Loco Motor Patterns of Primates

LEMURS (Promisimians)

                                           

a. Lemurs common home is in Madagascar with less competition from other primates, living in tropical rainforest.

b. Lemurs loco motor patterns; having strong hands and fingers make climbing fairly easy, their long bushy tail is used to help the Lemur balance their jumps, by hopping to the next branch. The Lemurs are able to hop 10 m in between branches, their muscular legs just are not built for walking, so they quadrupedal. Some Lemurs can hop while on their back legs from side to side.

c. Lemurs live in the tree top their loco motor patterns help them access through the trees, because traveling on the ground for a Lemur can be a challenge. Its safer for the Lemurs to be in trees away from the environments carnivores.

SPIDER MONEY

a.New world monkeys, generally living in Central or South America, they are mostly found in the rainforest of Brazil

b. Their loco motor patterns are quadrupetal (which consist of them using thier four limbs to walk and run), brachiate using their arms and legs at a high velocity (only having four fingers and no thumb), hang from branches by their powerful tails, making them look like a spider.

c. In a Rainforset Spider Monkeys can hang from trees to grab on to foods, Living in the high canopy of the rain forest and venturing on the rainforest floor, they are highly hunted so the ground is a danger to their survival, by the cutting of trees Spider Monkey are and endangered species.

BABOON

a. Baboon, lives in a variety of places that required rocky cliffs and tall trees, they reside in Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Africa. Baboon can be found living in the grasslands or the mountains some make a living in the rain forest as well.

b.Baboon are terrestrial, ground dwelling, traveling up to five to seven miles per day, they feed while moving , preferring to quadrupedal on their toes and knuckles.

c. Baboon are extremely adaptable to varieties of habitats, as long as theirs water and a safe sleeping, which they choose either tall trees or cliff faces when their predator come they escape on the grounds or form a blockade.  

GIBBON

a. The Gibbon, asian apes, can be found in Southeast Asia, living in the tropical rainforest.

b.Gibbons are extremely acrobatic, their loco motor patterns are brachiating 90% of their travel swinging from branch to vines. they can quadrupetal along branches ( like tightropes) and jump over 30 feet between gaps.

c. Gibbon are tree-dwelling apes, they spend most of their entire lives in the trees. they rarely descend to the ground where almost no predator can catch them.

CHIMPANZEE

a. Chimpanzee live in large variety of habitats, mainly found living on the forest edge or clearing of a tropical rain forest. They also live in woodlands, swamp forest, and grassland in West Africa

b.Chimpanzee's loco motor patterns are usually to quadrupetal on the soles of their feet and knuckles, and are very good climbers. Their long arms helps them to swing from branch to branch, brachiate.

c. Chimpanzee in various environments near or in trees avoiding direct sunlight, their long arms are used to help them locomote to different areas 

SUMMARY

In conclusion to my findings, the physical inherited traits are convenient for these primates to survive in their different habitats, All of these behaviors are essential for their distinct environments, where they are located is what they need to survive in that area, if these primates were to be migrated into a foreign environment their survival can be critical, due to what they lack in comparison to the other primates.