Primate

About Opossum: Appearance, Biology, Life Cycle, Habitat, Diet, and Behavior Opossums, unique pouched mammals or marsupials, are considered as successful survivors and settlers in varied conditions and locations. They are prevalent and, even sometimes sought after as sustenance, particularly within the southern part of the United States of America. Appearance A marsupial of American origin, the opossum has a tail similar to that of a rat and posterior feet having a upturned thumb without claws.…

Pygmy Hippo Did you know that there’s such a thing as a pygmy hippo?I think they are really interesting. They're interesting because they are different and you usually don't hear anything about them.This essay will provide information on the Pygmy hippo and discuss its appearance, habitat and diet, and give you some interesting facts about it. First Pygmy hippos look grey with a faint fur they have a small body and are really rather strange looking. They have tough skin and they are a mamle.…

Chameleons are creatures that live in various environments. Because of how chameleons live in the different environments, they have adaptations to help them survive. Examples of the chameleon adaptations is their color change, Expansive tongue, and their mitten feet. These parts of their body help them to survive in various environments. As I said before chameleons have many adaptations. The first important adaptation is the chameleons color shifting body. The body of the chameleon usually…

Research Report on Squirrel Monkey On my research at the Oakland Zoo was quite boring in a way that watching monkeys and other animals is a waste of time and waste of $15. However, I did come across the Squirrel Monkey and begin taking some notes on my phone and retype it on my computer. In the observation the Squirrel Monkeys are really active and tends to move in groups. Anyway I hypothesize that male Squirrel Monkey is the same size as the female Squirrel Monkey. The habitat the Squirrel…

The bald uakari is a small new world monkey, monkeys that live in Central or Latin America. It is known because of its red face and bald head. The bald uakari weighs between 2.75 and 3.45 kg (6.1 and 7.6 lb), with head and body lengths average 45.6 cm (18.0 in) (male) and 44.0 cm (17.3 in) (female)(Wikipedia). It has a long white nor red coat covering its body. The tail of the bald uakari is pretty small.The tail is bob-like and rather short for a New World monkey (about 5.9 inches (15 cm)), at…

The exhibit Evolving Planet showed how one period led to another. It gives evidence of changes and adaptionsThrough each time a person can see that there were similarities between animals and how they adapted to fit into that period. In the Quaternary Period during the Ice Age I saw what was called the Giant Ground Sloth which is a much bigger version of sloth that we see today. They evolved in the South American grasslands and then later migrated to North America. They could survive cooler…

The title of this article is "fossils in african cave reveal extinct, previously unknown human ancestor". This article was published on September 16, 2015 by Newsela and Washington Post. I know that many scientists want to know more about human remains and usually send people on dangerous and risky trips to find fossils in a cave or un-searched land. What I want to know is will this discovery that these two men make history. Two amateur cavers found human fossils in a well-searched African…

The landscape surrounding the Administration Building at Bijagual is also fragmented, but not as severely as the Osa. The patches of forested land are generally larger and more abundant in Bijagual than in the Osa. However, there are still small patches of fragmented land surrounded by open pasture. The monkey populations here would face the same health threats as the isolated populations in the Osa, but not the same sever scale. Since the patches of forest are larger, there may not be as…

Description A stoat has a long, slender body with short legs.In the summer time, the coat of a stoat is chestnut brown on top and white on the stomach. In the winter, the coat is all white to blend in with the snow. The female stoat averages 23-27 centimeters long. A male stoat is bigger than the female stoat. It averages 28-32 centimeters long. Since they are small animals , they don’t weigh much. The average weight is between 90 to 445 grams. Habitat You can find a stoat in the…

Tapirs are interesting creatures that are bizarre looking, while they play a major role within their habitats such as, seed dispersal and nutrient recycling. Although, Tapirs have also become endangered as well as in need of conservation. In spite of this, many don’t know what a Tapir is, what is threatening them, or their role within the habitats. Tapir has the build of a pig combined with the snout that is similar like an elephant, also has striped or spotted coats that camouflage them…