Statistics for Primates Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
All species of orangutan are currently critically endangered.	True	90%
What is the scientific name for the taxonomic family known as the great apes?	Hominidae	77%
Are gibbons apes or monkeys?	Apes	67%
Are bear cuscuses primates?	No	62%
Which genus of monkeys includes species with the names red-handed, moustached and emperor?	Tamarins	62%
Which of these primates is not entirely nocturnal?	Bamboo lemur	59%
The bonobo is a subspecies of chimpanzee.	False	59%
Are snub-nosed monkeys Old or New World Monkeys?	Old World	56%
What do sifakas do when on the ground?	Hop to their next destination	51%
The grivet is a species of which kind of primate?	Monkey	49%
How many species of gorilla are there?	2	44%
How old are the fossils of the earliest-known primate-like mammals?	55–58 million years	38%
What was the first species of hominin to have reached East Asia?	Homo erectus	38%
Which of these is one of the two largest living lemurs (based on weight)?	Indri	36%
Lorises of the genus Nycticebus are known as slow lorises. What are lorises of the genus Loris known as?	Slender lorises	31%