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