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Animal Comparison
By: Erin Muckey
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Index
Slide 1- Title PageSlide 3- Siamang- CharacteristicsSlide 4- Cotinga- CharacteristicsSlide 5- Siamang- DietSlide 6- Cotinga- DietSlide 7- Siamang- NamesSlide 8- Cotinga- NamesSlide 9- SimilaritiesSlide 10- DifferencesSlide 11- ConclusionSlide 12- Bibliography
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Siamang- Characteristics
It is a tree-dwelling ape.It is about 75 cm to 90 cm.Arm span may reach 1.5 m.It is black with shaggy hair.The female usually carries 1 to 2 offspring at a time.It lives in Indonesia and the Malay Peninsula.Their voice is very distinctive.
Credit given to Frank Stanton, 1997
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Cotinga- Characteristics
They live throughout Central America into the southwestern U.S.They are solitary forest- dwellers.They can be 45 cm long.They are brilliantly colored.Their nests range from crude affairs to sophisticated domes.Their calls vary from mooing of a cow to hammers.
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Siamang- Diet
The siamang eats anything from leaves to fruit.
The siamang is also diurnal.
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Cotinga- Diet
They eat many types of fruit, berries, and insects.
Sometimes the birds are given names for their diet.
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Siamang- Names
It is a gibbon not a monkey.There are 9 species of the genus Hylobatidae.They are divided into 4 subgenus species.They are Hylobatidae syndactylus.
Credit given to the Oakland Zoo Video Theater
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Cotinga- Names
The scientific name for the lovely cotinga is Cotinga amabilis.It comes from the family Cotingidae.Cotinga is the common name for 90 species of birds.
Credit given to
Jeff Blincow
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Similarities
Both of my animals have distinctive calls.
They are both forest/tree- dwelling animals.
They both eat fruit.
They are both diurnal.
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Differences
The siamang’s color is somewhat dull, but the cotinga’s is bright and vivid.The siamang is a mammal, and the cotinga is a bird.Siamang’s gestation period is 7 months. I couldn’t find information on the cotinga’s.Siamangs can live for 25 years. I couldn’t find the cotinga’s life span,
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Conclusion
When I first got my animals, I thought that there would be no similarities between them, but I was wrong. There are a few similarities between them, but mainly differences.
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Bibliography
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/hylobates/h._syndactylus 5/2/2001“Siamang and Cotinga” Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia 1993-1997 Microsoft Corp.http://www.britanica.com/eb/article?eu=26937&tocid=0 5/2/2001