Summer II 2000 PRIMATES QUIZ #6 OPEN BOOK PRINT NAME AT THE BOTTOM ONLY

1. (3 points) Tell me about prehensile tails: what are they, which genera have them, why, are they all the same?

2. (3 points) Aotus is the only nocturnal anthropoid; what are the hypotheses about why it is nocturnal? (A comparison with Callicebus might be appropriate.)

3. (4 points) We have no clear cut Linnaean taxonomy of the larger Neotropical primates; let me define four subfamilies by listing their genera. For each subfamily write a short sentence that would help children learn to distinguish one subfamily from another. (Give the general characteristics, not just a description of one species or genus.)

Cebines (Saimiri, Cebus)

Aotines (Aotus, Calicebus)

Pithecines (Pithecia, Cacajao, Chiropotes)

Atelines (Alouatta, Lagothrix, Brachyteles, Ateles)

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Bonus question: What was the “Swinging Primates” article all about?