A) Primate B) Mammal C) Reptile D) Bird
A) Madagascar B) Japan C) Australia D) Brazil
A) Meat B) Fruits and leaves C) Seeds and nuts D) Fish
A) Red Ruffed Lemurs B) Aye-aye Lemurs C) Indri Lemurs D) Ring-tailed Lemurs
A) Indri B) Ruffed Lemur C) Aye-aye D) Sifaka
A) Nighttime B) Twilight C) Dawn and Dusk D) Daytime
A) Climate change B) Disease C) Habitat loss D) Predators
A) Herd B) Pod C) Troop D) Flock
A) From Latin 'lemures', meaning 'ghosts, spirits of the dead' B) Named after a famous explorer named Lemur C) Derived from Malagasy language, meaning 'tree climber' D) From Greek 'lemuros', meaning 'forest dweller'
A) Giant lemurs could fly. B) All giant lemurs lived in water. C) Giant lemurs had no tails. D) They were larger than living lemur species, with some as large as gorillas.
A) They have a relatively low basal metabolic rate. B) Their metabolic rate is variable and unpredictable. C) Lemurs lack a basal metabolic rate. D) Lemurs have a high basal metabolic rate.
A) Lemurs breed only once in their lifetime. B) Males dominate during the breeding season. 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) Only one species can live in a given forest. D) Two species may coexist due to different diets.
A) Gregor Mendel B) Louis Pasteur C) Carl Linnaeus D) Charles Darwin
A) Daubentonia madagascariensis B) Lemur catta C) Indri indri D) Cynocephalus volans
A) Tarsiiformes B) Strepsirrhini C) Haplorhini D) Simiiformes
A) Lorisoids B) Tarsiers C) Simians D) Adapiforms
A) Honing complex B) Canine tusks C) Bilophodont molars D) Toothcomb
A) Sweepstakes hypothesis B) Land bridge theory C) Continental drift hypothesis D) Island hopping hypothesis
A) 1000 km (620 mi) B) 300 km (186 mi) C) 750 km (466 mi) D) 560 km (350 mi)
A) George Gaylord Simpson B) William Diller Matthew C) Charles Darwin D) Richard Owen
A) 1 year B) 100 days C) 30 days or less D) 6 months
A) 50 million years ago B) 10 million years ago C) 20 million years ago D) 5 million years ago
A) Hypometabolism B) Cathemerality C) Seasonal fat storage D) Nocturnal vision enhancement
A) Aquaculture B) Slash-and-burn agriculture (tavy) C) Shifting cultivation D) Terrace farming
A) 75% B) ~10% C) 25% D) 50%
A) Nocturnal activity B) High encephalization C) Sexual monomorphism D) Large group sizes
A) Lorisiformes B) Chiromyiformes C) Lemuriformes D) Strepsirrhini
A) Propithecus B) Lemur C) Daubentonia D) Indri
A) Identical B) Not closely related C) Closely related D) Subspecies of each other
A) Ecological stability B) Morphological similarity C) Genetic uniformity D) Taxonomic inflation
A) The indri B) The red-bellied lemur C) The sportive lemur D) The aye-aye
A) Toilet-claw B) A highly mobile, filiform middle finger C) A long tongue D) Large ears
A) Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs B) Indriids C) Mouse lemurs D) Sportive lemurs
A) Fully fused mandible bones B) Prehensile tail C) A laterally compressed, elongated nail called a toilet-claw on the second toe D) Postorbital closure
A) The auditory canal B) The rhinarium C) The olfactory bulb D) The vomeronasal organ
A) Gnawing through wood B) Detecting hollow spaces within trees C) Extracting food from tiny holes D) Feeding on nectar
A) The indri B) Archaeoindris fontoynonti C) The diademed sifaka D) The aye-aye
A) 18th century B) 20th century C) 19th century D) 17th century
A) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) B) Discovery Channel C) National Geographic D) Animal Planet
A) Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs B) Sifakas C) Golden bamboo lemurs D) Ring-tailed lemurs
A) Bamboo B) Ferns C) Grasses D) Mangroves
A) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Vertical clinging and leaping D) Highly terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion
A) Visual signals B) Vocalizations C) Tactile communication D) Olfactory signals
A) Alison Jolly B) David Attenborough C) John Buettner-Janusch D) Elwyn L. Simons
A) Fady B) Ancestor C) Ambiroa D) Babakoto
A) John Buettner-Janusch B) Jean-Jacques Petter C) David Attenborough D) Alison Jolly
A) Olfactory communication B) Tactile communication C) Visual communication D) Vocal communication
A) Mouse lemurs B) Ring-tailed lemurs C) Sikafas D) Indris
