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DISTINCT LINEAGES
Strepsirrhines
lemurs, galagos and lorisids
Haplorhines
tarsiers, monkeys and apes
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Great apes Tailless monkeys :tail Bonobo smallest hominid Weight 30g to 270kg Males larger in size Quadrupedal Catarrhine Arboreal
Dental formula I.C.P.M
2.1.2.3 2.1.2.3
Total 32 in all members
Haplorrhini can not synthesize vitamin C
REPRODUCTIVE STORY
Pubertal age 8 to 13 years Gestation period 8 to 9 months Sexual dimorphism Littre size usually 1 Female ceases ovulation during
breastfeeding Menopause Baby monkey called an infant
STRANGE FACTS
Monkey brains are eaten in South Africa as a delicacy.
Monkeys are eaten in Africa: bushmeat
RELIGIOUS IMPORTANCE
HinduismHanuman : human like monkey God BuddhismMind monkey: restless state of human
mind Tzeltal people Mexico worshipped monkeys as
incarnations of their dead ancestors
REFERENCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate http://www.primates.com/primate/
hominidae.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey