Lab 4, Mammalogy, Primates

Infraclass Eutheria

placental mammals

Clade Euarchonta

This contains:

-Primates, tree shrews, "flying" lemurs

Order Primates

This:

-large braincase

Suborder Strepsirhini (lower primates)

this ___ has (not family):

-Post orbital BAR

-rinarium (naked nose)

-median diastema (gap tooth)

-tooth comb

-AS, AF, MA

Family Lemuridae

(Lemurs)

Family has:

-peg like upper incisors

-median diastema between incisors

-tooth comb

-postorbital bar

-Madagascar

Suborder Haplorhini

this ___ has (not family):

-Post orbital PLATE

Family Cebidae (new world monkeys)

Family has:

-No ischial callosities (butt pad)

-long tail (most prehensile)

-no tube extending from auditory bullae

Family Cercopithecidae (OW monkeys: Macaque, baboons)

Family has:

-Ischial callosities

-Bony tube extending auditory bullae

-Angular 1st lower premolar

-EU, AS, AF

Family Hominidae

(gorillas, chimps, orangutans, humans)

Family has:

-Quadritubercular upper molars

-well developed sagittal crest (not in humans)

-Bony tube extending auditory bulla

Order Dermoptera

Family Cynocephalidae (gliding lemurs)

Family has:

-membrane extending from neck to hind leg (gliding membrane)

-post orbital process

-large diastema

-comb like incisors, procumbent, Pectinate

Order Scandentia

Family Tupaiidae (tree shrews)

Family has:

-Postorbital bar very skinny

-tritubercular molars