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primate diet and dentition - Coggle Diagram
primate diet and dentition
what they consume
diff species consume diff food stuff
major categories
animal food (e.g. insects)
fruits
seeds and nuts
Soft plant parts, e.g. leaves,
buds, flowers ect.
roots and grasses
tree parts e.g. bark or gum
human crops
carbs provide energy
dietary trends
correlation between body size and diet
e.g. smaller primates (tarsia) eat insects whereas bigger monkeys leaves ect. (e.g. gorrilas)
why
need to have big intestines, stomachs ect. to digest leaves so just have to be bigger
smaller primate have to digest very energetic foods because metabolism likely to be much higher
overall patterns
Folivores
large stomach or
large caecum + colon
Gummivores
– large caecum +
colon