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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... Characters in Tarsiers from Northern and Central Sulawesi 190 9.1 Acoustic Parameters of Duet Note Types ( Tarsius spectrum ) 204 9.2 Adults : Acoustic Parameters of Call Types ( Tarsius spectrum ) , Calls 1-8 208 9.3 Juveniles ...
... characters seen in tarsiers makes them pivotal to understand- ing the roots of primate evolution . The tarsiers ' unusual diet and repro- duction provide a unique perspective to understanding primate behavioral ecology , while their ...
... characters suggests that tarsiers may be more closely re- lated to monkeys , apes , and humans , called haplorhine primates . The controversy extends to the fossil record . Are tarsiers derived from omomyids , a group of Eocene ...
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Ecology and Conservation Status of Tarsius Bancanus Saltator on Belitung ... Indra Yustian Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |