Primates

(Diet of Primates)

Lemur 

The lemurs are a group of primates found only on the island of Madagascar. Today there are about 60 types of lemurs that live in virtually every habitat throughout the island.

Their diets show a high degree of versatility, although the general trend is that smaller species consume mainly fruit and insects, while larger species are herbivores, and eat mostly plant matter, like all primates, hungry lemurs might eat almost anything that is edible, whether or not their favorite foods. Many lemurs that eat leaves usually do during times of fruit scarcity, sometimes suffering weight loss for that reason.

Due to forest destruction and hunting, many lemurs are threatened with extinction. Some of the best known lemurs include: Aye-Aye lemur curly tail mouse lemur Verreaux's Sifaka. 

Spider Munkey 

They live in Central and South America from southern Mexico to the Tapajos River in the Brazilian Amazon. They are primarily arboreal, meet most of its activities in the dense forest cover and rain and dense jungles inhabited.

Spider monkeys have a higher intelligence than the gorilla, and brains than twice the size of howler monkeys. These monkeys have no thumbs, and instead have a four-fingered hand well adapted to cling to the branches. Also can grab his tail, and often used as a fifth arm.

The Yucatan Spider Monkey is a regional subspecies of Geoffroy s Spider Monkey. That due to loss of habitat is Considered an Endangered species.

They eat mostly fruits and nuts, and Their diet is Known to include up to 150 different plants. They are very important as seed Dispersers in the jungle.

Baboon

There are five different species of baboon. All of them live in Africa or Arabia. Baboons monkeys are among the largest in the world. The baboon body is between 60 and 100 centimeters, not including long tail, which has a variable length.

  They love the crops, feed on fruits, grass, seeds, bark and roots, but not averse to make meat. They eat birds, rodents and even bigger baby mammals like antelope and sheep.

They are foragers and are active at irregular times Throughout The Day and Night. They can raid human dwellings, and in South Africa, They Have Been Known to prey on sheep and goats.

Gibbon

All gibbons that exist today are natives of Asia. Its distribution extends from India to the islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java.

The physical aspect of the gibbons closely resembles the monkey but has no tail. With his long arms, these primates are extremely agile hanging and jumping between tree branches.

Gibbons are omnivores (eating plants and meat). They forage for food in the forests during the day, eating fruit (Which constitutes About 75% of Their diet), leaves, flowers, seeds, tree bark, and tender plant shoots. They eat insects Also, spiders, bird eggs, and small birds.

Chimpanzee

Chimpanzees  have very long arms, the arms are longer than the legs, a short body.  They live in a wide variety of habits, including tropical rain forests, woodlands, swamp forest, and grasslands in western Africa.
Chimpanzees are omnivores (eating plants and meat). They forage for food in the forests during the day, eating leaves, fruit, seeds, tree bark, plant bulbs, tender plant shoots, and flowers. They also eat termites, ants, and small animals . 

Chimps are capable of living in both terrestrial and arboreal environmental, chimps seldom venture far away from forests, except when moving from one forest patch to another. This is because they spend considerable time in trees, where they sleep, forage and socialize. 

Primates are the order of mammals belonging to the man and his closest relatives, so I think it is very important to help those primates that are in danger of extinction by the actions of men and changes in nature.  Leaving these animals alone in their environment and giving them the peace they need to procreate without interrupting the human hand.