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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 50 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
An Introduction To The Primates, covers 41 species of primates ranging from the 300 gram sized pygmy slow loris to the 200 kilogram sized gorilla. At least ten of these are extremely endangered species, including the Zanzibar red colobus, (filmed in Zanzibar) and the potto, aye-aye, and Drill, all of which occur in less than half a dozen sites in captivity. The tarsier is represented although unfortunately no video is available. The animals are organized...
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 47 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This program is designed to introduce Primatology students to the range of monkeys of the Super family Ceboidea originating from Central and South America. Material on twenty -two species is included, covering all five of the families recently defined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
3) Five Species
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Three species of monkeys and two apes living in their natural habitat in Africa are compared in this video. The monkeys include the veret, the blue monkey and the black and white colobus, while the apes are common chimpanzees and eastern lowland gorillas.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 31 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This video compares 3 species of monkey, one prosimian and two types of apes, all living in a zoo setting. These are Japanese macaques, lion tail macaques, mandrills, black lemurs, orangutans and lowland gorillas.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 24 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In this video we see the savanna baboons of Africa in various regions of their natural habitat, but with an emphasis on woodlands and forested regions since most other baboon films focus on the open savanna. The video emphasizes various roles filled by animals in a troop with particular attention paid to the range of behaviors seen in males.
6) Macaques
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This video presents an overview of the genus Macaca, beginning with a discussion of their place in the primate order and their adaptability. This potential for eating a wide variety of foods and living in both temperate and tropical environments at a variety of altitudes means they are very similar to humans in their ability to exploit a range of habitats.
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 36 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Chimpanzees Today is an overview of the various roles filled by chimpanzees and the situations in which they currently live. It begins by briefly discussing the precipitous drop in wild populations as well as some of the history of Jane Goodall's research at Gombe, focusing on the discoveries that promoted the use of the chimpanzee model in studying human evolution. It then covers many situations chimpanzee captivity, including the sanctuaries in...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (18 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for fur-flying entertainment when you go behind the scenes with your favorite monkey movie stars...and get in on the action with awesome interactive games. It's a barrelful of fun for everyone.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 159 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Where did we come from? What makes us human? NOVA's...investigation explores how new discoveries are transforming views of our earliest ancestors. Featuring interviews with world-renowned scientists, footage shot "in the trenches" as fossils were unearthed, and...computer-generated animation, [these programs] bring early hominids to life, examining how we became the creative and adaptable modern humans of today...In the first episode...encounter..."Selam,"...
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Learn all about monkeys. What does it mean that monkeys are self-aware? How does an opposable thumb distinguish monkeys from other animals? What important function does a monkey's tail serve? Do monkeys see in color? Why do monkeys groom each other? How many monkey species are there? What are the coolest monkeys of the world? The answers to all of these questions and more are covered in depth with detailed graphics, diagrams and exciting video....
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