Anthropology Primates quiz # 1 Summer 2004 Dr Bob Mucci

(In this course, that means “non-human primates”)

Print your name at the bottom only; circle the letter of the one best answer

1. Which feature is NOT a commonly found characteristic of ALMOST ALL PRIMATES?

A. They are social animals, forming troops rather than living as lone individuals

B. They are smarter than most animals, and have big brains

C. They have much longer hind legs than front, the better to leap with

D. They have grasping hands with fingernails on most or all of their digits

E. The have some degree of stereoscopic vision

2. Which is FALSE about LEMURS?

A. The ringtail is a kind of lemur B. There are many different kinds of lemurs

C. Lemurs are prosimians                                 D. All lemurs eat mostly fruit

E. All wild lemurs live in only one place, the island of Madagascar

3. The category Prosimian includes:

A. Lemurs and lorises                             B. chimps and gorillas                  C. monkeys and apes

C. All the New World Monkeys               E. all the Old World Monkeys F. Macaques

4. Platyrrhines:

A. Live in Brazil, Panama, etc.                B. include tamarins and capuchins

C. are all New World Monkeys                D. have more premolars than Catarrhines

E. All of these are true

5. Marmosets and tamarins are small New World Monkeys; they are the only monkeys with:

          a. twin births, gum eating habits, and claw-like nails               c. nocturnal habits and big eyes   

          b. prehensile tails with touch pads on them                  d. rump pads           e. cheek pouches

6. "Diurnal" means:

          a. having two eyes             b. having good night vision           c. having two penises

          d. having most activities during the daytime                 e. having twin births

7. Prosimians are different from other primates in that prosimians generally:

          a. are smaller.         b. are nocturnal.       c. groom themselves rather than each other

          d. eat mostly insects         e. leap, having long legs f. all of above.

8. Which is FALSE about ANTHROPOID primates?

A. They are the monkeys and apes                   B. They are mostly diurnal

C. Anthropoids can be divided into two groups: Platyrrhini and Catarrhini

D. They are mostly larger than the prosimians

E. They have more babies per mother per year than the prosimian primates do.

9. Which primates are the only primates that have prehensile tails?

A. Only some Catarrhines                       B. All primates                C. All Old World Moneys

                      D. Only some prosimians                       E. Only some New World Monkeys

10. Baboons and Macaques:

A. Are New World Monkeys                    B. Are prosimians              C. Are completely arboreal

D. Signal each other with teeth and facial expressions                     E. Live in Madagascar

11. What do we call the few tallest trees in a primary rain forest?

A. Secondary forests                   B. Understories                 C. gallery trees                   D. emergent trees

12. Omnivorous means:

A. Being active day and night                 B. Eating only (or mostly) insects           C. living everywhere

D. Able to eat many kinds of food           E. Able to leap great distances              

13. Homo is the name of the human:

A. Order                 B. Species               C. Genus                D. Suborder

14. The “New World” in the term “New World Monkeys” refers to:

A. Recently evolved, in the last few hundred years                B. The continents of North and South America

C. The continent of Africa D. Recently discovered by humans.

15. Colobus monkeys are unusual in that they:

A. Eat mostly leaves         B. Have a multi-chambered stomach

C. Have reduced or absent thumbs D. All of these

16. The Proboscis monkey is unusual because it has:

A. A large nose                 B. Large ears C. No tail

17. The Patas monkey is unusual because it:

A. Swims a lot        B. Runs very fast     C. Is nocturnal

18. What does BRACHIATION mean?

PRINT FIRST NAME _________ LAST NAME __________

Bonus question: how do primate mothers hold their babies

when they leap from tree to tree?