Summer II 2004 PRIMATES QUIZ #9 OPEN NOTES, CLOSED BOOK

This quiz is on the genera Macaca and Papio, and also on the ververt monkeys and other animals in the lectures about “how monkeys see the world”

3 points. Fill in each blank with either ‘Macaca’ or ‘Papio’: 

_____________ has the longer snout                          _____________ has the more variable tail length

_____________ lives only in Africa                              _____________ some troops are egalitarian

_____________ some eat crabs                                  _____________ one is named Imo

_____________ humans may have brought them across water centuries or millennia ago

_____________ common names include olive, yellow, guinea

_____________ they eat meat more often, but sometimes eat only grass when that is all there is

_____________ Rhesus often used for Thesis            _____________ has the largest number of species

_____________ one particular species lives in harems in the mountains, MMMF elsewhere

3 points: Baboon lib essay. Discuss how the observations of female primatologists have changed our understanding of savannah baboon social structure.

2 points: two OW monkeys come near each other and there is a 20 minutes grooming session; how can you tell from this which one is dominant? Be specific, with details of possibilities.

2 points: baboon species numbers. Some primatologists think that all baboons belong to only one species, while others want to divide them into dozens of species. Describe the geographical/genetic situation, and the arguments for each position.

PRINT YOUR NAME ____________________

Bonuses: What are the general differences between vervet CALLS and vervet GRUNTS (you do not need to distinguish one call from another, etc.)