Primates Summer 2002 Quiz # 7 Name: ___________________________

1. There are several ways in which ALL catarrhines differ from ALL platyrrhines? Name at least five of these.

2. Old World Monkeys are restricted to:

Europe/Asia                      Africa/Asia                 North/South America                   Australia

3. The colobines are specially adapted for eating hard-to-digest

      Seeds                                Nuts                            Leaves                        Small mammals

4. Colobines get their name from the greek word, “kolobus”, which means what?

5. Name at least 5 differences between Colobus and Procolobus

6. Coats made from the hides of this monkey can still be found in some thrift shops in Europe (give Genus and species names).

7. Nasalis larvatus lives only in:

      Sumatra                            India                           Pakistan                                  Borneo

8. Which OW monkey experiences colder temperatures than any other nonhuman primate?

9. Explain how the sexual selection hypothesis is evidenced in Semnopithecus entellus.

10. What does Procolobus verus do that is unique among anthropoids?

BONUS QUESTION: African colobines differ from Asian colobines in 3 features. Name them.