Strepsirrhini Essays

Archaeology Essay: Bipedalism in hominids Introduction: Bipedalism is the defining characteristic of all hominins. It is what separates us from all other primates as it occurs uniquely in our species. The physical and mental characteristics of hominins has changed dramatically over our evolutionary timeline that has led to current day humans. If you were to compare a modern day human with our earliest hominin ancestors there are few similarities between them. However the one feature that unites all

A red fronted lemur can be found in central western as well as southeastern parts of Madagascar. The binomial species, eulemur rufifrons does have the presence of sexual dimorphism, as males are a grey/brown color with a red/brown crown, females on the other hand have a red/brown coat with a darker coloured crown. Both have pale under parts as well as white patches above the eyes. The red fronted lemurs are a social species and live in groups ranging from 4 to 18, mixed equally with both female and

sifaka or Propithecus diadema candidus have a small home range in forests with elevations between 4101 ft. and 6152 ft. in north-east Madagascar (Andriaholinirina, Baden, Blanco, et. al and Gron, 2008).  The Silky sifaka belongs to the suborder strepsirrhini; due to their wet noses, infraorder lemuriformes; because they are a lemur, and family Indriidea, because they are a type of sifaka. (Gron, 2008). Silky sifakas are approximately 1.6 ft. in body length with their tail being roughly the same length

Residing in the jungles of Madagascar, the Aye-aye is a very unique creature in the Animalia kingdom and is the only member of its family classification. Since the Aye-aye has such a unique physique, it was originally classified as a rodent, but is now considered a to be a specialized lemur. Once thought to be extinct, the Aye-Aye is now being more adequately studied but researchers, biologists, and scientists alike. The Aye-Aye is a unique species of Lemur dwelling in the rainforests of Madagascar

currently 20 recognized species of bushbabies separated in three categories: the greater bushbabies (Otolemur), needle-clawed bushbabies (Euoticus), and the lesser bushbabies (Galago) (“Bushbabies brought,” 2012). All bushbabies belong to the Strepsirrhini lineage. In the genera of Galago, there are 14 species. The species that I will focus on for the purpose of this paper is Galago moholi bushbabies (G. moholi). It can be hard to distinguish bushbaby species from one another by morphology alone;