Primate Characteristics: NWM vs OWM notes
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Uploaded by ComfortingChalcedony2762
2025
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These notes compare characteristics primarily looking at primate traits, including morphology, diet, and locomotion, focusing on New World Monkeys (NWM) and Old World Monkeys (OWM). The differences between apes and prosimians are also compared, along with their dental formulas.
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1.1.13 2.9.13 slantedsectorial premolars Bilophodontmolars eatsleaves Bilophodont molars eats leaves prehensiletail long lumbar platyrrhine nose catarrhi...
1.1.13 2.9.13 slantedsectorial premolars Bilophodontmolars eatsleaves Bilophodont molars eats leaves prehensiletail long lumbar platyrrhine nose catarrhine nose arboretal locomotion short nonprehensiletail smallbody size locomotion terrestrial Quadruped 3 premolars are longfingers ff.lt groomingclaw hort lumbarregion post orbital bar 2 1.2.3 sectionial straightpremolar sharp triangularcusp eats insects Bunodontpremolars eatsfruit 2 1 3.3 catarrhininose large orbital No tail VCL vertical clinging leaping Brachiation reducedsnout rhinariumnose wet 5 digits primates prehensility 5digits hands feet prehensility prosimians enclosed eyeorbits largeeyeorbits mobile ears reducedsnout wettinarium postorbital bar large snout emurs lorises tarsiers VCL sharp triangular 001 C b
