Homo sapiens

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Hominoidea - Hominidae - Homo/Pan/Gorilla group - Homo - Homo sapiens

Trivia

• In Latin Homo sapiens means "wise man" or "knowing man".
• Homo sapiens is the World's "most dangerous species".

Fore more information

• Human development, pregnancy stages, life history
• Characteristics unique to humans

Macaca fascicularis

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecidae - Cercopithecinae - Macaca - Macaca fascicularis

Distribution

• Long-tailed or crab-eating macaques are found in southeast and southern Asia: from Burma to the Philippines, Indochina, Malayia, and Indonesia.

Life history

• prenatal
  • embryo MeSH average gestation period is about 162 days
• post natal
  • neonate until 1 month of age
  • juvenile until sexual maturity (4-5 years); juveniles are weaned at about 420 days of age
  • adult age of sexual maturity is about 4 years for females, and about 6 years for males; lifespan is up to 30 years in captivity

References

• Animal Diversity Web: Macaca fascicularis

Macaca fuscata

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecidae - Cercopithecinae - Macaca - Macaca fuscata (Japanese macaque)

Useful links

• http://www.monkeyland.co.za/content.php?comp=article&op=view&id=13
• http://japan-animals.blogspot.com/

The monkey sits on the roadside and collects snacks from passing tourists (on the road that leads from the mountain lake to Nikko).

Macaca mulatta

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecidae - Cercopithecinae - Macaca - Macaca mulatta

Distribution

• M. mulatta (rhesus macaque) is a typical macaque, common throughout Afganistan, to northern India and southern China. Because it is often used for research, populations of these macaques are kept in captivity world wide.

Life history

• prenatal
  • embryo MeSH average gestation period is about 165 days
• post natal
  • neonate until 1 month of age
  • juvenile until sexual maturity (4-5 years); juveniles are weaned at about 1 year of age
  • adult age of sexual maturity is about 2.5-4 years for females, and about 4.5-7 years for males; lifespan is up to 30 years in captivity

References

• Animal Diversity Web: Macaca mulatta
• White paper for complete sequencing of the Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta).

Papio anubis (olive baboon)

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Cercopithecoidea - Cercopithecidae - Cercopithecinae - Papio - Papio anubis

Brief facts

• Papio anubis (olive baboon, Kenya babboon, Doguaera babboon) is part of a complex of closely related African baboon species which are among the largest non-hominid members of the primate order.
• All baboons have long dog-like muzzles (cynocephalus, "dog-head"), close-set eyes, heavy powerful jaws, thick fur except on their muzzle, a short tail and rough spots on their protruding hindquarters, called ischial callosities.
• Baboons are quadrupedal, mainly terrestrial primates, highly adaptable and are able to find nutrition in almost any environment.
• Olive baboons are highly social animals, with a complex multi-male, multi-female social structure. Members of a troop travel, forage, and sleep together. An average troop may be comprised of 39 to 97 animals made up of a few male, many females, and their young.
• Papio anubis is the most broadly distributed baboon species, ranging through most of central sub-Saharan Africa. Isolated populations occur within the Saharan region. They are found in savannah, grassland steppe, and rainforest habitats.
• Homo and Papio diverged ~25 million years ago, and their genomes are ~6% different (four times more divergent than Homo and Pan.
• The olive baboon provides a robust primate model for the study of schistosomiasis, malaria, and other important parasitic infections. Also, the Olive baboon is a popular animal model for reproductive and surgical research.

Life history

• prenatal
  • embryo MeSH average gestation period is about 180 days
• post natal
  • neonate neonate weighs approximately 1068g and has a black coat, making it easy to distinguish from older infants
  • infant an infant is completely dependent upon its mother for the first few months, until it begins to eat solid food and is able to walk on its own; weaning typically occurs around 420 days of age
  • juvenile from 1-1.5 years old until sexual maturity and attainment of adult size
  • adult age of attainment of sexual maturity and adult size is greatly dependent on nutrition levels and varies from 7 to 10 years old for males and from 6.5 years to 8 years for females; baboons in captivity have been known to live up to 45 years, in good conditions or in captivity average life expectancy for male is about 25-30 years

References

• Animal Diversity Web: Papio anubis
• Wikipedia: Olive Baboon
• Primate Info Net: Olive Baboon

Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan)

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Simiiformes - Catarrhini - Hominoidea - Hominidae - Pongo - Pongo abelii

Brief facts

• Sumatran orangutans are the largest non-human primates in Asia and the largest arboreal primates. The Sumatran Orangutan grows to about 4.6 feet tall and 200 pounds in males. Females are smaller, averaging 3 feet and 100 pounds.
• Sumatran orangutans inhabit the northern part of island of Sumatra, in Indonesia. They are found in primary tropical lowland forests, including mangrove, swamp forests, and riparian forests. They live almost completely in the trees, building nests in which they nap or sleep for the night.
• Pongo abelii is the rarer than Pongo pygmaeus (Bornean orangutan) that still occurs in many scattered parts of Borneo.
• In 2002, the World Conservation Union put the species on the IUCN Red List with critically endangered status.

Orangutans' crossing in Washington DC zoo

Life history

• prenatal
  • embryo MeSH average gestation period is about 251 days
• post natal
  • neonate
  • infant an infant is completely dependent upon its mother for 2-3 years; weaning typically occurs around 48 months of age
  • juvenile offsprings are dependent on their mother until 8-9 years of age; once fully developed, a male will leave his mother to find his own territory; developed, independent young female will either disperse or take up residence near her mother's territory
  • adult age of attainment of sexual maturity and adult size varies from 15 to 24 years old for males and from 9 years to 15 years for females; female life spans range from 44 to 53 years in the wild; male life spans are slightly longer, 47 to 58 years

References

• Animal Diversity Web: Pongo abelii
• Wikipedia: Sumatran Orangutan

Tarsius syrichta (Philippine tarsier)

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Haplorrhini - Tarsiiformes - Tarsiidae - Tarsius - Tarsius syrichta

Brief facts

• Google search: Philippine tarsier
• News (posted elsewhere but saved on this website) about capture of Philippine tarsier:
  Tiny, long-lost primate rediscovered in Indonesia

Daubentonia madagascariensis (aye-aye)

cellular organisms - Eukaryota - Fungi/Metazoa group - Metazoa - Eumetazoa - Bilateria - Coelomata - Deuterostomia - Chordata - Craniata - Vertebrata - Gnathostomata - Teleostomi - Euteleostomi - Sarcopterygii - Tetrapoda - Amniota - Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Euarchontoglires - Primates - Strepsirrhini - Chiromyiformes - Daubentoniidae - Daubentonia - Daubentonia madagascariensis

Brief facts

• Greatest book about aye-aye by one of the best naturalist authors Gerald Durrell:
   
  
   
  If you like animals and good humor you need to read Durrell's books.