Beginner naturalist here who is super interested in taxonomy!
I think most people know that you can tell an ape from a monkey by the lack of a tail. This is very broad advice of course and there are plenty of exceptions, but it’s still very useful for someone who wants to identify a primate because it helps them narrow down their options.
There are a million super cool resources out there for telling the difference between two or more very specific living things (like this one for American vs Fowler’s toads), but I’m wondering about more general tricks.
So I was wondering, what is your favorite (or favorites) equivalent “monkey or ape” identifiers for the taxa that you’re interested in?
- Sorry if this has been asked before, I looked through the top posts in nature talk and didn’t see anything too similar :)