Week 8

Question 1

!Key primate features

Answer 1

Forward facing eyes
Short nose 
Long period of maternal care
Nails not claws
Relatively large brains 
Unfused radius and ulnar 
Opposable thumbs

Question 2

!Scandentia order

Answer 2

Tree shrews

Question 3

!Order scandentia (tree shrews) distribution

Answer 3

Asia

Question 4

!Order scandentia (tree shrews) skull morphology

Answer 4

Inflated auditory bullae
Long skull
Perforated zygomatic arch

Question 5

!Order scandentia (tree shrews) dentition

Answer 5

Canines poorly developed
Primitive sharp-cusped molars for a insectivorous diet
Forward projecting lower incisors used in feeding and grooming

Question 6

Order scandentia (tree shrews) diet

Answer 6

Insectivorous but some species frugivores

Question 7

!Order scandentia (tree shrews) lifestyle

Answer 7

Terrestrial, semi- arboreal and fully arboreal

Diurnal

Question 8

Order Dermoptera

Answer 8

Culugos

Flying lemurs are not that accurate because they are not lemurs and they do not fly, they glide

Question 9

Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs)
Patagium

Answer 9

*Patagium (skin membrane) that is furred and covers the whole body expect the head.

Question 10

!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) distribution

Answer 10

Asia

Question 11

!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) skull morphology

Answer 11

Lemur-like
Broad and flat palate
Flattened tympanic bullae

Question 12

!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) dentition

Answer 12

Small and simple teeth
Molars tribosphenic
Unique lower incisors have comb-like structure
Upper incisors at the side not the front of the jaw.

Question 13

Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) digestion

Answer 13

Diet is leaves

Elongated intestines that’s in compartments to aid cellulose digestion

Question 14

Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) digestion

Answer 14

Diet is leaves

Elongated intestines that’s in compartments to aid cellulose digestion

Question 15

!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) predation

Answer 15

90% predated by monkey eating eagle

Question 16

!Order Dermoptera (colugos/flying lemurs) human interaction

Answer 16

Deforestation & habitat loss
Hunted for meat & soft fur
Considered pests by plantation owners (they eat the fruit and leaves)

Question 17

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines

Answer 17

Lemurs

Question 18

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) tails

Answer 18

Non have prehensile tails!

Question 19

Sub order in order primata (Strepsirrhines) lemurs characteristics:
Eye

Answer 19

Tapetum

Question 20

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) skull morphology

Answer 20

Long rostrum

Question 21

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) dentition

Answer 21

Tooth comb
Cininiform premolars
Median upper diastema

Question 22

Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) diet

Answer 22

All eat fruit and most eat insects

Question 23

Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) scent

Answer 23

They scent mark

Question 24

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) distribution of:

• Lemurs
• Potatoes & bushbabies
• Lorises

Answer 24

• Lemurs - Madagascar
• Potatoes & bushbabies - Africa
• Lorises - Asia

Question 25

lorises and pottos characteristics

Answer 25

Poisonous saliva

Question 26

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Galagonidae: bush babies characteristics * Distribution * Movement * Ears * Diet * Social * Communication

Answer 26

``` Widespread Some clingers and leapers Folding ears Diet includes seeds, nectar and gums Live in small groups of females Communicate with clicks and territorial calls ```

Question 27

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lemuridae: lemurs characteristics * Lifestyle * Digits * Diet * Social

Answer 27

``` Diurnal Arboreal quadrupeds/ climbers Opposable pollex and hallux Feed on leaves Females are dominant ```

Question 28

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lemuridae: lemurs characteristics * Lifestyle * Digits * Diet * Social

Answer 28

``` Diurnal Arboreal quadrupeds/ climbers Opposable pollex and hallux Feed on leaves Females are dominant ```

Question 29

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Cheirogaleidae: dwarf and mouse lemurs * Lifestyle * Ears * Diet * Social

Answer 29

``` Arboreal climbers and leapers Very long tails Fading ears Omnivores Solitary Hibernates ```

Question 30

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs), family Lepilemuridae: sportive and weasel lemurs characteristics * Lifestyle * Diet * Social

Answer 30

Arboreal leapers Feed on leaves, flowers and barks Solitary

Question 31

!Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) family Inriidae: inrid lemurs characteristics * Lifestyle * Toes * Diet * Social

Answer 31

``` Diurnal Arboreal leapers Webbed toes Short rostrum Feeds on leaves, flowers, and bark Live in family groups ```

Question 32

Sub order in order primata Strepsirrhines (lemurs) family Daubentonidae: the aye-aye Lifestyle Diet

Answer 32

Lengthened hands and slender third digit | Feed on nuts, larvae, nectar, eggs, and fungi

Question 33

``` !Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata characteristics: *Nose *Lip Reproduction Social ```

Answer 33

``` No tapetum Warm, dry nose with united nostrils Sine upper lip Monthly reproductive cycle Short rostrum Diurnal Complex social behaviour ```

Question 34

!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata, infra-order tarsiformes: tarsidae, tarsiers characteristics * Lifestyle * Claws * Ears * Diet * Social

Answer 34

``` Arboreal leapers Grooming claws Nocturnal Fading ears Obligate carnivores Solitary or pairs or family ```

Question 35

!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Cebidae characteristics Name Lifestyle Diet

Answer 35

Squirrel and capuchin monkeys Arboreal quadrupeds, climbers and brachiators Omnivorous

Question 36

Howler, spider, & woolly monkeys characteristics Name *Diet

Answer 36

Howler, spider, & woolly monkeys Prehensile tails Folivore/frugivore

Question 37

!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Aotidae characteristics Name Lifestyle Diet

Answer 37

Night or owl monkeys Nocturnal Broad diet

Question 38

!Sub order Haplorrhines in the order primata family Pithiciidae characteristics Name Lifestyle Diet

Answer 38

Saki, bearded- sake & ukaris Arboreal quadrupeds, climbers Seed predators