Primates

The haplorrhine clade (like Tarsiers) is defined by _____

• a wet nose (rhinarium)

• a claw on one toe

• 2.1.2.3. dental formula

• loss of a tapetum lucidum (a.k.a. reflective crystals in eyes)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The fact that tarsiers are nocturnal and lemurs and lorises are nocturnal _____

• shows us that these primates should be grouped together under prosimians.

• is not useful because it is ancestral

• is not useful because it is an analogous trait

• tarsiers don't really exist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

strepsirrhine (pick 2)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

strepsirrhines (pick 2)

• gibbons

• Tarsiers

• Lemur

• Loris

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which is the Loris?

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haplorhines

• wet nose

• dry nose

Can't synthesise vitamin C

• haplorhines

• strepsirrhines

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

haplorhines (check more than 1)

• Humans

• Gorillas

• Lemurs & Lorises

• Gibbons

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

New world monkey (look at nose and tail)

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Old world monkey

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3