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Primates Poster |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
- THIS POSTER HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED |
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A251 Primates
This order includes the lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys and apes.
Most live in tropical or subtropical regions of the
Americas, Africa and Asia. Fossil evidence indicates that
Plesiadapis may have been their ancient ancestor. It
looked somewhat like a squirrel, and lived in North America
and Europe around 55 million years ago. Scientists have long
recognized that the animals in this group are still
evolving. This is reflected in the classification system
that divides the order / clade into two groups. (1) The
primitive Prosimians have physical characteristics found in
the earliest known species. This group includes the lemurs,
lorisiforms, Aye-aye and tarsiers. (2). The more advanced
Simians include the monkeys and apes. |
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NEW MAMMAL
SERIES |
Mammals are the most
well-known animals on Earth. They were named for their
unique mammary glands which produce milk to feed the young.
This soft tissue does not fossilize. To differentiate modern
mammals from their more primitive ancestors, paleontologists
use a distinguishing feature shared by all living mammals:
the three middle ear bones used for hearing. These bones are
now the defining characteristic of the clade.
Animals are now being reclassified in accordance with the new cladistic
classification system. None of the new systems proposed for
mammals has been widely accepted so the Linnaeus
classification system is still used. Under it there are 29
orders, 153 families and about 1,200 genera. There are
approximately 5,400 species ranging in size from the 1.2
inch Thumblebee Bat to the 110 foot Blue Whale.
This great new series of poster explores the largest and
most popular order. They identify and present every family
in the order. Each is briefly introduced and the number of
known species is cited. A great many beautiful, highly
detailed and anatomically accurate illustrations show an
outstanding selection of representational species. North
American mammals are shown whenever possible.
All of the titles in this series have the same graphic
design, making them a matched set. The warm colors go well
with almost all decors. |
| STATUS: Present plants
call for all the first four titles in this series to be
published and released together.Carnivores, Primates
and Ungulates are complete. Illustrations are now
being prepared for Marsupials. |
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