Primates Summer 2002 Quiz # 8 Name: ___________________________

1. Name at least 5 ways that the cercopithecines differ from the colobines (not counting those given for questions 2 or 3).

2. Name 2 anatomical modifications that reflect a trend towards terrestrialism in cercopithecines.

3. Name 2 social modifications that reflect a trend towards terrestrialism in cercopithecines.

4. Which species are believed by many scientists to have transferred the AIDS virus to humans? Why?

5. Most of the 20 species of this group are wholly arboreal. _________________________________

6. _________________________________ (genus and species name) is the most terrestrial of all of the nonhuman primates.

7. When we define a multi-tiered society, what are we referring to? Which group is characterized by this social system?

8. Which genus and species is used as a model to examine the evolution of social evolution in hominids?

9. Which group often forms symbiotic relationships with ungulate species? Why?

10. What contributions did Hall and DeVore make to primate studies? What has changed since these studies were undertaken?

BONUS QUESTIONS (Choose 1 to answer):

1.   What was meant by the phrase, “like beacons in the night”? Which primate does it refer to?

2.   What does the “ME” in ME’s Zoo stand for?