Education 2 you - 115 Web Sites related to Primatology Primates

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	1.	Primate Info Net * - Primate Info Net (PIN) is a WWW site for people with an interest in the field of primatology. PIN is maintained by the Wisconsin Primate Research Center (WPRC) Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. WPRC programs are supported by grant numbers RR... . .
	2.	Prosimians: SubOrder Prosimii/ Strepshirrini - 3 groups of Prosimians: lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers most like ancestral primates than other living primates. More similar to the early evolving primates than higher primates currently living today. Habitat: Prosimians are naturally found in Africa... Source/Host: Yahoo GeoCities \| Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	3.	Laboratory Primate Newsletter * - The Laboratory Primate Newsletter provides a central source of information about nonhuman primates and related matters to scientists who use these animals in their research and those whose work supports such research. Students and interested laypersons ar... . .
	4.	CAPUCHIN FACTS - The capuchin monkey takes its name from the Capuchin monk, whose cowl the monkeys' head-coloring resembles. Although the species differ from one another in appearance, the typical capuchin is about a foot and a half long, with a slender prehensile tail a... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	5.	Procolobus badius (Red Colobus Monkey) * - read a description of these monkeys known for their unusual digestive system. Colobus monkeys are best known for their peculiar digestive system and physiology. They have a four-chambered stomach, unlike other primates, which have a single-chambered stoma... . .
	6.	Black Lemur - Lemur macaco Endangered These shy, usually nocturnal primates once inhabited the northwestern part of the island of Madagascar. There were taboos against killing them, but as natural forests were replaced by plantations, this protection disappe... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	7.	Michelle Merrill's Home Page * - Links to information on animal behavior research in the tropics, primates, chimpanzees, bonobos, Zaire, Friends of the Earth, other activist sites, plus cool images and fun stuff. . .
	8.	Primates - In both Spec and our home timestream, primates evolved at the cusp of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Fragmentary evidence from Home-Earth (none has yet been found in Spec) suggests simian precursors in the latest Cretaceous, but these fossils (called P... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	9.	Suborder: Strepsirrhini - Extant prosimians are the lemurs, indris, sifakas, aye-ayes, bushbabies, lorises and pottos. They tend to have retained more early mammalian characteristics than other primates, for example they are more likely to have: claws (though at least one nail is... Reviewer: J. Nicol . .
	10.	African Primates at Home * - African Primates at Home. Photos, audio, and information about wild monkeys and apes studied by primatologist Dr. Some of the primates I study on their home turf in East Africa... SAMPLE VOCALIZATION: Scream STATUS: Endangered (IUCN: Vulnerable) G... Source/Host: Indiana University . .