Friday, January 18, 2013

...Mammalia - Theria - Eutheria - Primates - Hominoidea- Hylobatidae, Ponginae, Gorillini, and Panini

The Swinging Gibbon
The Orangutan and the Hound
Attenborough: Amazing DIY Orangutans - BBC Earth
"Genius" Chimp Outsmarts Tube
Gorilla vs. Gorilla

Chimpanzees by Patricia A. Fink
Gorillas by Patricia A. Fink
Gorillas by Seymour Simon
Amazing Gorillas! by Sarah L. Thomson
A Visual Introduction to Monkeys and Apes by Bernard Stonehouse
Primates: Apes, Monkeys, Prosimians by Maynard Thane
The Simon and Schuster Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures: A Visual Who's Who of prehistoric life

Vocabulary Added:
hominoidea: human-family
hylobatidae: forest-dweller
ponginae: gorilla-monster (orangutan means "man of the forest")
gorillini: hairy-woman
panini: from the Greek God, Pan (half-human, half-animal)

Activity:
Draw and label any 3 kinds of apes (gibbon, chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan)
Add hominoidea and hylobatidae, ponginae, gorillini, and panini to Animal Kingdom tree

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