Zoology Questions
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The cercopithecoid primates are commonly known as _________ and are found today in ______ and Asia
Cercopithecoids have ____ limb lengths and _____ arm joint mobility. Hominoids have _____ arms compared to torso length and ______ arm joints.
Small eye size for skull length is associated with diurnality.t/f
Degree of sociality & group size, NOT small body size, are the key variables in primate nocturnality.t/f
Hominoid primates today include non-bipedal _____ in Africa and Asia and bipedal _________ who originated in Africa but are cosmopolitan today.
Cercopithecoids have ________ chests with _______ backs ending in a tail. Hominoids have _____ chests with ______ backs and no tail.
high in vitamin C & carbohydrates but low in protein
Cercopithecoid shoulder joints are at the ______ of the torso and shoulder blades at the ______ of the torso. Hominoid shoulder joints are at the ________ of the torso and shoulder blades are on the _______ of the torso.
No matter what else they eat, all primates must include a source of Vitamin C (usually, but not always, from fruit) in the diet.t/f
The only nocturnal mammal in the world with trichromatic vision is the tarsier -- owl monkeys are surprisingly monochromatic! t/f
Primate anterior teeth can be used to nip and grasp foods and posterior teeth reduce the foods to small particles before swallowing t/f
The _______ diagnostic traits include _______ molars, wide nasal bases, brains larger than faces, & suspensory upper bodies without tails.
Most strepsirhines are small-bodied, nocturnal, and arboreal. Exceptions to this rule are found among the ...
This explains why Old World monkeys are not susecptible to __________ ________ _________
Only 23% of primates are nocturnal.
high in protein, usually good in vitamin C & low in carbohydrates
all primates, except humans are color blind t/f
Humans belong to the Order _______ . We have all of the primate diagnostic traits except a divergent ________ .
ALL hominoids share ____________ locomotor
Premolar and molar teeth can be shaped to puncture (high pointed cusps), to slice (high crests), or to pulp (low rounded cusps) -- they are like food processing machines! t/f