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What is a primate?
| A primate (L. prima, first) is any member of the biological order Primates, the group that contains all the species commonly related to the lemurs, monkeys, and apes, with the latter category including humans. The English singular primate is a back-formation from the Latin name Primates, which itself was the plural of the Latin primas ("one of the first, excellent, noble"). Primates are found all over the world. Non-human primates occur mostly in Central and South America, Africa, and southern Asia. A few species exist as far north in the Americas as southern Mexico, and as far north in Asia as northern Japan. |
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| Morphology |
| All primates have five fingers (pentadactyly), a generalized dental pattern, and a primitive (unspecialized) body plan. Another distinguishing feature of primates is fingernails. Opposing thumbs are also a characteristic primate feature, but are not limited to this order; opossums, for example, also have opposing thumbs. In primates, the combination of opposing thumbs, short fingernails (rather than claws) and long, inward-closing fingers is a relic of the ancestral practice of gripping branches, and has, in part, allowed some species to develop brachiation as a significant means of transportation. Forward-facing color binocular vision was also useful for the brachiating ancestors of humans, particularly for finding and collecting food, although recent studies suggest it was more useful in courtship. All primates, even those that lack the features typical of other primates (like lorises), share eye orbit characteristics, such as a postorbital bar, that distinguish them from other taxonomic orders. |
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<prosimian | prosimian2 | NWM | OWM | Hominoid> |
| Primates evolved from arboreal animals and many modern species live mostly in trees and hardly ever come to the ground. Other species are partially terrestrial, such as baboons and the Patas Monkey. Only a few species are fully terrestrial, such as the Gelada and Humans. Primates live in a diverse number of forested habitats, including rain forests, mangrove forests, and mountain forests to altitudes of over 3000 m. Although most species are generally shy of water, a few are fine swimmers and are comfortable in swamps and watery areas, including the Proboscis Monkey, De Brazza's Monkey and Allen's Swamp Monkey, which even developed small webbing between its fingers. Some primates, such the Rhesus Macaque and the Hanuman Langur, are hemerophile species and cities and villages have become their typical habitat. |
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| Taxonomy |
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If you want get more detailed information, visit below web site
http://members.tripod.com/cacajao/taxonomy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate#Classification
| Behavior |
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/av/slidesets/slides_b/Behavior01.html
<Chimpanzee | Bonobo | Mountain Gorilla>
| News |
| Laboratorys |
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• North America National Primate Research Centers <California | New England | Oregon | Southwest | Tulane | Washington | Wisconsin | Yerkes> • Japan • South Korea Korea National Primate Research Center Pusan National University Genome Information Lab |
| Zoos |
| North America <Sandiego Zoo | National Zoo | Philadelphia Zoo | Woodland Park Zoo | Omaha Zoo | Huston Zoo | North Carolina Zoo> Australia <Perth Zoo> |
| Books |
| Introduce books about primate - Books |
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| Related Papers |
Preuschoft H. 1989. Quantitative approaches to primate morphology. Folia Primatol (Basel);53(1-4):82-100.
Myers Thompson JA. 2003. A model of the biogeographical journey from Proto-pan to Pan paniscus. Primates. 44(2):191-7.
Washburn DA, Harper S, Rumbaugh DM. 1994. Computer-task testing of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in the social milieu. Primates. 35(3):343-51.
| Links |
http://www.primate.or.kr - Pusan National University Genome Information Lab.
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/ - Primate Info net
http://www.primates.com - Primate Photo Gallery
http://anthro.palomar.edu/primate - Taxonomy and general characteristics of prosimians, monkeys, apes, and humans.
http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp - Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html - University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
http://www.janegoodall.org - The Jane Goodall Institute For Wildlife Research, Education And Conservation
http://www.lessonsforhope.org - Chimpanzee Behavior
http://www.primate.org/gallery.htm - Primate gallery
http://www.monkeymatters.com - International Primate Association
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/primates.html - African Primates at Home
http://www.asp.org - American Society of Primatologists
http://www.unipv.it/webbio/api/api.htm - Associazione Primatologica Italiana
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Primate/enrich.html - Articles on Primate Environmental Enrichment and Psychological Well-being (LPN)
http://songweaver.com/info/bonobos.html - Bonono Sex and Society
http://www.primate.wisc.edu/WRPRC - Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center's Quarterly Newsletter
http://netvet.wustl.edu/primates.htm - Linkpage about primate but some are disappeared.
http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci - The Chimpanzee And Human Communication Institute.
