Lemur

The Monkey and the Crocodile A monkey named Raktamukha lived on a Jamun tree in the dense forests of India. The monkey was happy in his life spending most of the time jumping around on trees. This Jamun tree was on banks of a river which was home to a crocodile named Karalamukha. Karalmukha used to come on the banks and gradually he and the monkey became very good friends. Few days past, and their friendship grew stronger. Raktmukha used to pluck fruits from the tree and used to give it to…

evolutionary characteristics of it, it was important to consider the social patterns of lemurs. Due to the geographic isolation of lemurs on the island of Madagascar, this prosimian family of Lemuroidea was able to undergo adaptive radiation to fill the niches usually taken up by simians (primates with characteristics deemed to be less primitive, such as monkeys and apes). Therefore, studying the social patterns of lemurs enabled the observation of the most basic social…

elements about Madagascar and strong vivid images. The personifications given by the verbs rule, signed, play (in this case jazz) is used to make a comparison by the culture of the Madagascar and the lemur life. The author choose this animal to represent this culture because as everyone knows the lemur is the characteristic animal of this country. Every verse ends in rhyme this is done to create a sense of narration in which the reader can identify sounds and movement. The enjambement is…

Indri or the Babakoto is a primate and a lemur belonging to the suborder Strepsirrhini. The name Indri has Malagasy origins, which are people that come from Madagascar. The Malagasy people called these lemurs Babakoto because in their language it means “father”. Baba is translated as father and Koto is translated as a kid (Mittermeier). Going deeper into its name meaning and its mythology, the Malagasy legend goes that one day a man who went to the forest and did not come back and due to his…

It is November 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm and the sun is shining when me and my group enter the Birmingham zoo. My group consisted of Jasmine Williamson, Daniel Munger, and James Lowery. When entering the Primate house we started looking around and finding all the primates in the primate house and then choosing which ones each of us were doing. My hypothesis is whether there is specific behavior of non-human primates due to their size. The scientific name for the Angolan Black and White Colobus monkey…

we could take the time to observe the lives and the emotions of the animals around us then maybe we can learn who they are, and maybe who we are. The primate that I picked was a mongooses lemur, native to Madagascar. Not a very large mammal, its body being just over a foot long. I found out later that my lemur was female based on the patterns of her fur. The white neck and the black face is female while a orange-red face is typical for the males. The observations began around 2:30 Inside in…

young have a rather long maturation period compared to other animals, so they rely on their mothers to nurture them until the can reach around full size around a year old. The Sifakas are a social matriarchy. They generally live in groups of 2 to 10 lemurs and can be territorial, especially with food and shelter. Females will show their dominance over the males in the group without hesitation. They will bite and smack males if they try to…

Brooklyn Venturella Anthropology 2281, Schaefer Reconstructing Behavior October 18, 2015 Reconstructing Behavior To determine activity patterns from skeletal remains, the eye sockets are very important to view. Oversized eye sockets show that a primate is nocturnal, as sockets are much smaller on primates that are diurnal. Post orbital bars are also linked to nocturnal primates, whereas a post orbital plate is linked to diurnal primates. The post orbital bar creates a space behind the eyes. The…

The Evolution in Primate Locomotion and Body Configuration One of the most important parts of the primate evolution is when the primates changed in body structure and locomotion. Although some may say that the origin of the human bipedalism is a persistent mystery (Gebo 1996); however, the evolution of bipedalism began in order to survive through climate changes, be able to hunt their food and get away from danger in order to survive. Primate locomotion can be classified into four major types:…

This species of lemur is female dominated species. The lemurs in general had really long limbs, and the size of their bodies are estimated to 39 to 46 cm long. There was no noticeable characteristics to distinguish male for female lemurs. They both had white, grey and black fur. They had tails but they are not prehensile. These lemurs had foxlike faces, with yellow eyes. When I saw them in their cage, they were very social…