Summer II 2004 PRIMATES QUIZ # 11 OPEN NOTES, CLOSED BOOK

1. The only great ape with a significant fossil record is also the only one that split off from the others back in the Miocene:

gorilla                      bonobo                    orangutang              chimpanzee

2. Dian Fossey Studied the:

Western Lowland Gorilla              Sumatran Orangutang                  Common Chimpanzee

                                Mountain Gorilla                     Bonobo

3. The oldest known OWM is

Sivapithecus            Victoriapithecus                 Adapis                     Plesiadapis               Proconsul

3a. We know it is a monkey not an ape because of its

2.1.2.3 dentition                 bilophodont molars            chin               large eye sockets               nails

4. Aegyptopithecus is an early Catarrhine; is it an OWM or an ape? Evidence?

4a. Like many Oligocene primates, it was found in what famous site?

5. What were Omomyids like in anatomy and appearance?

6. Describe four ways (anatomy and/or behavior) in which the Mountain Gorilla is different from other gorillas.

7. Describe two ways (anatomy and/or behavior) in which the Western Lowland Gorilla is different from other gorillas.

2 points. Match the species or subspecies name with the common name:

Siamang                  Mountain gorilla                 Eastern Lowland Gorilla               Sumatran Orang

          Borneo Orang                    Bonobo                    Common Chimp                 Western Lowland Gorilla

_____________ pygmaeus                     _____________ abelii                  _____________ syndactylus

_____________ beringei                         _____________ gorilla                 _____________ paniscus

_____________ troglodytes                    _____________ graueri

10. We used to say that primates became primates because their hands and vision were an adaptation to being arboreal; explain one of the newer theories, such as Cartmill’s

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Bonuses: What is a sagittal crest, what is it FOR?