A) Primate B) Reptile C) Mammal D) Bird
A) Madagascar B) Australia C) Brazil D) Japan
A) Fish B) Meat C) Seeds and nuts D) Fruits and leaves
A) Red Ruffed Lemurs B) Aye-aye Lemurs C) Ring-tailed Lemurs D) Indri Lemurs
A) Sifaka B) Aye-aye C) Indri D) Ruffed Lemur
A) Nighttime B) Daytime C) Dawn and Dusk D) Twilight
A) Predators B) Climate change C) Habitat loss D) Disease
A) Pod B) Flock C) Herd D) Troop
A) From Latin 'lemures', meaning 'ghosts, spirits of the dead' B) Derived from Malagasy language, meaning 'tree climber' C) Named after a famous explorer named Lemur D) From Greek 'lemuros', meaning 'forest dweller'
A) Giant lemurs could fly. B) They were larger than living lemur species, with some as large as gorillas. C) Giant lemurs had no tails. D) All giant lemurs lived in water.
A) They have a relatively low basal metabolic rate. B) Lemurs have a high basal metabolic rate. C) Lemurs lack a basal metabolic rate. D) Their metabolic rate is variable and unpredictable.
A) Males dominate during the breeding season. B) Lemurs breed only once in their lifetime. C) They exhibit seasonal breeding with female social dominance. D) Breeding occurs year-round without any specific pattern.
A) Only one species can live in a given forest. B) All lemur species can coexist without conflict. C) No two species of lemurs can share the same habitat. D) Two species may coexist due to different diets.
A) Louis Pasteur B) Gregor Mendel C) Carl Linnaeus D) Charles Darwin
A) Cynocephalus volans B) Indri indri C) Lemur catta D) Daubentonia madagascariensis
A) Haplorhini B) Strepsirrhini C) Tarsiiformes D) Simiiformes
A) Adapiforms B) Tarsiers C) Lorisoids D) Simians
A) Bilophodont molars B) Honing complex C) Toothcomb D) Canine tusks
A) Land bridge theory B) Sweepstakes hypothesis C) Island hopping hypothesis D) Continental drift hypothesis
A) 1000 km (620 mi) B) 560 km (350 mi) C) 300 km (186 mi) D) 750 km (466 mi)
A) Charles Darwin B) Richard Owen C) George Gaylord Simpson D) William Diller Matthew
A) 6 months B) 30 days or less C) 100 days D) 1 year
A) 10 million years ago B) 20 million years ago C) 50 million years ago D) 5 million years ago
A) Nocturnal vision enhancement B) Cathemerality C) Hypometabolism D) Seasonal fat storage
A) Shifting cultivation B) Slash-and-burn agriculture (tavy) C) Terrace farming D) Aquaculture
A) 75% B) 50% C) 25% D) ~10%
A) Nocturnal activity B) Large group sizes C) High encephalization D) Sexual monomorphism
A) Chiromyiformes B) Lorisiformes C) Strepsirrhini D) Lemuriformes
A) Daubentonia B) Indri C) Lemur D) Propithecus
A) Subspecies of each other B) Not closely related C) Closely related D) Identical
A) Ecological stability B) Morphological similarity C) Genetic uniformity D) Taxonomic inflation
A) The indri B) The sportive lemur C) The aye-aye D) The red-bellied lemur
A) A long tongue B) A highly mobile, filiform middle finger C) Large ears 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) 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 vomeronasal organ D) The rhinarium
A) Feeding on nectar B) Detecting hollow spaces within trees C) Gnawing through wood D) Extracting food from tiny holes
A) The diademed sifaka B) Archaeoindris fontoynonti C) The indri D) The aye-aye
A) 18th century B) 17th century C) 20th century D) 19th century
A) Animal Planet B) Discovery Channel C) National Geographic D) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
A) Golden bamboo lemurs B) Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs C) Ring-tailed lemurs D) Sifakas
A) Ferns B) Mangroves C) Grasses D) Bamboo
A) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion B) Vertical clinging and leaping C) Highly terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion D) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion
A) Olfactory signals B) Tactile communication C) Visual signals D) Vocalizations
A) John Buettner-Janusch B) Alison Jolly C) David Attenborough D) Elwyn L. Simons
A) Babakoto B) Ambiroa C) Ancestor D) Fady
