Studying mammals: Life in the trees

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Studying mammals: Life in the trees provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • David Attenborough looks at life in the trees: examining how species have evolved to cope with arboreal living. In this free course, Studying mammals: Life in the trees, you will learn how lemurs, ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Life in the trees
    • 1 Life in the trees
    • 2 Problems of life in the trees
    • 2 Problems of life in the trees
    • 2.1 The consequences of living in the trees
    • 2.2 The kinkajou
    • 2.3 The colugo
    • 2.4 Fruit bats and flying foxes
    • 2.5 Tree squirrels
    • 3 Introducing the primates
    • 3 Introducing the primates
    • 4 Galagos, lorises and pottos
    • 4 Galagos, lorises and pottos
    • 5 Lemurs and their origin
    • 5 Lemurs and their origin
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Madagascan diversity
    • 5.3 Sportive lemurs
    • 5.4 Indris and sifakas
    • 5.5 Ring-tailed lemurs
    • 5.6 Aye-ayes
    • 6 Reflection
    • 6 Reflection
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements