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General | Apes (General, Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Orangutans)
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General
Animal
Bytes – Primates
General information about ALL primates is presented by
Sea World.
Great
Apes & Other Primates
General information regarding ALL primates is provided
by Friends of the National Zoo.
Apes-General
Great
Ape Culture
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition program discusses great
ape culture, particularly as it applies to orangutans. Audio and video
links provide more in depth coverage.
Great
Apes in Peril
BBC News presents a discussion of the United Nations Environment Programme
to save the remaining great apes of the world and provides links to
other articles about primates.
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Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees
The Center for Great Apes provides a fact sheet on chimpanzees, including
distinctive habits and characteristics, diet, life stages and endangered
status.
Physical
Characteristics
The Jane Goodall Institute offers information pertaining to the chimpanzee’s
physical characteristics, habitat, communication, hunting and social structure.
Also, provides biographical information about Jane Goodall, famous for her
work with the chimpanzee population in East Africa. Other chimpanzee attributes
found on buttons on side bar.
Gorillas
Gorilla
gorilla beringei: Mountain Gorilla
The University of Michigan describes the mountain gorilla’s
geographic range, physical characteristics, habitat, food, reproduction,
behavior and economic importance to humans.
Gorilla
gorilla gorilla: Western Lowland Gorilla
The University of Michigan offers data concerning the
geographic range, physical characteristics, food, reproduction, behavior,
habitat and economic importance of the Western Lowland Gorilla.
Gorillas
Make Home in “Impenetrable” Forest
National Geographic discusses the status of endangered mountain gorillas
and chimpanzees in an area that has experienced political conflict and
violence.
The
Life of Mountain Gorillas
Select “Life Facts” for FAQs and colored photos about mountain
gorillas. From the Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International.
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Orangutans
Great
Ape Culture
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition program discusses great
ape culture, particularly as it applies to orangutans. Audio and video
links provide more in depth coverage.
Orangutans
The Center for Great Apes provides a fact sheet on Orangutans, which includes characteristics, subspecies, life stages, and endangered status.
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Baboons & Monkeys
Spider
Monkey
The Honolulu Zoo presents information about the Spider Monkeys’
habitat, diet, locomotion, reproduction and behavior.
Vervet
Monkey
Provided by the Young Peoples Trust for the Environment, this Web
site offers an easy to read fact sheet on the vervet monkey.
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Lemurs
A Lemur’s
Tale
Nature, a PBS program, presents information regarding the variety of lemurs
living on Madagascar and provides links to more information.
Lemurs
Presented by the Wild Ones, an education project of the Wildlife Preservation
Trust International (WPTI), this website provides quick facts about
lemurs along with a more in depth look at physical descriptions, communication,
habitat, diet and the reproduction of lemurs.
The
Perils of Madagascar’s Singing Lemurs
NPR’s Weekend Edition provides a short article about the singing
lemurs. A more in depth audio story is also available.
What
is a Lemur?
PBS provides an essay that discusses how lemurs differ from monkeys and
apes.
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Last Updated:
April 21, 2011
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