Primates       Summer 2000         Colobine monkey quiz

1. (5 points) Describe the differences between colobine monkeys and cercopithecine monkeys; give as many characteristics as you can, telling how the two subfamilies differ.

2. (3 points) Match the species to the unique description:

Procolobus verus                                     Pygathrix nemaeus                       Colobus guerza

Nasalis larvatus                                                            Nasalis concolor

Pygathrix (or Rhinopithecus) roxellana                                        Semnopithecus entellus

_______________- seasonal migrations                      _________________- the biggest noses

_______________- mouth-carries babies          _______________- almost hunted to extinction for fur

______________- short tails                              __________________- orange-red on the lower legs

______________- greatest variation of altitude and social structure

3. (2 points) What is the sociobiological explanation for colobine infanticide?

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Bonus question: There are two identical skulls being passed around the room; look at one and determine if it is a New World Monkey or an Old World monkey; how can you tell?