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1.Are gibbons apes or monkeys?
Monkeys
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Apes
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Like all apes they have no tails, but they differ from the great apes in that they are smaller, they exhibit low sexual dimorphism and they don't make nests.
2.What is the scientific name for the taxonomic family known as the great apes?
Artiodactyla
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Hominidae
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Strepsirrhini
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Simiiformes
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The Simiiformes are an infraorder of primates which include all monkeys and apes but not other primates. The Strepsirrhini are a suborder of primates which include lemurs, bush babies, lorises and pottos, while the Artiodactyla are better known as even-toed ungulates.
3.Which genus of monkeys includes species with the names red-handed, moustached and emperor?
Squirrel monkeys
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Baboons
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Macaques
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Tamarins
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The red-handed tamarin has dark brown or black fur covering most of its body, except for its hands, which have reddish-orange fur. There are two subspecies of moustached tamarin, which have white, curly hair around their mouths (which looks similar to a moustache). The emperor tamarin has longer white hair around its mouth, giving it the appearance of having an immense moustache and beard.
4.What was the first species of hominin to have reached East Asia?
Homo erectus
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Homo habilis
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Homo neanderthalensis
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Homo sapiens
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Homo erectus existed in modern countries such as China and Indonesia as far back as around two million years ago. Homo habilis existed slightly earlier, but never left Africa. Neanderthals and early humans did travel to East Asia, but they both evolved much later.
5.What do sifakas do when on the ground?
Hop to their next destination
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Sprint to the nearest tree
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Walk slowly
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Panic
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These lemurs hop on their hind legs, sideways, using their fore limbs for balance.
6.Which of these primates is not entirely nocturnal?
Bamboo lemur
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Slow loris
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Tarsier
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Aye-aye
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They can be active at any time of the day, though they are typically active just after dawn. The aye-aye is the world's largest nocturnal primate.
7.Are bear cuscuses primates?
Yes
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No
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Though they look somewhat like lemurs, the Talaud and Sulawesi bear cuscuses are both species of possum that live exclusively on Sulawesi.
8.How old are the fossils of the earliest-known primate-like mammals?
55–58 million years
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31–34 million years
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24–27 million years
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67–70 million years
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These animals belonged to the genus Plesiadapis, and are believed to have been related to primates.
9.The grivet is a species of which kind of primate?
Tarsier
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Monkey
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Ape
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Lemur
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It is also known as the African green monkey or the savannah monkey, and can be found in Ethiopia, Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea.
10.The bonobo is a subspecies of chimpanzee.
True
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False
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They are a distinct species, though chimpanzees and bonobos are both species within the genus Pan (they are, in fact, the only species in the genus).
11.Which of these is one of the two largest living lemurs (based on weight)?
Indri
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Black lemur
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Aye-aye
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Ring-tailed lemur
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The indri has an average of weight of 6.5 kilograms, which is the same average weight of the diademed sifaka. On average, black lemurs weigh 1.8 to 2 kilograms, aye-ayes weight around 2 kilograms and ring-tailed lemurs weigh 2.2 kilograms.
12.Are snub-nosed monkeys Old or New World Monkeys?
New World
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Old World
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They live in Asia, specifically in southern China and northern Myanmar and Vietnam.
13.How many species of gorilla are there?
4
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1
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3
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2
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The two species are the eastern and the western gorilla. There are two subspecies of each species: the eastern lowland gorilla and the mountain gorilla are both eastern gorillas, while the western lowland gorilla and the Cross River gorilla are both western gorillas.
14.Lorises of the genus Nycticebus are known as slow lorises. What are lorises of the genus Loris known as?
Slender lorises
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Common lorises
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Diurnal lorises
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Fast lorises
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Slender lorises are native to India and Sri Lanka, while slow lorises range from Bangladesh and Northeast India to the Philippines and from China to Java. All lorises are nocturnal.
15.All species of orangutan are currently critically endangered.
True
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False
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The Tapanuli orangutan, discovered in 2017, has the smallest population at 800 individuals. The Sumatran orangutan has the next smallest population at 13,846 individuals, while the Bornean orangutan has the largest population at 104,700 individuals.