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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... morphology , while some genetic evidence aligns them more closely with higher primates , such as monkeys , apes , and humans . This unique combination of behavior and anatomy makes the tarsier an especially interesting and controversial ...
... morphology of the eye , its protrusion from the bony orbit , and its size relative to the brain . 58 3.3 Closeup in lateral view of the bony orbital region of two Tarsius spectrum . 59 3.4 Frontal view of the same specimens as in fig ...
... Morphological evi- dence , including soft - tissue characteristics , suggests that tarsiers are closely related to small nocturnal prosimian primates ( lemurs , lorises , and bush babies ) , called strepsirhine primates . However ...
... morphology that helps resolve some of the taxonomic issues . Since Niemitz's book , technological advances have allowed scientists to observe these small , night - active primates . Radio telemetry , infrared binoculars , and GIS ...
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Ecology and Conservation Status of Tarsius Bancanus Saltator on Belitung ... Indra Yustian Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |