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