The Ape, the Monkey and Baboon

The Ape, the Monkey, and Baboone (Weelkes, Thomas). First Publication, in Ayeres or Phantasticke Spirites. Genre Categories, Airs; For.
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Gestation in the Old World monkeys lasts between five and seven months. Births are usually single, although, as with humans, twins occur from time to time. The young are born relatively well-developed, and are able to cling onto their mother's fur with their hands from birth. Compared with most other mammals, they take a long time to reach sexual maturity, with four to six years being typical of most species. In most species, daughters remain with their mothers for life, so that the basic social group among Old World monkeys is a matrilineal troop.

Males leave the group on reaching adolescence, and find a new troop to join. In many species, only a single adult male lives with each group, driving off all rivals, but others are more tolerant, establishing hierarchical relationships between dominant and subordinate males. Group sizes are highly variable, even within species, depending on the availability of food and other resources.

Two subfamilies are recognized, the Cercopithecinae , which are mainly African, but include the diverse genus of macaques , which are Asian and North African, and the Colobinae , which includes most of the Asian genera, but also the African colobus monkeys. The distinction between apes and monkeys is complicated by the traditional paraphyly of monkeys: Apes emerged as a sister group of Old World Monkeys in the catarrhines , which are a sister group of New World Monkeys.

Therefore, cladistically , apes, catarrhines and related contemporary extinct groups such as Parapithecidae are monkeys as well, for any consistent definition of "monkey". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For an explanation of very similar terms, see Catarrhini. Mammals portal Primates portal. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press. The Encyclopedia of Mammals.

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Rank is also revealed by threatening and submissive gestures. Flashing eyelids are a mildly threatening display. The yawn display and the tail-in-face display are extremely threatening. Individuals either ignore or respond to the challenge. Females, who are smaller than adult males, may display threats towards males but do not attack them.

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Also, submissive individuals often groom dominant individuals. Grooming is an important social behavior; it is the social cement of the troop reinforcing and establishing relationships. Females take an interest in the infants of other mothers. Mothers may be reluctant to allow females to carry infants.

A female carrying a mother's infant may be an alloparent providing care or may be kidnapping the infant. Auntie was very interested in carrying Algi whose mother, Apricot, was reluctant to give him up. To get closer to the infant, Auntie groomed the mother. When a female is in estrus, males are attracted to her.

One male, a consort, may accompany the female into the bush, away from the group. He attempts to keep other males away from a female. Rivals display canines and flash eyelids towards the consort who stays close to the female. In the morning, the baboons forage in the forest. Baboons eat a variety of readily available foods: Fruits, nuts, fish dropped from fishing nets , edible flowers, insects, and, occasionally, meat. They can store palm nuts in their cheeks. Baboons use stones as tools to scrap sticky fruit sap off their fur.

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Feeding and other situations often increase tensions in the troop. Frustrated males may attack subordinates. A single fight may cause a chain reaction of fights e. When tensions are high in the troop, a male may kidnap an infant and carry her until tensions subside. In this way, males use infants as agonistic buffers. They carry infants not to protect them but to protect themselves. Some males, however, appear to take a benevolent interest in infants.

For example, Moses protected Mango from Fudge. Mothers carry their infants. Algi, as a newborn, hangs underneath his mother when she is traveling. There is one other kind of primate that people may not be aware of. Prosimians are the most primitive of the primates - sometimes they are referred to as "pre-monkeys". There name means "before monkeys". Prosimians include animals like lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers.

They are the ancestors to monkeys, and apes and live a very different lifestyle. In contrast to diurnal daytime monkeys and apes, prosimians are mostly nocturnal Specialized and tropical; They are usually very specialized to their environment and have a variety of social systems.

Like monkeys and apes though, they do have a developed hand with good control.

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They are restricted to living only in tropical woodlands Prosimians are restricted to tropical woodlands. Many surviving species have become nocturnal, probably because of competition from diurnal monkeys and rodents. Most prosimians are endangered, some critically so.

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Hopefully now you know some characteristics, both physically and otherwise that separate monkeys and apes - as well as the other less well known primate Prosimians. Here is one more graphical reminder, to help you be able to recognize the different kinds of primates since there are very obvious physical differences between them!

Ape VS Monkey Quiz. This article will focus more on apes: Apes are usually larger and heavier than monkeys. Apes have no tail. Apes have a more upright body posture than monkeys, and are often able to walk on 2 legs. Apes have a broad chest. Apes rely on vision rather than smell, and thus have shorter noses than some monkeys.


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Apes have a large brain to body size ratio compared with other animals. Apes only live in Africa and Asia monkeys also live in South America. There are a few exceptions to these rules; there are some monkeys without tails, and there are some large monkeys. But overall, those are general characteristics to remember about apes and monkeys.

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The great apes include orangutans, chimpanzees, orangutans, gorillas, humans and bonobos shown below in order. These great apes are included under the family Hominidae. Old world monkeys have: Narrow and downward pointing nostrils. Longer hind legs than forearms. Flattened nails on fingers and toes. Prominent buttock pads that they can sit on.