Anthropology Primates quiz # 3 Summer 2002 Dr Bob Mucci

1. Geography matching:           Africa/Asia             Africa/Asia             Madagascar Philippines

Loridae (the slow group) _____________________ Galigonidae _________________

Lemurs____________________                                  Tarsiers ___________________

2/3. Genus matching:                Arctocebus            Nycticebus             Perodicticus

                     Euoticus                            Galago                    Otolemur                Tarsius

_______________ is the gum eater with the needle claws

_______________ is the tarsier

_______________ is the potto

_______________ is the angwantibo or golden one

_______________ includes the species moholi and senegalensis

_______________ are the fast ones with the real furry tails

_______________ is the ssssslllllloooooooooooowwwwwwww loris of SE Asia

4. There are several possible explanations for why some species have a lot of sexual dimorphism, and others little or none. Explain any ONE, including causation.

5/6/7. WHAT DO EACH OF THESE TERMS REFER TO?

olfaction

polygyny

intermembral index

cryptic feature

haplorrhine

fovea

FILL IN THE SEPARATE TABLE FOR 3 POINTS AND POSSIBLE BONUS POINTS, TOO.

PRINT NAME ___________________________

BONUS QUESTION: the plural of GENUS is ______________

The primate with the bony spine blades on the back of its neck is the ____________

bonus bonus: On what continent or island does it live? ______________

Describe the general differences between prosimians and anthropoids for each of these traits, and for the tarsiers