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. |
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... anatomy makes the tarsier an especially interesting and controversial animal for study among primate behaviorists , evolutionists , and tax- onomists , who view the tarsiers as " living fossils " that link past and present , lower and ...
... Anatomy , and Genetics CHAPTER 1 : The Fossil Record of Tarsier Evolution Elwyn L. Simons 9 CHAPTER 2 : The Evolution of the Tarsiid Niche Nina G. Jablonski 35 1 CHAPTER 3 : How Close Are the Similarities between Tarsius and Other ...
... anatomy shows us how primates can solve a wide range of functional needs . Tarsiers provide one astounding fact after another . The world's most carnivorous primate , tarsiers exclusively eat live animals , predominantly insects ...
... anatomy for extraordinary leaping ( Wool- lard , 1925 ; Gebo , 1987 ) . Unresolved Questions The relationship of tarsiers to other primates , both living and fossil , has been a source of debate for over a century . No other primate ...
... Anatomical studies also highlight tarsier uniqueness . In chapter 4 , Anemone and Nachman present a synthesis of the specialized postcranial anatomy that allows tarsiers to leap with the speedy propulsion of frogs . In chapter 5 , Ankel ...
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Ecology and Conservation Status of Tarsius Bancanus Saltator on Belitung ... Indra Yustian Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |