A) Bird B) Mammal C) Primate D) Reptile
A) Japan B) Brazil C) Australia D) Madagascar
A) Fruits and leaves B) Seeds and nuts C) Meat D) Fish
A) Red Ruffed Lemurs B) Indri Lemurs C) Aye-aye Lemurs D) Ring-tailed Lemurs
A) Ruffed Lemur B) Indri C) Aye-aye D) Sifaka
A) Twilight B) Dawn and Dusk C) Daytime D) Nighttime
A) Predators B) Climate change C) Habitat loss D) Disease
A) Troop B) Flock C) Herd D) Pod
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) They were larger than living lemur species, with some as large as gorillas. C) Giant lemurs could fly. D) Giant lemurs had no tails.
A) They have a relatively low basal metabolic rate. B) Lemurs lack a basal metabolic rate. C) Lemurs have a high basal metabolic rate. D) Their metabolic rate is variable and unpredictable.
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) Only one species can live in a given forest. C) Two species may coexist due to different diets. D) No two species of lemurs can share the same habitat.
A) Charles Darwin B) Louis Pasteur C) Carl Linnaeus D) Gregor Mendel
A) Lemur catta B) Cynocephalus volans C) Daubentonia madagascariensis D) Indri indri
A) Haplorhini B) Strepsirrhini C) Tarsiiformes D) Simiiformes
A) Tarsiers B) Simians C) Lorisoids D) Adapiforms
A) Canine tusks B) Honing complex C) Bilophodont molars D) Toothcomb
A) Island hopping hypothesis B) Sweepstakes hypothesis C) Land bridge theory D) Continental drift hypothesis
A) 1000 km (620 mi) B) 300 km (186 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 750 km (466 mi)
A) Richard Owen B) William Diller Matthew C) Charles Darwin D) George Gaylord Simpson
A) 100 days B) 6 months C) 1 year D) 30 days or less
A) 5 million years ago B) 50 million years ago C) 10 million years ago D) 20 million years ago
A) Nocturnal vision enhancement B) Hypometabolism C) Seasonal fat storage D) Cathemerality
A) Aquaculture B) Shifting cultivation C) Slash-and-burn agriculture (tavy) D) Terrace farming
A) 25% B) 75% C) ~10% D) 50%
A) Nocturnal activity B) High encephalization C) Sexual monomorphism D) Large group sizes
A) Lorisiformes B) Chiromyiformes C) Strepsirrhini D) Lemuriformes
A) Propithecus B) Indri C) Daubentonia D) Lemur
A) Not closely related B) Identical C) Closely related D) Subspecies of each other
A) Taxonomic inflation B) Ecological stability C) Genetic uniformity D) Morphological similarity
A) The red-bellied lemur B) The aye-aye C) The indri D) The sportive lemur
A) Large ears B) A highly mobile, filiform middle finger C) A long tongue D) Toilet-claw
A) Indriids B) Mouse lemurs C) Sportive lemurs D) Hairy-eared dwarf 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) Gnawing through wood B) Extracting food from tiny holes C) Feeding on nectar D) Detecting hollow spaces within trees
A) The aye-aye B) Archaeoindris fontoynonti C) The diademed sifaka D) The indri
A) Tricornuate B) Multicornuate C) Monocorneate D) Bicornuate
A) Small B) Variable C) Average D) Large
A) Thicker tooth enamel B) Same thickness as anthropoids C) Thinner tooth enamel D) No enamel
A) Carnivorous diet. B) Frugivorous diet. C) Insectivorous diet. D) Generally folivorous diet.
A) Sunning behaviors. B) Increased nocturnal activity. C) Reduced movement during the day. D) Isolation from group members.
A) Diet. B) Habitat preference. C) Behavior. D) Metabolic rate.
A) Granivory (seed predation) B) Frugivory (fruit consumption) C) Omnivory (eating both plants and animals) D) Folivory (leaf eating)
A) Bamboo B) Mangroves C) Grasses D) Ferns
A) Ring-tailed lemurs B) Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs C) Golden bamboo lemurs D) Sifakas
A) Solitary but social B) Multi-male groups C) Fission-fusion D) Pair bonds
A) Solitary but social B) Pair bonds C) Fission-fusion societies D) Multi-male groups
A) Decreased grooming frequency B) Increased maternal investment C) Male migration upon maturity D) Solitary foraging at night
A) Act submissively B) Leave the group C) Become more aggressive D) Ignore the aggression
A) Territorial marking B) Vocal challenges C) Physical combat D) Copulatory plugs
A) Vocalizing during the day B) Sharing nests with other females C) Foraging alone at night D) Scent-marking
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) 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) 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) Cathemerality B) Nocturnality C) Diurnality D) Hibernation
A) Diurnal B) Cathemeral C) Crepuscular D) Nocturnal
A) Ian Tattersall B) Dian Fossey C) Charles Darwin D) Jane Goodall
A) Two weeks B) Five months C) Six to eight days D) One month
A) Indriids B) Verreaux's sifaka C) Ring-tailed lemur D) Ruffed lemurs
A) Visual signals B) Tactile communication C) Olfactory signals D) Vocalizations
A) Mating calls B) Alarm calling C) Territorial marking D) Contagious calling
A) Visual communication B) Tactile communication C) Olfactory communication D) Vocal communication
A) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion B) Ricochetal leaping C) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion
A) Olfaction B) Tactile communication C) Visual signals D) Vocalizations
A) Highly terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion B) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion C) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion D) Vertical clinging and leaping
A) Vertical clinging and leaping B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion D) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion
A) Finding food sources B) Attracting mates C) Managing agonistic interactions D) Avoiding predators
A) Vertical clinging and leaping B) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion C) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion D) Slow (loris-like) arboreal quadrupedal locomotion
A) Monogamy B) Scramble competition polygyny C) Pair bonding D) Promiscuity
A) 9 weeks B) 3 months C) 18–24 weeks D) 6 months
A) Crocodiles B) Fossa C) Madagascar harrier-hawk D) Owls
A) The ring-tailed lemur B) The Madagascar buzzard C) The giant Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery) D) The golden bamboo lemur
A) James Petiver B) Étienne de Flacourt C) Philibert Commerçon D) George Edwards
A) 1771 B) 1658 C) 1608 D) 1751
A) Alfred Grandidier B) James Petiver C) Étienne de Flacourt D) George Edwards
A) John Edward Gray B) Alphonse Milne-Edwards C) Albert Günther D) Ernst Schwarz
A) 1980 B) 1975 C) 1956 D) 1962
A) Alison Jolly B) David Attenborough C) John Buettner-Janusch D) Elwyn L. Simons
A) Alison Jolly B) Jean-Jacques Petter C) David Attenborough D) John Buettner-Janusch
A) Laboratory research B) Ex situ research C) In-situ research D) Genomic research
A) Diet and social behavior B) Transitive reasoning C) Tool preference based on functional qualities D) Social groupings and reproduction
A) 18th century B) 19th century C) 20th century D) 17th century
A) 23% B) 8% C) 16% D) 25%
A) CITES B) Conservation International C) WWF D) IUCN
A) 90% B) 30% C) Nearly 70% D) 50%
A) 90% B) 30% C) 70% D) 50%
A) 10% B) 3% C) 30% D) 20%
A) Ring-tailed lemurs B) Indris C) Sikafas D) Mouse lemurs
A) Myakka City Lemur Reserve B) Parc Ivoloina C) Lemurs' Park D) Duke Lemur Center
A) Ancestor B) Babakoto C) Fady D) Ambiroa
A) As a beloved pet. B) With indifference. C) As a symbol of good luck. D) Almost universally unfavorably.
A) The baby will have no eyes. B) Her baby will get its beautiful, round eyes. C) The baby will be born with wings. D) She will become ill.
A) National Geographic B) Discovery Channel C) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) D) Animal Planet
A) 2008 B) 2006 C) 2005 D) 2010 |