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A) Reptile B) Mammal C) Bird D) Primate
A) Brazil B) Japan C) Madagascar D) Australia
A) Fish B) Fruits and leaves C) Seeds and nuts D) Meat
A) Indri Lemurs B) Ring-tailed Lemurs C) Red Ruffed Lemurs D) Aye-aye Lemurs
A) Aye-aye B) Sifaka C) Indri D) Ruffed Lemur
A) Dawn and Dusk B) Nighttime C) Twilight D) Daytime
A) Predators B) Climate change C) Disease D) Habitat loss
A) Flock B) Troop C) Herd D) Pod
A) From Latin 'lemures', meaning 'ghosts, spirits of the dead' B) Derived from Malagasy language, meaning 'tree climber' C) From Greek 'lemuros', meaning 'forest dweller' D) Named after a famous explorer named Lemur
A) They were larger than living lemur species, with some as large as gorillas. B) All giant lemurs lived in water. C) Giant lemurs had no tails. D) Giant lemurs could fly.
A) Lemurs lack a basal metabolic rate. B) Their metabolic rate is variable and unpredictable. C) Lemurs have a high basal metabolic rate. D) They have a relatively low basal metabolic rate.
A) Breeding occurs year-round without any specific pattern. B) Males dominate during the breeding season. C) Lemurs breed only once in their lifetime. D) They exhibit seasonal breeding with female social dominance.
A) All lemur species can coexist without conflict. B) Only one species can live in a given forest. C) Two species may coexist due to different diets. D) No two species of lemurs can share the same habitat.
A) Gregor Mendel B) Carl Linnaeus C) Louis Pasteur D) Charles Darwin
A) Cynocephalus volans B) Lemur catta C) Daubentonia madagascariensis D) Indri indri
A) Haplorhini B) Strepsirrhini C) Tarsiiformes D) Simiiformes
A) Adapiforms B) Simians C) Tarsiers D) Lorisoids
A) Bilophodont molars B) Honing complex C) Canine tusks D) Toothcomb
A) Sweepstakes hypothesis B) Continental drift hypothesis C) Land bridge theory D) Island hopping hypothesis
A) 750 km (466 mi) B) 1000 km (620 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 300 km (186 mi)
A) William Diller Matthew B) Charles Darwin C) Richard Owen D) George Gaylord Simpson
A) 6 months B) 1 year C) 30 days or less D) 100 days
A) 10 million years ago B) 5 million years ago C) 20 million years ago D) 50 million years ago
A) Cathemerality B) Hypometabolism C) Nocturnal vision enhancement D) Seasonal fat storage
A) Aquaculture B) Shifting cultivation C) Terrace farming D) Slash-and-burn agriculture (tavy)
A) 75% B) 25% C) 50% D) ~10%
A) Nocturnal activity B) Sexual monomorphism C) High encephalization D) Large group sizes
A) Lorisiformes B) Strepsirrhini C) Lemuriformes D) Chiromyiformes
A) Indri B) Daubentonia C) Propithecus D) Lemur
A) Not closely related B) Closely related C) Subspecies of each other D) Identical
A) Ecological stability B) Genetic uniformity C) Morphological similarity D) Taxonomic inflation
A) The sportive lemur B) The aye-aye C) The indri D) The red-bellied lemur
A) A long tongue B) Large ears C) Toilet-claw D) A highly mobile, filiform middle finger
A) Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs B) Mouse lemurs C) Sportive lemurs D) Indriids
A) A laterally compressed, elongated nail called a toilet-claw on the second toe B) Prehensile tail C) Fully fused mandible bones D) Postorbital closure
A) The auditory canal B) The olfactory bulb C) The vomeronasal organ D) The rhinarium
A) Detecting hollow spaces within trees B) Gnawing through wood C) Feeding on nectar D) Extracting food from tiny holes
A) The diademed sifaka B) Archaeoindris fontoynonti C) The indri D) The aye-aye
A) Monocorneate B) Tricornuate C) Multicornuate D) Bicornuate
A) Average B) Large C) Small D) Variable
A) Same thickness as anthropoids B) No enamel C) Thinner tooth enamel D) Thicker tooth enamel
A) Generally folivorous diet. B) Carnivorous diet. C) Frugivorous diet. D) Insectivorous diet.
A) Increased nocturnal activity. B) Isolation from group members. C) Reduced movement during the day. D) Sunning behaviors.
A) Metabolic rate. B) Behavior. C) Diet. D) Habitat preference.
