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32 Cards in this Set
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What are the infraorders in the prosimian suborder?
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Tarsiiformes, lemuriformes, and lorisiformes
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What are two traits of prosimians?
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Mostly nocturnal; use VCL
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What are the infraorders of the anthropoid suborder?
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Platyrrhini and Catarrhini
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What is the Platyrrhini infraorder?
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New World monkeys
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What are characteristics of Platyrrhines?
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Diurnal, live in forests, mainly arboreal, quadrupedal
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What primates are polyandrous?
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Marmosets and tamarins
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What is the Catarrhini infraorder?
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Old World monkeys and apes
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How are Old World monkeys distinguished from New World monkeys?
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Nostrils, teeth, size
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What are the superfamilies in the catarrhine infraorder?
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Cercopithecoidea and hominoidea
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What is the cercopithecoidea superfamily?
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Old World monkeys
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What does the hominoidea superfamily include?
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Lesser apes, greater apes, and humans
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Which primates are the only true brachiators?
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Gibbons and siamangs
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How do the molars of Old World monkeys and hominoids differ?
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Old World monkeys: bilophodont
Hominoids: Y-5 configuration |
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How do biological anthropologists define culture?
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Patterns of behavior that are transmitted by social learning
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What are the three main factors that lead to the endangerment of most primate species?
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1) Habitat destruction
2) Poaching 3) Live capture for trade/export |
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What is the alternate classification of primates?
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Strepsirhines and haplorhines
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Define strepsirhine
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Any member of the group including lemurs and lorises.
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Define haplorhine
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Any member of the group including tarsiers and hominoids.
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Capuchins, howler monkeys, and spider monkeys are examples of what type of primate?
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New World monkey, cepidae
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What is the dental formula for New World monkeys?
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2:1:3:3
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What is the dental formula for prosimians?
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2:1:3:3
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What is the dental formula for Old World monkeys?
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2:1:2:3
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Baboons, macaques, and lagurs are examples of what type of primates?
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Old World monkeys (Cercopithecoids)
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What is unique about the social groups of baboons?
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Females form the cores of the groups and stay in their natal group
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Describe some characteristics of lesser apes.
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Gibbons and siamangs
Only primates to use hand-over-hand bracaiation Monogomous Arms much longer than legs |
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List characteristics of primates.
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1) Grasping hands
2) Large brain 3) High level of parental investment 4) Increased importance of sight over smell 5) Typically social |
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Which are flat nosed, platyrrhines or catarrhines?
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Platyrrhines
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List the callitrichids.
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Marmosets and tamarins
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List the cebids.
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Capuchins, howler monkeys, spider monkeys
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Describe sexual dimorphism among Old World monkeys.
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Terrestrial - no sexual dimorphism
Arboreal - males larger than females |
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Which of the greater apes are sexually dimorphic?
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All of them
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Is culture a derived or an ancestral trait among apes?
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Derived
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