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