International Primate Day | What are Primates Animals? | Characteristics of Primates

International Primate Day is celebrated annually on 1st September. This day was founded in 2005 by British-based Animal Defenders International (ADI). However, now many primate-oriented international advocacy organizations support this day of primate animals worldwide. This day raises awareness about Primate species and the Primate conservation efforts being made worldwide. In addition, this day highlights the threats to Primates. What are Primates Animals? This article also highlights the Characteristics of Primates.

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This year’s theme of International Primate Day is “Connecting with Wild Primates: Conservation in Human-Dominated Landscapes.” International Primate Protection League (IPPL) has been working to protect and save the World’s remaining Primate animals since 1973. Their efforts include maintaining gibbon sanctuary in Summerville and South Carolina. As well as, IPPL is also working with its Global Partners in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America to save Primate animals. International Primate Day celebration is also an effort for conservation.

What are Primates Animals?

What are Primates Animals? Primates are a biological order of mammals containing two sub-orders the strepsirrhines and the haplorhines. The strepsirrhines include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids. On the other hand, the haplorhines include tarsiers, monkeys, and apes.

چمپینزی کا عالمی دن اور ہسٹری، بن مانس کی خصوصیات اور دیگر معلومات

The order Primates, includes more than 500 species. This is the third most diverse order of mammals, after rodents and bats. Primate animals emerged first 85–55 million years ago from small terrestrial mammals, which adapted for life in tropical forests. Primates have larger brain as compared to other mammals. They are one of the most social animals who like to live in groups.

General Characteristics of Primates

All primates are descendants of tree-dwellers. The characteristics of primates are adaptive that allow them to climb trees. They have forward-facing eyes that provide binocular vision. It means they have the ability to see things in three dimensions.

They have opposable thumbs and big toes. Due to this, they can move the thumb to touch the other fingers or toes. This allows them to grasp objects and branches effectively. Moreover, they have sensitive pads on their fingers and toes, which help them to manipulate small objects. In addition, they have highly movable shoulder and hip joints. Therefore, due to secure ball joints and strong clavicles or collarbones, they can climb and swing through trees. However, they use a variety of modes of movement, including brachiation (swinging by the arms), quadrupedalism (walking on all fours) knuckle-walking etc.

چاند ریچھ (مون بیئر) کاعالمی دن; گال بلیڈر کیلئے متنازع فارمنگ اور دلچسپ خصوصیات

Among the characteristics of primates Most importantly, they have relatively large brains compared to their body size. This brain development supports their controlling manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and stereoscopic vision. Color vision along with binocular vision called stereoscopic vision.

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