A) Omnivory (eating both plants and animals) B) Granivory (seed predation) C) Frugivory (fruit consumption) D) Folivory (leaf eating)
A) Alarm calling B) Territorial marking C) Mating calls D) Contagious calling
A) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion B) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion C) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Vertical clinging and leaping
A) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion B) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion C) Ricochetal leaping D) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion
A) James Petiver B) Philibert Commerçon C) Étienne de Flacourt D) George Edwards
A) 1956 B) 1980 C) 1975 D) 1962
A) 30% B) 70% C) 50% D) 90%
A) 6 months B) 9 weeks C) 18–24 weeks D) 3 months
A) Scramble competition polygyny B) Monogamy C) Pair bonding D) Promiscuity
A) Olfaction B) Vocalizations C) Visual signals D) Tactile communication
A) Crepuscular B) Diurnal C) Cathemeral D) Nocturnal
A) Monocorneate B) Bicornuate C) Multicornuate D) Tricornuate
A) Solitary foraging at night B) Decreased grooming frequency C) Male migration upon maturity D) Increased maternal investment
A) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion B) Slow (loris-like) arboreal quadrupedal locomotion C) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Vertical clinging and leaping
A) Alphonse Milne-Edwards B) Ernst Schwarz C) John Edward Gray D) Albert Günther
A) Ex situ research B) Laboratory research C) In-situ research D) Genomic research
A) Nearly 70% B) 30% C) 90% D) 50%
A) Thicker tooth enamel B) Thinner tooth enamel C) No enamel D) Same thickness as anthropoids
A) Vocalizing during the day B) Sharing nests with other females C) Foraging alone at night D) Scent-marking
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) Duke Lemur Center B) Lemurs' Park C) Myakka City Lemur Reserve D) Parc Ivoloina
A) Transitive reasoning B) Tool preference based on functional qualities C) Diet and social behavior D) Social groupings and reproduction
A) Almost universally unfavorably. B) As a symbol of good luck. C) As a beloved pet. D) With indifference.
A) Dian Fossey B) Jane Goodall C) Charles Darwin D) Ian Tattersall
A) Migrating seasonally B) Living in large, cohesive groups C) Exhibiting pair bonds D) Foraging alone at night but often nesting in groups during the day.
A) IUCN B) WWF C) CITES D) Conservation International
A) Six to eight days B) One month C) Two weeks D) Five months
A) Diet. B) Metabolic rate. C) Habitat preference. D) Behavior.
A) Variable B) Small C) Large D) Average
A) Increased nocturnal activity. B) Reduced movement during the day. C) Isolation from group members. D) Sunning behaviors.
A) Owls B) Crocodiles C) Fossa D) Madagascar harrier-hawk
A) The dominant view in the literature B) A new hypothesis using simple game theory C) Hypothesis explaining monomorphism D) Hypothesis based on male aggression
A) Fission-fusion B) Solitary but social C) Multi-male groups D) Pair bonds
A) Leave the group B) Act submissively C) Ignore the aggression D) Become more aggressive
A) Territorial marking B) Physical combat C) Copulatory plugs D) Vocal challenges
A) The golden bamboo lemur B) The ring-tailed lemur C) The giant Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery) D) The Madagascar buzzard
A) 2008 B) 2005 C) 2006 D) 2010
A) Generally folivorous diet. B) Insectivorous diet. C) Carnivorous diet. D) Frugivorous diet.
A) Hibernation B) Diurnality C) Cathemerality D) Nocturnality
A) George Edwards B) Étienne de Flacourt C) Alfred Grandidier D) James Petiver
A) Managing agonistic interactions B) Attracting mates C) Finding food sources D) Avoiding predators
A) Solitary but social B) Pair bonds C) Multi-male groups D) Fission-fusion societies
A) 23% B) 8% C) 16% D) 25%
A) 1658 B) 1751 C) 1771 D) 1608
A) Males stay within their natal range while females migrate. B) Neither sex migrates. C) Both sexes migrate to new areas. D) Females stay within their natal range while males migrate upon reaching maturity.
A) Ring-tailed lemur B) Ruffed lemurs C) Indriids D) Verreaux's sifaka
A) 30% B) 10% C) 3% D) 20% |