Exam 3 Part 2

Question 1

True or false: lemurs are not diverse in terms of being nocturnal/diurnal, various diets, and ranging in body size

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Group of lemurs that eat fruit and other things (generalists), active during the day, tend to live in big groups

Answer 2

Lemuridae

Question 3

What is the exception of lemuridae in terms of diet?

Answer 3

Bamboo lemur (only eat bamboo)

Question 4

Group of lemurs that eat leaves, largest in size, vertical clinging and leaping, spend a lot of their day sleeping

Answer 4

Indriidae

Question 5

Large primates tend to eat _____

Answer 5

Leaves

Question 6

Small primates tend to eat _____

Answer 6

Insects

Question 7

Group of lemurs that eat insects, fulfill the niche of a woodpecker, constantly growing front teeth

Answer 7

Daubentoniidae/ Aye-aye

Question 8

What are the 2 subgroups of lorises

Answer 8

Lorises proper, galagos

Question 9

What is the difference between the galagos and lorises proper?

Answer 9

Galagos move faster

Question 10

Group of lorises that are nocturnal, eat insects, solitary but social, live in trees, slow moving

Answer 10

Lorisidae

Question 11

Group of lorises that move quickly, nocturnal, eat insects, solitary but social, arboreal

Answer 11

Galagos/Galgidae

Question 12

Where do tarsiers live?

Answer 12

Southeast Asia

Question 13

Where do lorises live?

Answer 13

Asia/Africa

Question 14

Primate that relies on animals 100% of their diet, nocturnal, arboreal, giant eyes, vertical clingers and leapers, pair bonded

Answer 14

Tarsiidae/Tarsiers

Question 15

Type of primate that have wide, flat noses with outward facing nostrils, lack trichromatic vision, highly arboreal, prehensile tails

Answer 15

Platyrrhine

Question 16

What is the dental formula for platyrrhine?

Answer 16

2:1:3:3

Question 17

Tails that can hold their entire body weight; like a fifth limb

Answer 17

Prehensile tail

Question 18

Primates with a narrow nose with downward pointing nostrils

Answer 18

Catarrhini (old world monkey and apes)

Question 19

Where do new world monkeys live?

Answer 19

South Americas

Question 20

What are the 4 families of ceboids (new world monkeys)

Answer 20

Atelidae, cebidae, callitrichidae, pitheciidae

Question 21

Spider monkeys and howler monkeys, have prehensile tails, eat fruit, fission fusion social groups

Answer 21

Atelidae