ANP Lecture 13 & 14

Question 1

Reproduce without a placenta (kangaroos, kolas, opossums) Most are native to Austria and nearby islands

Answer 1

Metatheria (marsupials)

Question 2

Include only the Australian platypus and echidna. Reproduce by egg-laying but also nurse their young with milk

Answer 2

Prototheria

Question 3

Placental mammals include primates. Reproduce by means of internal fertilization

Answer 3

Eutheria

Question 4

Primates: Lorises, lemurs, pottos and galagos

Answer 4

strepsirhini

Question 5

Primates: tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans

Answer 5

haplorhini

Question 6

single clawed digit on their hands and feet

Answer 6

grooming claw

Question 7

Poor vision to the sides and behind but this position allows overlap in our forward field of vision

Answer 7

stereoscope view

Question 8

Unique diet as they only eat animal protein

Answer 8

tarsiers

Question 9

2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 premolars, 3 molars x4 = 32 total teeth

Answer 9

Humans, apes, old world monkeys

Question 10

2 incisors, 1 canine, 3 premolar, 3 molars x4 = 36 total teeth

Answer 10

New world monkeys

Question 11

orbital closure more complete in _____

Answer 11

haplorrhines

Question 12

Nearly all primates give birth to single offspring, except ________ which give birth to twins

Answer 12

marmosets and Tamarins

Question 13

increase in the volume of the brain and complexity of the brain that is involved in higher cognitive process

Answer 13

encephalization

Question 14

primates are notable for length of each life stage: gestation, infancy, childhood and adulthood. The life cycle is called

Answer 14

ontogeny

Question 15

Primate species that are active during daylight hours, posses color vision and have limited olfactory senses

Answer 15

diurnal

Question 16

Mammal species active during the night and rely on their olfactory senses to negotiate their physical and social environment

Answer 16

Nocturnal

Question 17

living in groups, most fundamental social adaption that characterizes most primates

Answer 17

sociality

Question 18

1. are nocturnal
2. have a reliance on olfaction
3. lack complex social behavior patterns
4. have tooth comb
5. have a grooming claw

Answer 18

Strepsirhines

Question 19

found in tropical Asia

Answer 19

Lorises

Question 20

found in tropical Africa

Answer 20

pottos

Question 21

found only in Africa

Answer 21

Galagos

Question 22

include tarsiers, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes, and hominins

Answer 22

haplorhines

Question 23

posses full suite of adaptations that characterize living primates

Answer 23

haplorhines

Question 24

1. guided more by vision than by olfaction
2. generally diurnal
3. have complex social behavior patterns
4. have lower jaws that are fused at the midline in adult-hood

Answer 24

Haplorhines

Question 25

New world monkeys, Live in tropical and subtropical forests from Argentina to within a few hundred miles of the U.S. border in the state of Veracruz, Mexico

Answer 25

platyrrhini

Question 26

Old World Monkeys, along with apes and humans are

Answer 26

catarrhinines

Question 27

catarrhinines are in the family of

Answer 27

Cercopithecidae

Question 28

primates with downward-facing nostrils

Answer 28

catarrhinines

Question 29

All humans, plus great apes (Chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, and orangutan) are classified in the family ____

Answer 29

hominidae

Question 30

1. increased brain volume and intelligence
2. extended ontogeny
3. increased complexity of social interactions
4. large body size

Answer 30

hominidae