While at the zoo you see an exhibit with a small group of primates and notice they have wet, snout-like noses.This indicates a species of:
A) prosimian, because they retain the rhinarium not found in other mammal species.
B) anthropoid primate, because they retain the rhinarium commonly found in other mammal species.
C) platyrrhine primate, because their nostrils do not point downward.
D) strepsirhini that retain a rhinarium found only in prosimian primates.
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Q4: Colobine primates
A) are mostly frugivorous.
B) are usually
Q7: Low, rounded cusps indicate a diet of:
A)fruit.
B)meat.
C)insects.
D)leaves.
Q8: Prehensile tails are:
A)present in catarrhine primates.
B)present in
Q9: Anthropoids differ from prosimians in that they:
A)have
Q10: High, pointed crowns indicate a diet of:
A)fruit.
B)leaves.
C)meat.
D)insects.
Q14: Arboreal adaptation is
A) adaptation to life in
Q15: Modern primates are characterized by arboreal adaptations,
Q15: You are reading a scientific paper regarding
Q16: The suborder prosimians includes:
A)New World and Old
Q17: Which of the following are prosimians?
A)baboons
B)gibbons
C)lemurs
D)tamarins
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