Comparative Primate

Lemurs

·         Lemurs live in Madagascar and the neighboring Comoro Islands they spend most of their time at the top of the rain forest.

·         Lemurs do not have prehensile tails (meaning they can’t hang themselves from trees with their tail) lemurs have a good sense of vision which is better at night.

·         The lemur adaptation to eat fruits, leaves, and other edible plants as well as small insects come in handy in the rain forest because it is abundant with many of the lemurs diet.

Spider Monkey

·         Spider monkeys live in tropical climates, such as the evergreen forest in South America as well as Far North in Mexico living in the upper canopy of trees.

·         Spider monkeys have long lanky arms they also do not have thumbs; however, the patch of the end of their tails works similar to fingers increasing their griping ability.

·         Spider monkeys are omnivorous they are specially categorized fruigivorous because they base on fruit and seed where in their habitat is pretty abundant.       

                                                                                        

           Baboon

·         Baboons live on East Africa they are the most adaptable on the ground of all primates and can live on a variety of habitats.

·         Baboons do not have prehensile tail but they can climb trees easily, baboons are dogfaced.

·         Baboons are omnivores and selective feeders (they choose what to eat). Grass makes a part of their diet along with berries, and seeds, as well as a variety of plants. They also eat insects, fish, birds, vervet monkeys and young, small antelopes giving them a special adaptation to survival in their particular environment.

           Gibbon

·         Gibbons live in Laos, Vietnam, and Southern China living on evergreen forest and monsoon forest, they spend much of their time in the canopy they rarely go to the ground.

·         Gibbons have strong hook-shaped hands for grasping branches; shoulder joints are specially adapted to have a greater range of motion allowing them to swing faster from branch to branch perfect for their environment.

·         Gibbon’s diet consists of ripe fruits, leaves, and small amount of invertebrates this quality of eating maintains them in the canopy raising their chances of survival.

            Chimpanzee

·         Chimpanzees live across a west belt in equatorial Africa; they live in a wide variety of habitats including dry savannas, evergreen forest, montane forest, swamp forest, and dry woodland-savanna mosaics.

·         Chimpanzees are quadrupedal knuckle walking and occasionally bipedalism; chimpanzees are both terrestrial and arboreal.

·         Chimpanzees are frugivores they prefer to eat frutes and seeds they supplement their vegetarian diet with insects, birds, birds eggs, honey, soil, and small medium sized animals including primates this is helpful because even though their main diet is frugivore they can adapt to eat other things.

 

      Summary:

In conclusion I believe all these primates have a very similar trait on diet they are mostly frugivores but they can adapt to other means of food. They also live on trees and their abilities for climbing come in handy. Most live on the canopy only two have adapted to live on ground and trees. They are also very territorial.

Resources:

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/chimpanzee

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/primates/facts/fact-white-cheeked-gibbon.cfm

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/gibbon/?rptregcta=reg_free_np&rptregcampaign=20131016_rw_membership_n1p_us_se_w#register

http://www.outtoafrica.nl/animals/engbaboon.html

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/baboon/

http://www.macalester.edu/~montgomery/spidermonkey.html

http://www.lemurs.us/basics.html