What does the aye-aye feed on

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Primates

Lemurs are the most primitive and ancient primates that still exist. They are classified as "prosimians" in other words they are separate from other monkeys and apes. Prosimians have a wet nose (unlike the dry nose of monkeys and apes) and they often have multiple births and rely more on scent than sight.

A) Web site name : Lemur Center at Duke University

Click on "Red-fronted lemur".

1) What is the scientific name of this lemur? Eulemur _____________

2) What is the average group size? _________________________________

Click on "Basic facts"
3) What is the lifespan in the wild ? ___________________

Click on the photo of the "Aye-Aye"
4) What are two unusual features of the "aye-aye"?

Click on "Feeding"
5) What does the aye-aye feed on?

6) How do they find insect larva? ____________________________________

Click on a different lemur on screen.
7) Which lemur did you pick? ________________________

8) Summarize the information on this lemur: ___________________________

B) Web site name : Air Madagascar

9) How far from the coast of Africa is Madagascar ? _____________________

10) What months of the year is the rainy season ? ________________________

11) If you were in the center of Madagascar, in which direction are the Comoros Islands ?

Click on "National Parks" on the left of the screen.

12) Which part of the island (north, east etc) has sub-arid spiny thicket? _______

13) How far can a Sifaka jump? _______________________________

14) The trees shown in the photograph are baobab trees. What is unusual about their appearance?

C) Web site name : Primate of the Week

Read about the "Black-and-white Ruffed lemur"

15) What part of the body of this lemur is "ruffed"? _____________________

16) Which gender is dominant? ____________________________________

17) What is different from other primates about the way the infants are treated?

18) What are two reasons why this species is threatened?

D) Web site name : Endangered Species Classroom

Read Spotlight on "Island Biogeography"

19) Why are island species particularly vulnerable to extinction ? __

Click on "Endangered", then "Black lemur"

20) Why were male and female black lemurs originally thought to be two different species ?

21) What do black lemurs eat ? ______________________________________

Click on "Vulnerable", then "Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur"

22) When was the Hairy-eared dwarf lemur recently rediscovered ? __________

23) Why was it hard to find ? ________________________________________

24) What does this tell you about the estimate of 15 species of lemur becoming extinct since humans arrived in Madagascar ?

25) What is the most interesting fact about lemurs that you have found as you went through this exercise ?

Primates include monkeys and apes. Use the "Search" feature of the internet to get information from websites on the biology of any two of the apes listed below :

Orang-utan ( genus Pongo ), Chimpanzee ( Pan ),
Gibbon ( Hylobates), Gorilla ( Gorilla ).

26). First ape : _______________ Website : https:// ______________________

27). Does this site have photos or audio? ________________________________

28). Summarize the information on this website:

29). Second ape : _____________ Website : https:// ______________________

30). Does this site have photos or audio? ________________________________

31). Summarize the information on this website: __________________________

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