绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长目动物。
The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
在此项案例中，被实验的动物是狐猴——这是一种与猴子和猿有关的灵长目动物。
In this case, the animals were lemurs –a type of primate related to monkeys and apes.
根据我们现有的数据，我们无法确切了解灵长目动物与大型食肉动物之间的相互作用是什么。
With our present data, we don't know what precisely the interactions were between a primate and a big carnivore.
灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
第二个问题非人类的灵长目动物也表现出“利手”吗？
科学界认为，艾滋病最初由非人的灵长目动物传染给人。
The scientific community believe that AIDS was first introduced by the non-human primates infected people.
其它灵长目动物则需要达到14个小时至17个小时的睡眠。
相对身躯而言，灵长目动物的大脑比其他动物的大脑都要大些。
Compared to body size, the primate brain is larger than that of other animals.
但是，这项新的研究发现，70%的啮齿动物和灵长目动物的物种具有阑尾。
But the new study found that 70 percent of rodent and primate groups have species with an appendix.
在此项案例中，被实验的动物是狐猴，这是一种与猴子，猿有关的灵长目动物。
In this case, the animals were lemurs -a type of primate related to monkeys and apes.
依照Humphrey博士的说法，灵长目动物聪明的原因在于它们通常群居生活。
The reason whyprimates are intelligent, according to Dr Humphrey, is that they generally livein groups.
参观者付费就可以在专业导游的带领下步行穿过丛林，观察自然栖息地的灵长目动物。
Visitors pay to walk through the forests with a professional tracker and observe the primates in their natural habitat.
这正是芝加哥林肯动物园灵长目动物学家SteveRoss所要做的事。
And that is what Steve Ross, a primatologist at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, has done.
灵长目动物研究者们很早之前就猜测，很多人类才具备的社会行为源自灵长目动物系谱。
Primate researchers have long guessed that many of the social behaviours that are seen in humans have a basis in our primate lineage.
我们一直被称为“视觉类灵长目动物”，而我们视觉体系的规模让听觉神经系统相形见绌。
We've been called the visual primate, and the size of our visual cortex dwarfs the neural platform assigned to audition.
在此项案例中，被实验的动物是狐猴，这是一种与猴子，猿有关的灵长目动物。
In this case, the animals were lemurs - a type of primate related to monkeys and apes.
与人类和其他灵长目动物共有的另一个重要特征是，无尾猿有与其他手指相对的大拇指。
Another important trait that apes share with man and other primates is the opposable thumb.
他对BBC新闻说：“剑齿动物猎杀所有的哺乳动物，如牛科动物、马科动物和灵长目动物等等。”
He told BBC News: "Sabretooths hunted all mammals; bovids, equids.".. and primates.
科学家研究了这种灵长目动物独特的额头和基因组成之后得出结论，他们又增加了一个新物种。
Scientists concluded they add a new species after studying the primate's distinctive brow and genetic analysis.
第一种是基于优势，通常见于非人类灵长目动物，更大更强的个体因为能够击倒或杀死其他同类而赢得尊重。
The first is based on dominance and commonly seen in non-human primates, whereby bigger and stronger individuals are revered because they could overwhelm or kill others.
她是一只聪明可爱的灵长目动物，她没有那些束缚我们自身的制度，所以她是最完美的实验对象。
You know, she's a smart, very cut creature, a primate as well, but she lacks all the stuff we think might be messing us up. So she's the perfect test case.
和黑猩猩及其他灵长目动物不同，人类会遭受包括阿尔茨海默病在内的一系列神经退行性疾病折磨。
Unlike chimpanzees and other primates, elderly humans are prey to a host of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease.
近来人们研究发现，鸽子能学习抽象的数字规则，而这项能力目前为止仅在灵长目动物身上得以证实。
Pigeons have now shown that they can learn abstract rules about Numbers, an ability that until now had been demonstrated only in primates.
眼下，这只被妈妈抛弃的手掌大小的灵长目动物正将就着在一个温暖的被窝里而不是在她妈妈的胸怀里。
For now, rejected by her mother, the palm-size primate is making do with a warm quilt instead of her mum's belly and chest.
最近一份报告显示，世界634个灵长目动物物种中，48%面临灭绝的威胁，被自然保护者国际组织列为红色警告。
A recent report showed that, of the world's 634 primate species, 48% are classified as threatened with extinction on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's "red list".
最近一份报告显示，世界634个灵长目动物物种中，48%面临灭绝的威胁，被自然保护者国际组织列为红色警告。
A recent report showed that, of the world's 634 primate species, 48% are classified as threatened with extinction on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's "red list".
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