A) Granivory (seed predation) B) Frugivory (fruit consumption) C) Folivory (leaf eating) D) Omnivory (eating both plants and animals)
A) Ferns B) Bamboo C) Grasses D) Mangroves
A) Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs B) Golden bamboo lemurs C) Ring-tailed lemurs D) Sifakas
A) Fission-fusion B) Solitary but social C) Multi-male groups D) Pair bonds
A) Fission-fusion societies B) Multi-male groups C) Solitary but social D) Pair bonds
A) Male migration upon maturity B) Increased maternal investment C) Decreased grooming frequency D) Solitary foraging at night
A) Become more aggressive B) Act submissively C) Leave the group D) Ignore the aggression
A) Territorial marking B) Copulatory plugs C) Vocal challenges D) Physical combat
A) Vocalizing during the day B) Scent-marking C) Foraging alone at night D) Sharing nests with other females
A) Neither sex migrates. B) Both sexes migrate to new areas. C) Females stay within their natal range while males migrate upon reaching maturity. D) Males stay within their natal range while females migrate.
A) The dominant view in the literature B) Hypothesis based on male aggression C) A new hypothesis using simple game theory D) Hypothesis explaining monomorphism
A) Exhibiting pair bonds B) Living in large, cohesive groups C) Foraging alone at night but often nesting in groups during the day. D) Migrating seasonally
A) Hibernation B) Diurnality C) Nocturnality D) Cathemerality
A) Crepuscular B) Cathemeral C) Nocturnal D) Diurnal
A) Ian Tattersall B) Charles Darwin C) Dian Fossey D) Jane Goodall
A) Five months B) Six to eight days C) One month D) Two weeks
A) Indriids B) Ruffed lemurs C) Verreaux's sifaka D) Ring-tailed lemur
A) Visual signals B) Olfactory signals C) Tactile communication D) Vocalizations
A) Alarm calling B) Contagious calling C) Mating calls D) Territorial marking
A) Tactile communication B) Olfactory communication C) Visual communication D) Vocal communication
A) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion B) Ricochetal leaping C) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion
A) Tactile communication B) Olfaction C) Vocalizations D) Visual signals
A) Vertical clinging and leaping B) Highly terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion C) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion
A) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Vertical clinging and leaping D) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion
A) Attracting mates B) Managing agonistic interactions C) Avoiding predators D) Finding food sources
A) Vertical clinging and leaping B) Slow (loris-like) arboreal quadrupedal locomotion C) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion
A) Scramble competition polygyny B) Monogamy C) Promiscuity D) Pair bonding
A) 3 months B) 18–24 weeks C) 9 weeks D) 6 months
A) Owls B) Fossa C) Crocodiles D) Madagascar harrier-hawk
A) The Madagascar buzzard B) The ring-tailed lemur C) The golden bamboo lemur D) The giant Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery)
A) Philibert Commerçon B) George Edwards C) Étienne de Flacourt D) James Petiver
A) 1771 B) 1658 C) 1751 D) 1608
A) Alfred Grandidier B) Étienne de Flacourt C) George Edwards D) James Petiver
A) John Edward Gray B) Alphonse Milne-Edwards C) Ernst Schwarz D) Albert Günther
A) 1975 B) 1956 C) 1962 D) 1980
A) Elwyn L. Simons B) Alison Jolly C) John Buettner-Janusch D) David Attenborough
A) David Attenborough B) John Buettner-Janusch C) Jean-Jacques Petter D) Alison Jolly
A) Genomic research B) Laboratory research C) In-situ research D) Ex situ research
A) Tool preference based on functional qualities B) Diet and social behavior C) Social groupings and reproduction D) Transitive reasoning
A) 18th century B) 19th century C) 17th century D) 20th century
A) 8% B) 16% C) 25% D) 23%
A) IUCN B) WWF C) Conservation International D) CITES
A) 90% B) Nearly 70% C) 30% D) 50%
A) 50% B) 90% C) 70% D) 30%
A) 30% B) 3% C) 10% D) 20%
A) Ring-tailed lemurs B) Mouse lemurs C) Sikafas D) Indris
A) Duke Lemur Center B) Lemurs' Park C) Myakka City Lemur Reserve D) Parc Ivoloina
A) Babakoto B) Fady C) Ambiroa D) Ancestor
A) As a symbol of good luck. B) Almost universally unfavorably. C) As a beloved pet. D) With indifference.
A) Her baby will get its beautiful, round eyes. B) She will become ill. C) The baby will be born with wings. D) The baby will have no eyes.
A) National Geographic B) Animal Planet C) Discovery Channel D) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
A) 2005 B) 2010 C) 2008 D) 2006 |