Anthropology Primates quiz # 5 OPEN notes Summer 2004 Dr Bob Mucci

The five genera of Callitrichines are:

  Cebuella               Callithrix                 Saguinus                Leontopithecus Callimico     

1. What is the common name for the animals of each genus above?

______________________ pygmy marmosets

______________________ The “lion” tamarins

______________________ the common tamarins

______________________ Goeldi’s monkey

______________________ marmosets

2. The five general above are listed in order of body size; how does body size correspond to food preferences among these?

3. What anatomical feature distinguishes marmosets from tamarins?

4. Name four anatomical features that distinguish Anthropoid primates from Prosimians:

5 and 6. Describe four anatomical and/or behavioral characteristics that distinguish Callitrichines from other platyrrhines

7. Callimico is the oddball genus in this subfamily, it is quite different and many think it resembles the ancestral species of the group; what are the differences?

8. What is the common explanation of why many of these species have striking markings in the forms of white or colored tufts of fur, moustaches, etc.?

9. What do we mean by the term “convergent” (or parallel) evolution?

10. Imagine a 1 pound, ten inch long marmoset; now imagine it has morphed into an identical 20 inch long animal; how much does it now weigh: 2 pounds, 4 pounds, 8 pounds, or 20 pounds?

PRINT NAME ___________________________

BONUS Q: “Neotropical” means __________________ “Exudates” means ____________________