A. Trait Comparison of Primates
Lemurs are particular trait of their social structure where large groups are common. They have adapted very well to the environment where they live, mostly found living in tree tops in the Island of Madagascar where rain forests are predominant.
Spider Monkeys are found in various parts of the tropial forest in Central and South America where they live in groups. Highly adapted to the environment where their long limbs help them move around the trees where they spend most of the day. Mostly vegetarians. Closely related to the chimpanzees and humans for their behavior trait
Baboons are known for their powerful jaws and sharp teeth. Usually found in large groups in the African Savanna. Distinctive behavior is evident when displaying male dominance during mating seasons where the hierarchic is well-defined.
Gibbons are very small tropical and they live all over the rainforest of southeast asia, they are know to be worlds greatest acrobats in the world, they are fast and can glide from tree to tree at a rapid speed.
Chimpanzee are found mostly in Africa, they are sorrounded by canopy forest high up in the trees. They are social animals which play around in their society and also very strong jumpy in the dry forest and savannas.
B. All 5 primates diets are:
Lemurs: Love to eat lots of plants and bugs pretty much anything small
Spider Monkeys: Love to eat seeds, fruit, insects etc.
Babbons: Love to eat grass, small antelopes, herbs, tree sap, some flowers etc.
Gibbons: Love to eat only fruit some will eat some insects.
Chimpanzee: Love to eat lots of different plants, fruit and mainly meat if they can find any.
C. Lemurs: are aggressive and fast and they leap on any tree to tree.
Spider Monkeys: They are fast moving gliding monkeys which run away and hunt their prey fast.
Babboon's: Are aggressive and also find lowland where there's lots of water and small rockyareas.
Gibbons: Great acrobats they glide from tree to tree at fast speed.
Chimpanzee: are aggressive they survive very well to the environment and hunt prey easily.
4. Its a natural selection primates live and some dont survive its whatever comes first, there are many different primates and that have special features. They can do alot of things to get the food they need and many of them can use their talents to get what they want. They will always adapt to big changes in the environments but they will continue to survive if their traits stay the same.
I think natural selection is playing a big part with the survival of the primates. Especially with the decrease in population of the gibbons, even though they live high above the ground and are extremely agile and fast, they have been unable to adapt to their changing environment. But on the other hand other species like the baboon have adapted just fine and are able to interact with humans. I think in the case of the gibbon their traits have to change in order for the species to survive.
ReplyDeleteYou seemed to cover a lot of ground, but I didn't see enough on the topic you were meant to focus on, namely social and mating patterns. What are the mating patterns of each group, in general?
ReplyDeleteRegarding a statement in your last paragraph, will they always adapt to big changes in their environment? No extinction possible?
Yea your right I missed those two parts social and mating patterns. Should I add to the post or is too late?
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