### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Primate
* All primates are agile climbers that grasp with their hands and feet
  - highly visual creatures
  - similar to humans in some ways, but language is an important difference
  - social animals
  - threatened in the wild
  - groom each other
* All primates have a clavicle
  - greatly expanded cortical visual system
* All primates have five fingers on each hand
  - flexible digits at the end of their hands and feet
  - large brains, developed eyes and good stereoscopic and binocular vision
  - relatively large brains yet there is considerable variation in patterns of play
  - shoulder and hip joints that are called ball and socket joints
  - what's called a post-orbital bar surrounding their eye socket
  - live in communities with other species
  - rely more on sight than any other sense
  - require a source of vitamin C, which is added to commercial monkey biscuits
  - share a common ancestor, naturally extending interest in aging across primate species
* Give some examples of primates.
* Many primates are actually active throughout a twenty-four hour period on a sporadic basis
  - also omnivores, including mankind
* Many primates can also swivel or turn their arms at the shoulder
  - stand upright on their hind legs without any support
  - groom themselves or one another
  - have both a caecum and an appendix, or a structure intermediate between the two
  - suckle on something until their adult teeth come in
* Many primates use a canter, which slow gallop with no aerial phase
  - black skin as a clue to stature
* Most primates are able to climb trees
  - arboreal, living in trees
  - classified in families
  - diurnal, which means that they are active during the day
  - frugivorous, but none consume diets entirely of fruit
  - good climbers
  - omnivorous
  - become omnivores
  - belong to families
  - come from warm places in Africa, South America and Asia
  - defend territory
* Most primates depend on food
  - plant food
* Most primates eat food
  - fruits, leaves, gums and insects
  - plants
  - ripe fruit
  - the fruits and leaves of trees in tropical forests
  - emit odor smell
  - exhibit a variety of positional and locomotor behaviors
* Most primates feed commercial primate diets
  - on plants
* Most primates gain energy
  - enough energy
  - get food
  - give birth to animals
* Most primates have ancestors
  - big toes
  - black fur
  - blue eyes
  - chances
  - close resemblance
  - common ancestors
  - complex brains, fingernails instead of claws and a sense of curiosity
  - dimorphism
  - factors
  - fifth digits
  - five digits on each limb
  - foreheads
  - grasp hands
  - growth hormones
  - hands and feet adapted for grasping
  - relatives
  - shoulders
  - single births and nurture their offspring for a long time
  - hide in trees
* Most primates learn behavior
  - eat behavior
* Most primates live in areas
  - countries
  - develop countries
  - habitats
  - rainforests
* Most primates live in tropical or subtropical forests, woodlands, or savannas
  - on earth
  - occupy different habitats
* Most primates possess strong teeth
  - reach adulthood
  - relate to lemurs
* Most primates rely on knowledge
  - senses
  - share common ancestors
  - show resemblance
  - sleep in trees to avoid predators
* Most primates use energy
  - expression
  - facial expression
  - resources
* Some primates achieve status.
* Some primates are caused by viruses
  - evolved from insectivores
  - in one category, some in the other
  - known to be carriers of diseases which can and do get passed on to humans
  - monogamous, some are polygamous
  - sexually dimorphic in coloration
* Some primates carry diseases
  - choose to live alone, others live in pairs and others live in a big groups
  - develop blood pressure
* Some primates develop high blood pressure
* Some primates eat animals
  - meat
  - even have prehensile tails
* Some primates have capacity
  - degrees
  - high metabolic requirements
  - no thumbs
  - ranges
* Some primates infect with monkey b viruses
* Some primates kill infant primates
* Some primates live in trees
  - zoos
  - on high mountains
  - resemble lemurs
  - respond to death
  - sink teeth
  - survive infection
* Some primates use erect tails
  - mechanisms
  - similar mechanisms
  - walk upright, and many primates are omnivores.
