A) Reptile B) Bird C) Primate D) Mammal
A) Madagascar B) Brazil C) Australia D) Japan
A) Fruits and leaves B) Fish C) Seeds and nuts D) Meat
A) Aye-aye Lemurs B) Ring-tailed Lemurs C) Red Ruffed Lemurs D) Indri Lemurs
A) Ruffed Lemur B) Indri C) Aye-aye D) Sifaka
A) Nighttime B) Dawn and Dusk C) Daytime D) Twilight
A) Climate change B) Habitat loss C) Predators D) Disease
A) Troop B) Herd C) Pod D) Flock
A) From Latin 'lemures', meaning 'ghosts, spirits of the dead' B) Named after a famous explorer named Lemur C) From Greek 'lemuros', meaning 'forest dweller' D) Derived from Malagasy language, meaning 'tree climber'
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) Lemurs have a high basal metabolic rate. B) They have a relatively low basal metabolic rate. C) Lemurs lack a 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) No two species of lemurs can share the same habitat. C) Two species may coexist due to different diets. D) Only one species can live in a given forest.
A) Louis Pasteur B) Charles Darwin C) Carl Linnaeus D) Gregor Mendel
A) Lemur catta B) Indri indri C) Daubentonia madagascariensis D) Cynocephalus volans
A) Strepsirrhini B) Haplorhini C) Tarsiiformes D) Simiiformes
A) Tarsiers B) Simians C) Lorisoids D) Adapiforms
A) Canine tusks B) Honing complex C) Bilophodont molars D) Toothcomb
A) Sweepstakes hypothesis B) Continental drift hypothesis C) Island hopping hypothesis D) Land bridge theory
A) 750 km (466 mi) B) 1000 km (620 mi) C) 560 km (350 mi) D) 300 km (186 mi)
A) William Diller Matthew B) Richard Owen C) George Gaylord Simpson D) Charles Darwin
A) 1 year B) 6 months C) 100 days D) 30 days or less
A) 10 million years ago B) 50 million years ago C) 5 million years ago D) 20 million years ago
A) Nocturnal vision enhancement B) Cathemerality C) Hypometabolism D) Seasonal fat storage
A) Slash-and-burn agriculture (tavy) B) Shifting cultivation C) Aquaculture D) Terrace farming
A) 75% B) ~10% C) 50% D) 25%
A) High encephalization B) Nocturnal activity C) Large group sizes D) Sexual monomorphism
A) Lemuriformes B) Strepsirrhini C) Lorisiformes D) Chiromyiformes
A) Lemur B) Indri C) Daubentonia D) Propithecus
A) Closely related B) Identical C) Subspecies of each other D) Not closely related
A) Taxonomic inflation B) Ecological stability C) Morphological similarity D) Genetic uniformity
A) The red-bellied lemur B) The sportive lemur C) The indri D) The aye-aye
A) Toilet-claw B) A highly mobile, filiform middle finger C) Large ears D) A long tongue
A) Indriids B) Sportive lemurs C) Hairy-eared dwarf lemurs D) Mouse lemurs
A) Fully fused mandible bones B) Prehensile tail C) A laterally compressed, elongated nail called a toilet-claw on the second toe D) Postorbital closure
A) The olfactory bulb B) The auditory canal C) The vomeronasal organ D) The rhinarium
A) Extracting food from tiny holes B) Gnawing through wood C) Feeding on nectar D) Detecting hollow spaces within trees
A) The aye-aye B) Archaeoindris fontoynonti C) The indri D) The diademed sifaka
A) 19th century B) 20th century C) 17th century D) 18th century
A) Discovery Channel B) National Geographic C) Animal Planet D) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
A) Coquerel's giant mouse lemurs B) Ring-tailed lemurs C) Sifakas D) Golden bamboo lemurs
A) Bamboo B) Grasses C) Mangroves D) Ferns
A) Highly terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Vertical clinging and leaping D) Fast arboreal quadrupedal locomotion
A) Tactile communication B) Vocalizations C) Olfactory signals D) Visual signals
A) Elwyn L. Simons B) David Attenborough C) Alison Jolly D) John Buettner-Janusch
A) Fady B) Ancestor C) Ambiroa D) Babakoto
A) David Attenborough B) John Buettner-Janusch C) Alison Jolly D) Jean-Jacques Petter
A) Tactile communication B) Olfactory communication C) Vocal communication D) Visual communication
