Chapter 6: Primate Diversity

Question 0

Anthropoids

Answer 0

characterized by a relatively flat face, dry nose, small immobile ears, and forward-facing eyes, comprising humans, apes, Old World monkeys, and New World monkeys.

Question 1

Prosimians

Answer 1

a primitive primate of a group that includes the lemurs, lorises, bushbabies, and tarsiers. (No colores vision, reliance on smell, small, solitary, nocturnal, vertical clingers and leapers)

Question 2

Hominoids

Answer 2

any of the modern or extinct bipedal primates of the family Hominidae, including all species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.

Question 3

What is a dominant male gorilla called?

Answer 3

Silverback