Anthropology Primates quiz # 3 Summer 2004 Dr Bob Mucci

1. Which is NOT a general characteristic of lemurs and lorises?

A. 2.1.2.3 including a tooth comb                      B. Grooming claws – at least two

C. Post Orbital Bar, but no postorbital closure of eye socket D. Snout with moist nose

E. Sense of vision very important; smell and hearing are not.

2. Which is FALSE about tarsiers?

A. Have long legs with elongated tarsal bones 

B. Live only on islands of Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, etc

C. Eat almost 100% insects and animals – ie, almost no vegetation

D. At least one species pair-bonds

E. They are preyed upon by hungry slow lorises

F. There are 17 distinct species of tarsiers

3. The genus Euoticus of the family Galigonidae has unusual incisors, and claws, too.

How does it use these claws and teeth?

4/5 The Falk book compared a Galago with the Potto; in what ways are these two animals different from each other?

6/7 Many primatologists now group the tarsiers into the clade of monkeys and apes (called Haplorhini) instead of with the lemurs and lorises (Strepsirhini); what characteristics do tarsiers have that suggest this new classification?

3 points . WHAT DO EACH OF THESE TERMS REFER TO?

olfactory bulb

polygyny

Tapetum lucidum 

intermembral index

cryptic feature

fovea

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BONUS: describe one example of behavior that would cause us to consider that primates have culture; point out how we know that your example is not just instinct.