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Primates
Lemurs are the most primitive and ancient primates that still exist. They are classified as "prosimians" in other words they are separate from other monkeys and apes. Prosimians have a wet nose (unlike the dry nose of monkeys and apes) and they often have multiple births and rely more on scent than sight.
A) Web site name : Lemur Center at Duke University
Click on "Red-fronted lemur".
1) What is the scientific name of this lemur? Eulemur _____________
2) What is the average group size? _________________________________
Click on "Basic facts"
3) What is the lifespan in the wild ? ___________________
Click on the photo of the "Aye-Aye"
4) What are two unusual features of the "aye-aye"?
Click on "Feeding"
5) What does the aye-aye feed on?
6) How do they find insect larva? ____________________________________
Click on a different lemur on screen.
7) Which lemur did you pick? ________________________
8) Summarize the information on this lemur: ___________________________
B) Web site name : Air Madagascar
9) How far from the coast of Africa is Madagascar ? _____________________
10) What months of the year is the rainy season ? ________________________
11) If you were in the center of Madagascar, in which direction are the Comoros Islands ?
Click on "National Parks" on the left of the screen.
12) Which part of the island (north, east etc) has sub-arid spiny thicket? _______
13) How far can a Sifaka jump? _______________________________
14) The trees shown in the photograph are baobab trees. What is unusual about their appearance?
C) Web site name : Primate of the Week
Read about the "Black-and-white Ruffed lemur"
15) What part of the body of this lemur is "ruffed"? _____________________
16) Which gender is dominant? ____________________________________
17) What is different from other primates about the way the infants are treated?
18) What are two reasons why this species is threatened?
D) Web site name : Endangered Species Classroom
Read Spotlight on "Island Biogeography"
19) Why are island species particularly vulnerable to extinction ? __
Click on "Endangered", then "Black lemur"
20) Why were male and female black lemurs originally thought to be two different species ?
21) What do black lemurs eat ? ______________________________________
Click on "Vulnerable", then "Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur"
22) When was the Hairy-eared dwarf lemur recently rediscovered ? __________
23) Why was it hard to find ? ________________________________________
24) What does this tell you about the estimate of 15 species of lemur becoming extinct since humans arrived in Madagascar ?
25) What is the most interesting fact about lemurs that you have found as you went through this exercise ?
Primates include monkeys and apes. Use the "Search" feature of the internet to get information from websites on the biology of any two of the apes listed below :
Orang-utan ( genus Pongo ), Chimpanzee ( Pan ),
Gibbon ( Hylobates), Gorilla ( Gorilla ).
26). First ape : _______________ Website : https:// ______________________
27). Does this site have photos or audio? ________________________________
28). Summarize the information on this website:
29). Second ape : _____________ Website : https:// ______________________
30). Does this site have photos or audio? ________________________________
31). Summarize the information on this website: __________________________
Attachment:- Primates.rar