Question

What do you understand by the term primate . Write the character sketch of primate

Answer 1

Answer:

Any animal that belongs to the group that includes humans, monkeys and animals like monkeys without a tail (apes)

Explanation:

मानवों, वानरों और वानर-सदृश पशुओं के समूह का कोई प्राणी; नर-वानर, विकसित प्राणी वर्ग का जीव, प्राइमेट l

Answer 2

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✏ They are a category of subgroup of a large group of mammals.

✏ They lived about 24-36 million years ago and emerged in Asia and Africa. (now, primates are found all over the world).

✏ In included Apes and Monkeys such as humans, Gorillas, and tarsiers.

✏ They have body hairs, a relatively long gestation period following birth, different types of teeths and mammary glands.

✏ Their brain is larger than most of the mammals. Primates have normally flexible shoulders and hip joints.

✏ Can do Homeothermy, in which they have ability to maintain a constant body temperature.

✏ Increased capacity of learning and brain size.