A) Alison Jolly B) Jean-Jacques Petter C) John Buettner-Janusch D) David Attenborough
A) Olfactory communication B) Vocal communication C) Visual communication D) Tactile communication
A) Mouse lemurs B) Indris C) Ring-tailed lemurs D) Sikafas
A) Frugivory (fruit consumption) B) Folivory (leaf eating) C) Granivory (seed predation) D) Omnivory (eating both plants and animals)
A) Territorial marking B) Contagious calling C) Mating calls D) Alarm calling
A) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion B) Vertical clinging and leaping C) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion D) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion
A) Ricochetal leaping B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion
A) Étienne de Flacourt B) George Edwards C) James Petiver D) Philibert Commerçon
A) 1975 B) 1962 C) 1980 D) 1956
A) 70% B) 50% C) 90% D) 30%
A) 18–24 weeks B) 9 weeks C) 6 months D) 3 months
A) Monogamy B) Pair bonding C) Promiscuity D) Scramble competition polygyny
A) Visual signals B) Olfaction C) Tactile communication D) Vocalizations
A) Nocturnal B) Crepuscular C) Diurnal D) Cathemeral
A) Monocorneate B) Bicornuate C) Multicornuate D) Tricornuate
A) Solitary foraging at night B) Increased maternal investment C) Male migration upon maturity D) Decreased grooming frequency
A) Slow (loris-like) arboreal quadrupedal locomotion B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Vertical clinging and leaping
A) Alphonse Milne-Edwards B) John Edward Gray C) Albert Günther D) Ernst Schwarz
A) Ex situ research B) In-situ research C) Laboratory research D) Genomic research
A) 50% B) 30% C) Nearly 70% D) 90%
A) Thicker tooth enamel B) No enamel C) Thinner tooth enamel D) Same thickness as anthropoids
A) Scent-marking B) Foraging alone at night C) Sharing nests with other females D) Vocalizing during the day
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) Myakka City Lemur Reserve B) Duke Lemur Center C) Lemurs' Park D) Parc Ivoloina
A) Tool preference based on functional qualities B) Social groupings and reproduction C) Transitive reasoning D) Diet and social behavior
A) As a symbol of good luck. B) With indifference. C) Almost universally unfavorably. D) As a beloved pet.
A) Dian Fossey B) Jane Goodall C) Ian Tattersall D) Charles Darwin
A) Exhibiting pair bonds B) Foraging alone at night but often nesting in groups during the day. C) Migrating seasonally D) Living in large, cohesive groups
A) Conservation International B) IUCN C) WWF D) CITES
A) One month B) Five months C) Six to eight days D) Two weeks
A) Metabolic rate. B) Diet. C) Behavior. D) Habitat preference.
A) Average B) Large C) Variable D) Small
A) Sunning behaviors. B) Increased nocturnal activity. C) Isolation from group members. D) Reduced movement during the day.
A) Fossa B) Owls C) Madagascar harrier-hawk D) Crocodiles
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) Multi-male groups B) Solitary but social C) Pair bonds D) Fission-fusion
A) Ignore the aggression B) Act submissively C) Leave the group D) Become more aggressive
A) Vocal challenges B) Territorial marking C) Physical combat D) Copulatory plugs
A) The golden bamboo lemur B) The Madagascar buzzard C) The ring-tailed lemur D) The giant Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery)
A) 2006 B) 2008 C) 2005 D) 2010
A) Generally folivorous diet. B) Frugivorous diet. C) Insectivorous diet. D) Carnivorous diet.
A) Nocturnality B) Diurnality C) Hibernation D) Cathemerality
A) James Petiver B) Alfred Grandidier C) George Edwards D) Étienne de Flacourt
A) Managing agonistic interactions B) Finding food sources C) Attracting mates D) Avoiding predators
A) Fission-fusion societies B) Pair bonds C) Multi-male groups D) Solitary but social
A) 16% B) 8% C) 23% D) 25%
A) 1771 B) 1658 C) 1751 D) 1608
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) Verreaux's sifaka B) Ring-tailed lemur C) Indriids D) Ruffed lemurs
A) 10% B) 3% C) 20% D) 30% |