Chap. 6 An Overview Of The Primate

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Primate

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Members of the mammalian order primates, which included lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

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Anthropoids

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Members of the primate infraorder anthropoidea, which includes monkeys, apes, and humans.

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Omnivorous

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Having a diet consisting on many kinds of food including plants, meat, and insects.

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Diurnal

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Active during the day

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Nocturnal

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Active during the night.

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Stereoscopic vision

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The condition whereby visual images are, to varying degrees, superimposed. Depth perception.

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Binocular vision

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Vision characterized by overlapping visual fields provided by forward-facing eyes. Depth perception.

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Hemispheres

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The two halves of the cerebrum that are connected by a sense mass of fibers.

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Olfaction

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The sense of smell.

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Neocortex

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The more recently evolved portion of the brain that is involved in higher mental functions and composed of areas that integrate incoming sensory information.

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Sensory modalities

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Different forms of sensation.

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Arboreal

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Tree-living; adapted to life in the trees.

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Adaptive niche

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An organism's entire way of life: where it lives, what it eats, how it gets food, how it avoids predators, and so on.

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Dental formula

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Numerical device that indicates the number of each type of tooth in each side of the upper and lower jaw.

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Cusps

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The bumps on the chewing surface of premolars and molars.

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Quadrupedal

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Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion;

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Brachiation

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Arms swinging, a form of locomotion used by some primates.

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Strepsirhini

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The primate suborder that includes lemurs and lorises.

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Haplorhini

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The primates suborder that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

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Rhinarium

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The moist, hairless pad at the end of the nose seen in most mammalian species. Enhances an animal's ability to smell.

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Cercopithecidae

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All old world monkeys are placed in one taxonomic family.

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Cercopithecines

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The subfamily of old world monkeys that includes baboons, macaques, and guenons.

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Colobines

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Common name for members of the subfamily of old world monkeys that includes the African colobus monkeys and Asian langurs.

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Ischial callosities

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Patches of tough, hard skin on the buttocks of old world monkeys and chimps.

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Sexual dimorphism

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Differences in physical characteristics between males and females of the same species.

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Estrus

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Period of sexual receptivity in female mammals, correlated with ovulation.

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Hominoids

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Members of the primate superfamily (hominoidea) that includes apes and humans.

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Territorial

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Pertaining to the protection of all or a part of the area occupied by an animal or group of animals.

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Frugivorous

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Having a diet composed primarily of fruit.

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Natal group

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The group in which an animal is born and raised.

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Intelligence

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Mental capacity; ability to learn, reason, or comprehend and interpret information, facts, relationships, and meanings.