Primates Of The World
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Author | : Jean-Jacques Petter |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2013-08-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0691156956 |
The essential illustrated guide to the world's primates This stunningly illustrated guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar—among the smallest primates known to exist—to the regal mountain gorillas of Africa. Organized by region and spanning every family of primates on Earth, the book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of each family, and 86 color distribution maps. Primates of the World also includes concise introductory chapters that discuss the latest findings on primate origins and evolution, behavior and adaptations, and classification, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date primate guide available. Covers nearly 300 species and every family of primates worldwide Features 72 color plates--the finest illustrations of primates ever produced Includes facing-page descriptions for each family and 86 color distribution maps The most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the world's primates
Author | : Noel Rowe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Primates |
ISBN | : 9781940496061 |
This book shows you photographs or a drawing of every currently recognised taxon in the primate order with a synopsis of what is known about all 505 species. The information has been compiled by over 300 primatologists from around the world, who have done field research on their particular lemur, loris, galago, monkey, or ape in its natural habitat. The book illustrates these primates with over 1500 photographs and provides over 5000 references. You will be amazed by the diversity of the worlds primates, and it will inspire you to protect endangered primates and their habitats. Fifty percent of the profits from the sale of this book will be donated to organisations working for the conservation of primates.
Author | : Alfred L. Rosenberger |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2020-09-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 069118951X |
A comprehensive account of the origins, evolution, and behavior of South and Central American primates New World Monkeys brings to life the beauty of evolution and biodiversity in action among South and Central American primates, who are now at risk. These tree-dwelling rainforest inhabitants display an unparalleled variety in size, shape, hands, feet, tails, brains, locomotion, feeding, social systems, forms of communication, and mating strategies. Primatologist Alfred Rosenberger, one of the foremost experts on these mammals, explains their fascinating adaptations and how they came about. New World Monkeys provides a dramatic picture of the sixteen living genera of New World monkeys and a fossil record that shows that their ancestors have lived in the same ecological niches for up to 20 million years—only to now find themselves imperiled by the extinction crisis. Rosenberger also challenges the argument that these primates originally came to South America from Africa by floating across the Atlantic on a raft of vegetation some 45 million years ago. He explains that they are more likely to have crossed via a land bridge that once connected Western Europe and Canada at a time when many tropical mammals transferred between the northern continents. Based on the most current findings, New World Monkeys offers the first synthesis of decades of fieldwork and laboratory and museum research conducted by hundreds of scientists.
Author | : Jaclyn H. Wolfheim |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 860 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9783718601905 |
First Published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Ian Redmond |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Primates |
ISBN | : 9781847738042 |
This illustrated guide takes a close look at every branch of the primate family around the world, from tiny nocturnal mouse lemurs in Madagascar, to graceful langurs in India and majestic gorillas in Africa.
Author | : Dorothy L. Cheney |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780226102467 |
Cheney and Seyfarth enter the minds of vervet monkeys and other primates to explore the nature of primate intelligence and the evolution of cognition. "This reviewer had to be restrained from stopping people in the street to urge them to read it: They would learn something of the way science is done, something about how monkeys see their world, and something about themselves, the mental models they inhabit."—Roger Lewin, Washington Post Book World "A fascinating intellectual odyssey and a superb summary of where science stands."—Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek "A once-in-the-history-of-science enterprise."—Duane M. Rumbaugh, Quarterly Review of Biology
Author | : Ronald M. Nowak |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1999-10-28 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780801862519 |
Recently extinct genera, such as the giant lemurs of Madagascar, are covered in full Text summaries present well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of primates in every part of the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Donna J. Haraway |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2013-01-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1136608141 |
Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.
Author | : Bernardo Urbani |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 559 |
Release | : 2022-08-18 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1108487335 |
The first compendium of archaeoprimatological studies, covering past relationships between humans and nonhuman primates across the world.
Author | : Robert W. Sussman |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : |
For upper level biology courses on primates. This is the first resource in forty years, which reviews the latest writings and research dealing with prosimians. There are no other books available that deal with primate ecology and the behavior of free-ranging primates. This represents the most in-depth coverage, initially characterizing these animals as they exist in their least disturbed state, then comparing behavior in disturbed situations and captivity in order to gain a better understanding of primate behavior and primate communities. Each major taxonomic group is covered, including information on locomotion and habitat, diet, activity cycles, predation, social organization, communication, reproduction and infant development. Primate Ecology is well illustrated with over 130 figures and plates.