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