Characteristics
1) sit on rumps, not haunches
2) larger 3) sexual dimorphism 4) fully bony eye socket |
5) 2:1:2:3 dentition
6) bilophodont molars 7) estrus swellings 8) big brains relative to body size |
I. Cercopithicids
a. terrestrial
b. cheek pouches
1. to gather
food, store it and run back up the tree
c. big canines
II. Colobids
a. leaf-eating
b. arboreal
c. sacculated stomachs