivorous (no hunting)

For Homininae - P. troglodytes, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Chimpanzee


- Western and central Africa
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Knuckle-walkers, semi-brachiators
- Omnivorous (Group hunting)

For Hylobatidae - Gibbons, identify:
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- East & SE Asia (India, China, Malay Peninsula, Indonesia)
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Brachiators
- Frugivorous & territorial


For Hylobatidae - Siamangs, identify:
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Sumatra & Malay Peninsula
- Rainforest, seasonal forest, woodland
- Brachiators
- Frugivorous & territorial (gular sac for calls)

For Ponginae, identify:


Common names
Region primates live


Biomes


Locomotion


Main dietary adaptation

- Orangutan


- Sumatra and Borneo
- Rainforest
- Quadrumanual & Arboreal
- Frugivorous