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