What does a Comparitive Anatomy look like?

Question

I need to do a comparative anatomy of primates and crocodiles... HELP!!!!

THANKS <3

Answer 1

As far as what a summary of comparative anatomy between two species or genera or families or whatever should look like... You want to start big and get more detailed.  Start on the gross level with size, then work through the body system by system.  Talk about what is similar and what is different.  Make sure you talk about not only structural anatomy (e.g., they both have gluteus maximus muscles) but also functional anatomy (e.g., but one uses those muscles for propulsion and the other for stabilizing).

How that helps.  You might want to lay it out in a table for yourself to help stay organized

                                             Animal A                       Animal B

Characteristic/Structure

Answer 2

Primate anatomy:

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~bramblet/ant30...

Crocodile anatomy (When this site opens, click on &quot;Launch Interactive&quot; on the left in the green field):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/croccaves/a...