Tarsiers: Past, Present, and FuturePatricia C. Wright, Elwyn L. Simons, Sharon Gursky-Doyen Rutgers University Press, 2003 - 324 páginas Tarsiiformes, or tarsiers for short, are a group of living species of special interest to primatologists because their combination of derived and ancient characters make them pivotal to understanding the roots of primate evolution. These small-bodied, nocturnal, solitary creatures resemble lower primates in their behavior but genetically, DNA evidence aligns them more closely with higher primates, such as monkeys, apes, and humans. These astounding creatures exhibit an ability found in no other living mammal3⁄4they can turn their heads 180 degrees in either direction to see both prey and predators. The world's only exclusive carnivorous primate, they eat live food (primarily insects, but the occasional vertebrate, such as lizards, snakes, or frogs will also do). This unique combination of behavior and anatomy makes the tarsier an especially interesting and controversial animal for study among primate behaviorists, evolutionists, and taxonomists, who view the tarsiers as "living fossils" that link past and present, lower and higher, primates in the long chain of evolutionary history. |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 50
... Philippine Tarsier ( Tarsius syrichta ) Marian Dagosto , Daniel L. Gebo , and Cynthia N. Dolino 237 CHAPTER 12 : Can We Predict Seasonal Behavior and Social Organization from Sexual Dimorphism and Testes Measurements ? Patricia C ...
... Philippine Islands showing areas inhabited by Tarsius syrichta and other geographical features discussed in the text . 244 11.3 Principal components analysis of log - transformed skull and dental di- mensions of Tarsius syrichta ...
... Philippines , Brunei , and East Malay- sia . In chapter 8 , Groves presents new data on external morphology that helps resolve some of the taxonomic issues . Since Niemitz's book , technological advances have allowed scientists to ...
... Philippines , Dagosto and Gebo ( chapter 11 ) present new fieldwork on un- studied T. syrichta , the first study of the Philippine tarsier in the wild . In chapter 12 , Wright and colleagues try to resolve the conflicting reports con ...
... Philippine tarsier , Tarsius syrichta . Zoo Biol 8 : 265-274 . Izard MK , Wright PC , Haring DM . 1985. Gestation length of Tarsius . Am J Primat 9 : 327-331 . Kay RF , Ross C , Williams CA. 1997. Anthropoid origins . Science 275 : 797 ...
Índice
V | 9 |
VII | 35 |
VIII | 50 |
IX | 97 |
X | 121 |
XI | 145 |
XII | 161 |
XIII | 179 |
XV | 221 |
XVI | 237 |
XVII | 260 |
XIX | 277 |
XX | 296 |
XXI | 309 |
313 | |
XIV | 196 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Referências a este livro
Ecology and Conservation Status of Tarsius Bancanus Saltator on Belitung ... Indra Yustian Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |