Primate Social Systems - Diversity

Vocabulary flashcards about primate social systems based on lecture notes.

Strepsirrhini

Suborder of primates that includes lemurs, lorises, and galagos.

Haplorhini

Suborder of primates that includes tarsiers, monkeys, apes, and humans.

Lemuriformes

Infraorder of primates that includes lemurs.

Lorisiformes

Infraorder of primates that includes lorises and galagos.

Platyrrhini

Infraorder of primates that includes New World monkeys.

Anthropoidea

Infraorder of primates that includes monkeys, apes, and humans.

Callitrichinae

Family of New World monkeys that includes marmosets and tamarins.

Cercopithecoidea

Superfamily of primates that includes Old World monkeys.

Hominoidea

Superfamily of primates that includes apes and humans.

Dermoptera

Order of mammals that includes flying lemurs.

Chiroptera

Order of mammals that includes bats.

Scandentia

Order of mammals that includes tree shrews.

Plesiadapiformes

Semiorder of archaic primates.

Euprimates

Semiorder of primates of modern aspect.

Individualized

Individual recognition and stable association lead to __ societies.

Social organization, social structure, and mating system

Primate social systems are composed of what three components?

Social Organization

Group size, composition, and stability is known as what?

Social Structure

Patterning of social relationships is known as what?

Mating System

What reflects a social and genetic element?

Troop-living

Troops with predictable membership where all members stay together all day.

Fission-fusion societies

Societies with predictable community membership but unpredictable party membership.

Pair-living

The rarest type of social organization in primates (and mammals).

Social Structure

This emerges as a property of dyadic relationships.

Affinitive

A type of social interaction indicating spatial association.

Group-living

Which type of social group includes One-male, many females, Multi-male-one-female, and Multi-male-multi-female?

Extra-pair/Extra-group Paternity

A social system in which mating occurs outside the social unit.

Polygyny

A mating system characterized by one male and multiple females.

Polyandry

A mating system characterized by one female and multiple males.

Polygynandry

A mating system characterized by multiple males and multiple females.

Reversible-jump Model

Model with highest posterior support for evolution of stable grouping patterns.

IVSO

Intrapopulation Variation in Social Organisation