  * All primates are similar to humans in some ways, but language is an important difference. Haplorrhini includes monkeys, tarsiers, and apes, including humans
* also have a problem
  - reduced number of teeth as compared to other mammals
  - large, highly developed brains
  - relatively well-developed parental care and relatively complex social behavior
  - retain other generalized skeletal features like the clavicle or collar bone
  - use their hands to procure and eat their food
* are a good example of animals which almost always live in small groups
  - group of mammals consisting of prosimians, monkeys and apes
  - part of our heritage
  - relatively old order of mammals
  - absent from New Guinea, Australia, and the oceanic islands
  - adapted to live in diverse climates
* are also social animals
  - susceptible to human illnesses and diseases
  - altricial, infants' brains fairly underdeveloped at birth
  - among the most endangered of the world's animals
  - certainly more rational than the majority of organisms
  - conspicuous inhabitants of many ecological communities in the tropics
  - divided into two subgroups
  - essentially dwellers of the tropics and semi-tropics
  - generally social
  - hairy and have many have no tails
  - important dispersers in tropical regions
  - intelligent mammals
  - interesting animals
  - land animals
* are largely tropical creatures
  - visual animals, perhaps as a result of a common adaptation to visual predation
  - main targets, especially chimpanzees and gorillas
  - mainly arboral mammals, but terrestrial forms occur in several groups
  - mammals that have adapted to living in trees and in some cases, on the ground as well
  - mammals, including chimps, gorillas, and monkeys
  - members of the order of mammals that includes humans, great apes, monkeys and lemurs
  - notable for high levels of diversity and adaptability
  - now the most imperiled major order of mammals
  - one of the more diverse groups of mammals
* are our closest relative in the primate family
  - nearest relatives in the animal kingdom
  - placental mammals
  - placentals
  - remarkably recent animals
  - salty
  - smart and require ongoing mental stimulation
* are social animals and normally live in large groups in the wild
  - tattooed
  - terrestrial organisms
* are the group of mammals that includes humans, apes, and monkeys
  - highest order of mammals
  - mammals that are humankind's closest biological relatives
  - most well developed mammals
  - only mammals with opposable thumbs
* are very complicated beings, whose natural environments are very complex
  - social animals, and tend to form strong bonds with family and friends
  - wild animals and can inflict painful bites
* are, above all, social animals.
* can act as reservoirs for human pathogens
  - also be important mutualists with plants
  - be both predator and prey species
  - both use and manufacture stone tools
  - classify images faster and more accurately than the best computers
  - hang off of things with their arms
  - move on two legs or four
  - relax while participating in social grooming
  - serve as hosts to many parasites
  - stand up for long periods of time
* certainly have the ability to re-identify, and track, individuals, and to form preferences.
* constantly face decisions that influ- ence their survival and reproduction.
* consume vegetables
  - vertebrates
* continue to be essential to medical research.
* die as Burmese forests destroyed.
* diseases prophylactice and treatment.
  - many different foods
* enjoy sunlight, especially on cold days.
* forage for food.
* form long-term social relationships.
* grow up more slowly than other mammals the same size.
* have a flatter, keratinized covering called a nail
  - least some nails which cover the tips of their fingers and toes
  - remarkable ability to interpret complex scenes in real time
  - eyes that are on the front of their heads
* have five digits on their forelimbs
  - individual toes
  - good color vision and visual acuity, which means they see very clearly
  - high levels of sentience are so similar in , then how much more for larger animals
* have large brains and short jaws
  - compared with other mammals
  - more big toe mobility for grasping and climbing
  - much more voluntary motor control of face
  - nails instead of hoofs and claws
  - prehensile hands
  - special needs
  - the same number and relative size of teeth as humans
  - two sub orders they are divided into
  - very sensitive fingers and toes with dermal ridges that enhance the sense of touch
* include baboons
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - monkeys, apes, and humans
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* including humans, and all birds, have a fovea.
* inhabit a range of habitats, but they are predominantly forest-dwelling mammals
  - degrade areas
  - tropical rainforests
* mark areas.
* mate for life.
* possess incisor teeth
  - much higher levels of sentience, consciousness and socialisation
* rely heavily on their sense of touch to explore and investigate their environments
  - less on their sense of smell and more on vision
* require an exceptional amount of work, time, and patience
  - professional, well-managed care
* satisfy their nutritional requirements with a broad range of foods.
* share ancestors
  - characteristics
  - distinctive traits, resulting from common ancestry
  - follow characteristics
* show a remarkable diversity of locomotor behaviors
* sometimes demonstrate Machiavellian social maneuvers.
* spend hours picking out the fruity crumbles, bit by bit
  - time with their offspring
* take weather into account when searching for fruit.
* there are four.
* use communicative ploys to gain proximity to and interaction with desirable partners
  - vision and touch to explore their environment
* vary widely in their social behavior, including sexual habits.
+ Collective animal behaviour, Small social groups: Zoology :: Ethology
  * Primates are a good example of animals which almost always live in small groups. The groups are based on a family, a group of families, or females 'owned' by a dominant male, together with offspring.