Anthropology Primates quiz # 2 Summer 2004 Dr Bob Mucci

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

1. The smallest primates tend to eat mostly:

A. Fruit          B. Insects                    C. Leaves               D. Nuts and berries           E. Bird eggs

2. The category Hominoidea:

A. Is the name of a FAMILY                                         B. Is the name of a SUBFAMILY

C. Includes both Old World Monkeys and apes           D. Includes apes but not monkeys

E. Includes gorillas but not gibbons

3. Apes differ from Old World Monkeys in that apes:

A. Have more babies per mother                      B. Are more arboreal in habits

C. Have downward nostrils while OWM have flat noses with outward pointing nostrils

D. Have no external tails                        C. Have fewer adult teeth

4. The visible swelling of the female genitalia at the time near ovulation is called:

A. Menstruation      B. Sexual dimorphism       C. Estrus      D. Diurnal           E. Catarrhine 

Ape quiz fill in. Write in the name of one of the apes in each blank: 4 points total

          bonobo         gibbon        gorilla        common chimpanzee              Orangutan

________________ is the most terrestrial of the great apes

________________ is the best brachiator

________________ live in harems (one male troops) led by silverbacks

________________ is sometimes called “pygmy chimp” 

________________ is the most vegetarian of the great apes

________________ is the lesser ape, the hylobatid

________________ is the only great ape that lives outside of Africa

________________ is the ‘red ape’

________________ hunt monkeys to eat, and catch termites

________________ is the most arboreal of the great apes

________________ is the pair-bonded, monogamous ape

________________ the larger ones are called ‘Siamangs”

________________ is Pongo pygmaeus and tend to be solitary in the wild

________________ live only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra

________________, ____________, and ___________ are the three knuckle-walking African apes

9. Short answer: We discussed several possible explanations as to why certain species of primates have lots of sexual dimorphism while others have little or none; give any one such explanation, including the supposed selective mechanism.

10. What is the difference between a focal animal field study, and a scan (or instantaneous) sample survey?

PRINT NAME ___________________________

BONUS QUESTION:

What do we mean by a MMMF residence pattern?

Name one primate that has this sort of group.

                                                                                                           “Now that was a GREAT ape”