Summer II 2000 PRIMATES QUIZ #4 Dr Bob Mucci PRINT NAME AT THE BOTTOM ONLY

Match the genus to the common name (each is used only once)

          Otolemur                 Loris                        Arctocebus              Nycticebus              Perodicticus

Euoticus                  Galago                    Galagoides              Tarsius          Tupaia       

tree shrew _________                  needle clawed bushbaby _______________ potto ___________

greater bushbabies _____________     slender loris ______________                slow loris ____________

Common (lesser) bushbabies (senegalensis and moholi) _________          dwarf bushbabies __________

tarsier ___________ angwantibo _______________

Match the animals to the location:

potto             slender loris             angwantibo              galago          tarsier           slow loris

Africa ____________ and _______________ and ___________________

India/Sri Lanka ____________________          Indonesia/Phillippines _________________

Southeast Asia/Indonesia___________________

Circle the one best answer: feel free to write any comments about questions & answers

1. The category that includes lemurs and lorises and NOT tarsiers is called:

prosimians               strepsirhines haplorhines             catarrhines              platyrrhines

2. Which is NOT a general characteristic of prosimians (compared to anthropoids)?

Small            nocturnal                 insectivorous           unfused mandibular and frontal bones

grooming claw                    bicornate uterus                 Intermembral index above 100

3. Which one of these characteristics do tarsiers share with most other prosimians?

Tapetum lucidum               tooth comb              wet nose                  vertical clinging and leaping

postorbital bar with no bony closure of orbit          long snout and large olfactory bulb           fovea

4. Which has bony spines and a skin/hair shield at the back of its neck?

Angwantibo             slender loris             tarsier           potto             needle clawed galago

5. Which eats only insects and small animals, no plant food at all?

Dwarf galago           tarsier           potto             slow loris                needle clawed galago

6. These once were considered primates, but are no longer:

tarsiers         tree shrews    Bats           humans        Demidoff’s bushbaby         porcupine

PRINT YOUR NAME ____________________

Bonus question 1: What does sympatric mean?

Bonus question 2: What does cryptic feature refer to?