Colobine primates are well adapted for eating leaves.What leaf-eating traits have evolved in these monkeys?
A) They have cheek pouches for saving leaves to be consumed later,analogous to a cow chewing cud.
B) They have low,rounded teeth that allow the crushing of leaves to obtain more nutrients from them.
C) They are very arboreal,have high,pointed molars good for shearing leaves,and a three or four chambered stomach similar to that of a cow.
D) They have prehensile tails that allow them to more easily feed and move about in the high canopy of the rainforest.
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Q11: Some primates have prehensile tails.Which ones?
A)Prehensile tails
Q12: What does the suborder strepsirhini include?
A)New World
Q13: What are the two suborders of primates?
A)platyrrhine
Q14: Compared to other primates,what adaptations do strepsirhines
Q15: Which of the following are considered haplorhine?
A)monkeys
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Q18: What is the dental pattern of Old
Q19: In primates,low,rounded cusps indicate a diet of:
A)fruit.
B)meat.
C)insects.
D)leaves.
Q20: Which of the following fall under the
Q21: A skull with a foramen magnum positioned
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