While at the zoo you see an exhibit with a small group of primates you have not seen in your textbook.However you notice they have wet, snout-like noses similar to a dog's.You tell your friend that this is

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The retention of a wet, snout-like nose, commonly referred to as a rhinarium, is a characteristic of prosimian primates. Anthropoid primates, which include monkeys, apes, and humans, have lost this characteristic. Platyrhine primates, also known as New World monkeys, have nostrils that are widely separated and point to the side, rather than downward like Old World monkeys and apes. Therefore, the best choice is A, a species of prosimian primate, because of the presence of a rhinarium.

While at the Zoo You See an Exhibit with a Small