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List of largest primates

List of largest primates is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of largest primates rather than just read about it. In short: This is a list of large extant primate species that can be ordered by average weight or height range. There is no fixed definition of a large primate, so the length of the list is somewhat arbitrary.

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Reference excerpt

This is a list of large extant primate species that can be ordered by average weight or height range. There is no fixed definition of a large primate, so the length of the list is somewhat arbitrary. Primates exhibit the highest levels of sexual dimorphism amongst mammals, with males generally being larger than females within the given size ranges. The size ranges describe typical values and may not include the full extremes among all observed specimens. Mandrills and baboons are monkeys; the rest of the species on this list are apes. Typically, Old World monkeys (paleotropical) are larger than New World monkeys (neotropical); the reasons for this are not entirely understood but several hypotheses have been generated. As a rule, primate brains are "significantly larger" than those of other mammals with similar body sizes. Until well into the 19th century, juvenile orangutans were taken from the wild and died within short order, eventually leading naturalists to mistakenly assume that the living specimens they briefly encountered and skeletons of adult orangutans were entirely different species.

Largest primates

See also Largest wild canids List of largest land carnivorans Monkey Great apes List of heaviest land mammals Largest mammals Sexual dimorphism in non-human primates

References

Further reading Campbell, Christina J.; Fuentes, Agustin; MacKinnon, Katherine (2011). Primates in perspective (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-539043-8. OCLC 598304952. Wilson, Don E.; Mittermeier, Russell A.; Cavallini, Paolo, eds. (2009). Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 3: Primates. Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-96553-49-1. OCLC 304148757.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Tillquist, Richard C.; Shoemaker, Lauren G.; Knight, Kevin Bracy; Clauset, Aaron (11 December 2016). "The Evolution of Primate Body Size: Left-skewness, Maximum Size, and Cope's Rule". bioRxiv 10.1101/092866. Body Mass in Lowland Gorillas: A Quantitative Analysis (2019)

External links AlltheWorldsPrimates.org

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Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of largest primates ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of largest primates

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In the classroom: List of largest primates is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Heaviest or most massive organisms, Lists of largest animals, Lists of primates, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is List of largest primates in simple terms?

This is a list of large extant primate species that can be ordered by average weight or height range. There is no fixed definition of a large primate, so the length of the list is somewhat arbitrary.

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