Comparative Primate Blog Post

Comparative Primate Blog Post

The locomotor pattern of lemurs, spider monkeys, baboons, gibbons, and chimpanzees.

The Lemur- A. The Lemur inhabits the island of Madagascar in environments that can be described as overgrown forests. They reside in these areas because during the rainy season, there tends to be more food. Many lemurs live in the rainforest while some live in desert areas.

                       B.  The locomotor patterns for the lemur are distinct in the use of all four of their legs and also only two at times.  

                C.  Their long hind legs and long arms allow them to leap to great heights, this allows easy access to trees and large branches in which they reside.

The Baboon

A- The Baboon lives in Africa and Arabia. They inhabit savannas and occasionally can be seen in tropical forests although this is rare. 

B- Like the Lemur, they are quadrupeds and move on all fours. The Baboon is known to be very athletic and quick. They are fast runners and very agile.

C - The Baboon has adapted to its environment in that it can withstand hot temperatures and the hot savannas. 

The Spider Monkey

A- The Spider monkey lives in large tropical rain forests so they have much home range. They seek places that offer canopies for shade and some protection. 

B - They swing using long arms, legs, and tails. Their long arms and legs allow them to easily travel from tree to tree and branch to branch. Their fingers are also long and elongated to provide more accuracy when reaching great heights

C - They use their tails to hold themselves on branches for the use of hands and arms to gather food. Their fingers help them swiftly move through the branches while in danger.

The Gibbon

A- They habitat tropical and subtropical rain forests and spend most of their lives in trees because they have a great skill of navigating through long trees to escape predators. 

B-  They travel tree to tree by swinging underneath branches with the hand over hand motion. They often walk upright on two feet on tree branches. They stretch arms for proper balance.

C- Their long arms, strong arms, and weight easily allows them to travel through trees and find all food supply upon high tree tops. 

The Chimpanzee

A - The chimp resides in Africa in rainforests, grasslands, and woodlands. They prefer green lands and tropical environments.

B- Most times, they walk on all fours as the other. However, there are occasions where they walk as a bipedal. They also have the ability to swing from tree to tree.

C- They also sleep and eat in trees. Their long arms also help them to adapt to the tree environments. However, in recent studies, they are more able to adapt to different environments just we do.