The primate family tree : the amazing diversity of our closest relatives
Record details
- ISBN: 9781554079643 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1554079640 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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176 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, col. ports. ; 26 cm. - Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Previous ed.: c2008. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Primate characteristics -- Global primate distribution -- Diet and habitat -- Gardeners of the forest -- Primate cultures -- Social structures -- Communication -- Darwin's big idea -- Friend or foe? -- Primate tourism -- Primate conservation -- In the field -- Introduction : prosimians -- Lorises and the potto -- Bushbabies -- Introducing lemurs -- Dwarf and mouse lemurs -- Sportive lemurs -- True lemurs, including bamboo lemurs -- The indrid family -- Aye-aye -- Tarsiers -- Introduction : New World monkeys -- Marmosets and tamarins -- Night monkeys -- Titi monkeys -- Capuchins and squirrel monkeys -- Sakis and uakaris -- Howler monkeys -- Spider monkeys, muriquis, and woolly monkeys -- Introduction : Old World monkeys -- Macaques -- Baboons -- Drill and mandrill -- Mangabeys -- Patas monkey and swamp monkey -- Vervet and talapoin monkeys -- Guenons -- Black-and-white colobus -- Red colobus and olive colobus -- Langurs -- Odd-nosed colobines -- Proboscis monkey -- Introduction : apes -- Gibbons and siamang -- Brachiation -- Orangutans -- Gorillas -- Chimpanzee and bonobo -- The cultured ape -- Humans -- Where to watch primates. |
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Subject: | Primates Primates Pictorial works |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | QL 737 .P9 R43 2011 | 30775305499163 | General Collection | Available | - |