A) Indris B) Ring-tailed lemurs C) Mouse lemurs D) Sikafas
A) Frugivory (fruit consumption) B) Omnivory (eating both plants and animals) C) Granivory (seed predation) D) Folivory (leaf eating)
A) Mating calls B) Territorial marking C) Contagious calling D) Alarm calling
A) Vertical clinging and leaping B) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion C) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion D) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion
A) Ricochetal leaping B) Sloth-like suspensory locomotion C) Partially terrestrial quadrupedal locomotion D) Slow arboreal quadrupedal locomotion
A) Étienne de Flacourt B) George Edwards C) James Petiver D) Philibert Commerçon
A) 1980 B) 1962 C) 1975 D) 1956
A) 30% B) 70% C) 50% D) 90%
A) 3 months B) 6 months C) 9 weeks D) 18–24 weeks
A) Scramble competition polygyny B) Promiscuity C) Pair bonding D) Monogamy
A) Vocalizations B) Tactile communication C) Visual signals D) Olfaction
A) Crepuscular B) Cathemeral C) Diurnal D) Nocturnal
A) Tricornuate B) Multicornuate C) Bicornuate D) Monocorneate
A) Male migration upon maturity B) Solitary foraging at night C) Increased maternal investment 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) Ernst Schwarz C) John Edward Gray D) Albert Günther
A) Ex situ research B) In-situ research C) Laboratory research D) Genomic research
A) 90% B) 50% C) Nearly 70% D) 30%
A) Thicker tooth enamel B) No enamel C) Thinner tooth enamel D) Same thickness as anthropoids
A) Foraging alone at night B) Vocalizing during the day C) Scent-marking D) Sharing nests with other females
A) Her baby will get its beautiful, round eyes. B) She will become ill. C) The baby will have no eyes. D) The baby will be born with wings.
A) Duke Lemur Center B) Myakka City Lemur Reserve C) Lemurs' Park D) Parc Ivoloina
A) Transitive reasoning B) Tool preference based on functional qualities C) Social groupings and reproduction D) Diet and social behavior
A) With indifference. B) Almost universally unfavorably. C) As a symbol of good luck. D) As a beloved pet.
A) Ian Tattersall B) Charles Darwin C) Jane Goodall D) Dian Fossey
A) Living in large, cohesive groups B) Migrating seasonally C) Exhibiting pair bonds D) Foraging alone at night but often nesting in groups during the day.
A) Conservation International B) IUCN C) WWF D) CITES
A) Five months B) Six to eight days C) Two weeks D) One month
A) Diet. B) Habitat preference. C) Behavior. D) Metabolic rate.
A) Average B) Small C) Large D) Variable
A) Reduced movement during the day. B) Increased nocturnal activity. C) Isolation from group members. D) Sunning behaviors.
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) Multi-male groups B) Fission-fusion C) Pair bonds D) Solitary but social
A) Act submissively B) Ignore the aggression C) Become more aggressive D) Leave the group
A) Vocal challenges B) Territorial marking C) Copulatory plugs D) Physical combat
A) The Madagascar buzzard B) The ring-tailed lemur C) The golden bamboo lemur D) The giant Malagasy crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery)
A) 2010 B) 2006 C) 2005 D) 2008
A) Insectivorous diet. B) Generally folivorous diet. C) Frugivorous diet. D) Carnivorous diet.
A) Cathemerality B) Hibernation C) Diurnality D) Nocturnality
A) Alfred Grandidier B) James Petiver C) Étienne de Flacourt D) George Edwards
A) Finding food sources B) Managing agonistic interactions C) Attracting mates D) Avoiding predators
A) Fission-fusion societies B) Solitary but social C) Multi-male groups D) Pair bonds
A) 23% B) 16% C) 8% D) 25%
A) 1751 B) 1658 C) 1771 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) Neither sex migrates. D) Both sexes migrate to new areas.
A) Verreaux's sifaka B) Indriids C) Ruffed lemurs D) Ring-tailed lemur
A) 20% B) 3% C) 30% D) 10% |