Lemurs

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1. Lemurs come from where? South America Borneo Madagascar New Zealand

2. What kind of lemur is Zooboomafoo? Tattersall's Sifaka Ring-tailed Lemur Coquerel's Sifaka Red Ruffed Lemur

3. Which of these is *not* a family of lemurs? Viverridae Indridae Daubentonidae Megaladapidae

4. By tapping its long, thin 3rd finger on the wood of trees, the aye-aye can detect: insect larvae within any break in the wood's integrity hollow cavities all of these

5. Most lemur societies are dominated by which sex? Lemurs don't have societies Male Female Neither dominates

6. The aye aye was first classified as a gibbon monkey squirrel octopus

7. Which lemur sings? Diademed Sifaka Indri Red Ruffed Lemur Grey Sportive Lemur

8. True or false: giant lemurs once roamed Madagascar. Answer: (One Word)

9. What evidence is there that humans hunted giant lemurs? Spear-marks in bones Cultural traditions There is no such evidence Holes in teeth

10. Which of these lemurs is nocturnal? Indri Aye aye Tattersall's Sifaka Ring-tailed Lemur

11. Aside from lemurs, there are two main groups of prosimians. One of them is: Cebidae Didelphimorphids Tarsiformes Callithrinicidae

12. Which of these are actually lemurs? Flying lemurs Dwarf lemurs Poison-dart lemurs Tarsiers

13. The ancestral lemur is thought to most closely resemble which current lemur family? Indridae Lemuridae Megaladapidae Cheirogalidae

14. Which lemur has only a vestigial tail? Dwarf lemur Aye aye Indri Sifaka

15. Which Monty Python made a movie about lemurs? John Cleese Michael Palin Terry Gilliam Terry Jones

16. Which of these is, evolutionarily speaking, closest to being a monkey? a potto you a lemur a jellyfish

17. What sub-order are lemurs part of? Bradypodidae Cnidaria Strepsirhini Googenheim

18. Enough taxonomy. If you put the following primates in a death-match, which would win? Pygmy Marmoset Lemur Gibbon Spider Monkey

19. Which science fiction writer traveled to Madagascar and wrote about the aye-aye? Ursula LeGuin Isaac Asimov Douglas Adams L. Ron Hubbard

20. Which lemurs are considered Endangered (listed in Appendix 1 of CITES)? none some most all

21. Which lemurs might you see at your local zoo? Ring-tailed lemurs Diademed Sifaka Indri Golden-crowned Sifaka

22. Which of these can an aye-aye *not* do? chew through stainless steel descend trees head or tail first hollow out an egg burrow underground

23. In the movie 2001:A Space Odyssey, Kubrick's daughter asks for which prosimian for her birthday? lemur bush baby tarsier potto

24. Which of the following mammals eats lemurs? Malagasy civet sharks other lemurs fossa

25. Which of these scientists has studied lemurs? Birute Galdikas Pat Wright Diane Fossey Jane Goodall