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Primates


            The primates that I chose to do my report on are the ruffled lemur, orangutan, and chimpanzee. The ruffled lemur's suborder is prosimi; Superfamily: Loris idea; Family: cheirogaleidae; Genus and species: Varecia. Ruffled Lemurs are from Madagascar and live in the humid rain forest. They eat fruits, flowers, and leaves. They have pointed muzzle and large eyes and small ears. Lemurs have monkey like bodies and limbs and most have bushy tails about as long as the body. The fingers and toes have flat nails, except the second toe, which has a stout claw. Females do not carry their offspring on their stomachs or backs like most primates, but rather leave their litters in nests of leaves. Male lemurs are much wider than the female they have a larger head and lots of hair. Their length of body is 55cm and their tail is 60cm. They weigh 3.5-4.5kg and their coloration is varecia coats consists mainly of large patches of black and white fur, but the placement of these patches varies between populations. Ruffled lemurs breed during the months of May, June and July with infants born approximately 3 months later. .
             Ruffled lemurs are usually found in small groups of between 2 and 5 individuals. These groups are occasionally aggressive towards other groups at the borders of territories. Females form the core of the group and are dominant to males which give them first access to food and allow them to choose who they will mate with. Lemurs can not manipulate their fingers well enough to use them for grooming like most monkeys and apes do. Instead of using their fingers, all prosimians have a toothcomb which is made up of their 6 bottom teeth. They use this toothcomb to groom their fur and the fur of other members of their social group.
             The second group of primates that I chose to do was the orangutans. Orangutans are large apes that live in Southeast Asia. These apes mostly live in trees and swing from branch to branch using their arms.


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