EVANTH Midterm 1

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Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene
Order the Cenzoic Eras
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homologous structures
Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.
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analogous structures
similarities among unrelated species that result from convergent evolution
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lemur
specialized primate for vertical clinging and leaping, herbivore and insectivore
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ring-tailed lemur
more terrestrial than other lemurs \-- mostly diurnal
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mouse lemur
nocturnal, smallest living primates
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aye-aye
type of lemur, largest living nocturnal primate
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forked marked
among least studied of all lemurs, nocturnal, gumnivirous
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Strepsirhines
lemurs, lorises, and galagos,
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anthropoida
platyyrini and cattarihini
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Cattarhines
cercopithedica, old world monkeys
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Plattarhyines
spider monkey, howler monkey, owl monkey, uakari
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howler monkey
This animal is the second-loudest animal in the world. It is a land animal whose call can be heard three miles away. Name this, the largest New World monkey.
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spider monkey
brachiation, prehensile tail
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owl monkey
only nocturnal plattarhyine
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uakari
diurnal, non-prehensile tail, arboreal. seed predators
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Cercopithecoids
mandrill, colobus, proboscis monkey, macaque
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mandrill
full color vision, sexually dimorphic
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colobus
leaf eaters, complex gut, specialized for life in trees
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proboscis monkey
nose is a signal to ward off other males and for female choice; form of sexual selection
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macaque
most widespread of nonhuman primates: Gibraltar to Japan
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Apes
Gibbons, orangutans, chimps, gorillas, humans, don't have tails
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Gibbon
brachiates, SE Asia, monogamous
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Orangutans
SE Asia, fist-walking, largely arboreal, more solitary than other apes
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gorilla
equatorial Africa, knuckle walking, leaf eater, largest of apes
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common chimp
equatorial Africa, more territorial, omnivore, really only shares meat, hunts monkeys and galagos, lives in harsh environment
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bonobos
more peaceful, shares food, uses sex to make peace, lives in very lush environment
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Synapomorphy
shared derived trait; occurs after divergent evolution among species
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Symplesiomorphy
shared ancestral trait; occurs before divergent evolution
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