Introduction As our closest living ancestors, bonobos (Pan Americus) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have often been used as an ancestral model to study social and cultural hominoid behavior. Chimpanzees and Bonobos' DNA differs only 1% from humans yet their social behavior is very primitive and different compared to humans. Molecular studies indicate that humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos are very closely related in a lineage that split into hominid and Pan lines approximately 6-7 million years ago, possibly following a divergence from the gorilla lineage about 1– 2 million years earlier (Caccone and Powell, 1989). Chimpanzees are great apes, under the Homo lineage, that have been known for their male dominant, meat eating and generally violent culture. Meanwhile bonobos, also great apes, are on a completely different behavior spectrum, they are a female dominant, more peaceful, and heavily sexually oriented society.
In fact some farmers thought of them as rats that ate their crops. Tarsiers are sold as pets to people, and are pretty popular, since they sit calmly in your hand (their whole body, that’s how small they are!) When they are hunted by people and put into cages, to be sold, some Tarsiers commit suicide due to the captivity. The Philippine government put Tarsiers on the endangered species list. So there was no hunting of Tarsiers allowed anymore.
Orangutan Observations For the first primate observation I looked at the orangutans in captivity at the San Diego Zoo. During observations I paid close attention to certain social groups formed, interactions among the group, as well as physical characteristics of males, females, and a juvenile within the enclosure. It was a fascinating experience that allowed me to gain a better understanding of an animal that shares 97% of human DNA. There are two species of orangutan which at one time ranged throughout Southeast Asia and southern China but due to habitat destruction are found only in two parts of the world today. Pongo pygmaeus, found in Borneo, and Pongo abelii in Sumatra.
What are the differences and why are they important? -On Bali there was a variety of birds: a weaver, a woodpecker, a thrush, a starling. On Lombok there were white cockatoos, three species of honey-suckers, a loud bird called “Quaich-Quaich”, and a bird called megapoda. The birds in Lombok were not known in the western islands- Java, Sumatra, Malaysia or Borneo. Bali was once connected to Asia and they have tigers, rhinos, and orangutans.
There are many Gorillas found all over the world, but there is a particular sub-species of Gorilla called the Mountain Gorilla or otherwise known by its scientific name: Gorilla Gorilla Beringei. This type of gorilla averages around the size of six-feet and weighs around three hundred to four hundred and twenty-five pounds. These vegetarians are commonly found in the Viruga Valcanic Mountains of Central Africa. The primates are further located within three national parks: Mgahinga, Southwest Uganda and Southwest Rwanda. These primates live in a habitat that consists of high altitude and thick forests with a dense herb layer.
Ranging in size from 30 g (1.1 oz) to 9 kg (20 lb), lemurs share many common, basal primate traits, such as divergent digits on their hands and feet and nails instead of claws (in most species). However, their brain-to-body size ratio is smaller than that of anthropoid primates, and among many other traits they share with other strepsirrhine primates, they have a "wet nose" (rhinarium). Lemurs are generally the
About 90% of the animals living in the rain forest are adapted to living in the canopy (middle story) and there is an abundant variety of reptile, insect and amphibians living under then canopy. 2. What changes happening in Madagascar are posing challenges for lemurs? Give details about the sources, time scale, and types of change. Environmental changes are occurring, such as deforestation.
A howlers roar can be heard from as much as 2 miles away and both males and females howl. The howler monkey howls for many reasons usually to warn other fellow howler monkeys of danger, male howlers howl to claim their territory, and also to look for potential mates. These primates move particularly slow for primates and mostly uses their tails to grab and hang off of branches while using its hands for grabbing food. Their tails are strong enough to support the monkey's entire body weight, also their first 2 fingers of each hand are set apart and are opposable to the other three allowing them to easily grab tree branches and other objects like food. Howlers are herbivores and usually stay in the canopy where they get most of their food which is mostly leaves and fruits.
Coati (Co-wa-te) An adult coati measure’s thirty-three to sixty-nine centimeters from head to the base of the tail, which can be as long as their bodies. Coatis are about thirty centimeters tall at the shoulder’s, and weigh between four to eighteen pounds, about the size of a large house cat. Males can become almost twice as large as females and have large, sharp canine teeth. The above measurement’s are for the white nosed and South American Coati. The two mountain coatis are smaller.
Group 51: Alexandra Washburn, Travis Bullock, Sarah Peoples, Lawrence Campbell Rhino Capture in Kruger National Park Case Study Introduction In 1898, South Africa created and named Kruger National Park in an attempt to protect the nation's wildlife that was steadily decreasing. Kruger National park sheltered 7,722 square miles of living area for the animals. Several thought Kruger to be the best national park in Africa in all categories including management, infrastructure and biodiversity. The park was known for its’ stunning scenery, and was a tourist attraction for the many contributing twenty-one rest camps, seven private lodges, and eleven private safari lodges. People came from all over to view the wide range of wildlife.