Lemurs

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

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

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

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

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? Grey Sportive Lemur Diademed Sifaka Indri Red Ruffed 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 Holes in teeth There is no such evidence Cultural traditions

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: Didelphimorphids Cebidae Callithrinicidae Tarsiformes

12. Which of these are actually lemurs? Dwarf lemurs Poison-dart lemurs Flying 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? Terry Jones Terry Gilliam John Cleese Michael Palin

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

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

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

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

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

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? potto lemur bush baby tarsier

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

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