A DESCRIPTIVE PROJECT
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Dictionary
Diurnal
– Active during the day.
Arboreal
– An animal that mostly stays in trees.
Prehensile
– the ability to use (easily for swimming, climbing, eating, and hanging) like
an arm or leg.
Primate
– An intelligent group of species that includes apes, chimpanzees, orangotangs,
and humans.
Coati
– A badger type animal that leaves near spider monkeys and they compete for
food.
Captivity
– Fed and bred in an environment by humans.
Reserve
– An area that is “reserved” for natural habitats and cutting down trees their
and living there is prohibited.
Exotic
- originally from another area.
Native
- naturally from a given area, like a Douglas Fir tree being native to Oregon,
USA.
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