CLASSIFICATION
CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATES
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Question
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a homologous trait
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an analogous trait
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a derived trait
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an ancestral trait
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Detailed explanation-1: -Like lorises & lemurs, tarsiers are also NOCTURNAL. Like anthropoids, tarsiers have more ENCLOSED BONY ORBITS.
Detailed explanation-2: -Describe one trait that tarsiers share with lorises and lemurs. Describe one trait that tarsiers share with the anthropoids. One trait they share is that they are nocturnal. One trait they share with anthropoids is the wet nosed rhinarium.
Detailed explanation-3: -Tarsiers are similar to lemurs but have different nose structures (a dry nose) and lack the reflective material behind the iris that lemurs have. Monkeys also share these traits. The olfactory and sight-related structures of tarsier skulls is similar to that of monkeys.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tarsiers also share traits with anthropoid primates. They have more enclosed, bony orbits instead of a post-orbital bar, lac the dental comb seen in lemurs and lorises.