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