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Chimpanzee?
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I’m the Cat in the Hat, In my Chimp-mobile
and we must not be late. we will find them, I know.
Today I will take you We’re off to meet primates.
to meet a primate. Jump in and let’s go!
Let us leave right away,
and I’ll take you to see
a loris, a lemur,
and a chimpanzee.
Primates are mammals The three main groups of primates
I’ll list here for you.
that vary in size.
They are monkeys and apes
They have hands
and prosimians too.
that can grasp
and
forward-facing eyes.
Here’s a fact
about primates
that really is neat—
some can hang by their hands,
their tails,
To remember the three groups
or their feet.
is really a snap!
Just think M-A-P—
the three letters in map!
First let’s meet some monkeys! Here’s the world’s smallest monkey.
Tell me, have you met?
Monkeys are acrobats. It’s holding my finger—
They can leap in the air. a pygmy marmoset.
Most live in the trees.
It’s safer up there. The mandrill is the largest.
It’s a colorful sight,
For protection, they often with a red and blue face
live in a group. and a belly that’s white.
A group of monkeys is
known as a troop.
Apes have broad chests
A bonobo is smaller.
and arms that are strong.
Its mouth is light red.
Apes use their strong arms
It also has long,
as they move along.
parted hair on its head.
Gibbons have strong arms,
and these apes can leap
from one tree to another—
up to fifty feet!
The gorilla’s the largest.
This ape walks around
on all fours, with its knuckles
and feet on the ground.
Orangutan mothers Durians are fruit
raise their babies alone. an orangutan likes.
Adult males spend their time They are smelly and round
in the trees on their own. and they’re covered in spikes!
They find fruit that is ripe.
M ost monkeys have tails,
Then they sit quietly,
but apes? They do not.
peeling the skin off the
This difference between them
fruit carefully. is easy to spot.
Now we’ll meet some prosimians.
Here, look at these!
Madagascar is where
Most prosimians spend
all lemurs come from.
their lives up in the trees.
The smallest is close to
the size of my thumb.
Small lemurs climb trees
and like leaping around.
Aye-ayes are lemurs
Big lemurs spend much of
that hunt bugs at night.
their time on the ground.
They have bright orange eyes
and black fur tipped with white.
They have very sharp claws,
and you can see that
their ears stick out like
the ears of a bat!
Primates don’t all look alike. A galago has pointy ears,
This orangutan shows a round head, and round eyes.
its arms are so long, A galago and a chipmunk
they almost touch its toes. are about the same size.
Proboscis monkeys have
droopy noses—like him.
This kind of monkey
can jump in and swim!
A chimpanzee’s body
is covered with hair,
but its face and its ears
and its palms are all bare.
