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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... of higher - level primate interrelation- ships . 162 7.2 Schematic diagram illustrating problem of short internal branches within deepest region of primate phylogeny . 171 8.1 Locations of northern and central Sulawesi samples used in ix I.
... samples used in this study and of vocalization localities of MacKinnon and MacKinnon ( 1980 ) and Shekelle et al . ( 1997 ) . 185 8.2 Discriminant analysis of tarsier samples , using skull length , biorbital breadth , orbit breadth ...
... Samples of Tarsiers in This Study 186 8.2 Distribution of Some External Phenotypic Characters in Tarsiers from Northern and Central Sulawesi 190 9.1 Acoustic Parameters of Duet Note Types ( Tarsius spectrum ) 204 9.2 Adults : Acoustic ...
... sample of recent advances in tarsier studies , some using new theo- retical approaches , others using new fossil finds or modern technological advances . We have organized this book into three sections , each broaden- ing our awareness ...
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Ecology and Conservation Status of Tarsius Bancanus Saltator on Belitung ... Indra Yustian Pré-visualização limitada - 2007 |