Primatologi (Senin jam 09.00 sd. 11.

05) - 1 SKS
NO TANGGAL MATERI
1 22/08 Kontrak perkuliahan & pendahuluan

2 29/08 Sistematika dan Biodiversitas

3 05/09 Sistematika dan Biodiversitas

4 12/09 Body structure

5 19/09 Body structure

6 26/09 UTS
7 03/10 Sosioetologi
8 10/10 Biogeografi dan Ekologi
9 17/10 Konservasi
10 24/10 Teknik Observasi Perilaku

11 31/10 Tugas Mandiri (Case base/project base)

12 07/11 Presentasi

13 14/11 Presentasi
14 21/11 Presentasi
15 28/11 UAS
16 05/12 Remidial
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All primates belong to class Mammalia
and they share a number of traits with
other mammals:
1.Fur (body hair)
2.Give birth to live young - mammary gland
3.Warm-blooded, the ability to maintain a
constant body temperature
4.Behavior is learned rather than instinctive
1. Variable in size
Pigmy marmoset Gorilla

Microcebus myoxinus
2. Adapted to an arboreal
3. Generally lively, clever, and very successful
at adapting to different environmental
opportunities  relatively unspecialized
4. Pentadactylism
5. Prehensile hands and opposable thumbs
6. Some digits have f lat nails in place of rigid
claws
7. Bipedalism
8. Have shoulder joints  clavicle (collar bones)
The reduction of the olfactory apparatus results in a relatively
flat face in the monkey and human when compared with the
face of a fox
12. Long gestation period
& natural life spans
Rank Mammal Gestati
on Days
Lifespan:
1 Elephant (African) 645
2 Elephant (Asian) 617 Tuataras: 100-200 years
3 Whale (sperm) 480–590 Galapagos giant tortoise:
4 Rhinoceros (black) 450
190 years
5 Giraffe 420–450
6 Donkey 365 Asian elephants: 86 years
7 Zebra (Grant's) 361-390
8 Camel (Bactrian) 360-420
Horses: 25-30 years
9 Sea lion (California) 350
10 Alpaca 335-366 Bowhead Whale: 200 years
13.Diurnal
14.Highly social animals
Ordo Subordo Infraordo Superfamilia