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Lemurs Trivia Quiz

Lemurs: is there anything they can't do?

A multiple-choice quiz by alquinn. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
alquinn

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
60,370

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
13 / 25

Plays
2663

Awards
Editor's Choice

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Question 1 of 25

1. Lemurs come from where? Hint

South America

Borneo

Madagascar

New Zealand

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Question 2 of 25

2. What kind of lemur is Zoboomafoo on the television series of that name? Hint

Ring-tailed Lemur

Tattersall's Sifaka

Red Ruffed Lemur

Coquerel's Sifaka

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Question 3 of 25

3. Which of these is *not* a family of lemurs? Hint

Viverridae

Indridae

Daubentonidae

Megaladapidae

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Question 4 of 25

4. By tapping its long, thin 3rd finger on the wood of trees, the aye-aye can detect: Hint

all of these

hollow cavities

insect larvae within

any break in the wood's integrity

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Question 5 of 25

5. Most lemur societies are dominated by which sex? Hint

Male

Female

Neither dominates

Lemurs don't have societies

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Question 6 of 25

6. The aye aye was first classified as which of these? Hint

monkey

gibbon

octopus

squirrel

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Question 7 of 25

7. Which lemur sings? Hint

Diademed Sifaka

Grey Sportive Lemur

Red Ruffed Lemur

Indri

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Question 8 of 25

8. Giant lemurs once roamed Madagascar.

True

False

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Question 9 of 25

9. What evidence is there that humans hunted giant lemurs? Hint

Spear-marks in bones

Holes in teeth

There is no such evidence

Cultural traditions

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which of these lemurs is nocturnal? Hint

Indri

Ring-tailed Lemur

Tattersall's Sifaka

Aye aye

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Question 11 of 25

11. Aside from lemurs, there are two main groups of prosimians. One of them is which of these? Hint

Didelphimorphids

Cebidae

Callithrinicidae

Tarsiformes

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Question 12 of 25

12. Which of these are actually lemurs? Hint

Flying lemurs

Tarsiers

Poison-dart lemurs

Dwarf lemurs

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Question 13 of 25

13. The ancestral lemur is thought to most closely resemble which current lemur family? Hint

Cheirogalidae

Megaladapidae

Indridae

Lemuridae

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Question 14 of 25

14. Which lemur has only a vestigial tail? Hint

Aye aye

Dwarf lemur

Sifaka

Indri

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which member of the Monty Python team made a movie about lemurs? Hint

John Cleese

Michael Palin

Terry Gilliam

Terry Jones

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Question 16 of 25

16. Which of these is, evolutionarily speaking, closest to being a monkey? Hint

you

a lemur

a potto

a jellyfish

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Question 17 of 25

17. What sub-order are lemurs part of? Hint

Strepsirhini

Googenheim

Cnidaria

Bradypodidae

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Question 18 of 25

18. Enough taxonomy. If you put the following primates in a death-match, which would win? Hint

Gibbon

Spider Monkey

Lemur

Pygmy Marmoset

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Question 19 of 25

19. Which science fiction writer traveled to Madagascar and wrote about the aye-aye? Hint

Douglas Adams

L. Ron Hubbard

Isaac Asimov

Ursula LeGuin

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Question 20 of 25

20. In 2012, around what percentage of lemurs were classed as being at risk of extinction? Hint

10%

60%

40%

90%

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Question 21 of 25

21. Which lemurs are you most likely to see at your local zoo? Hint

Indri

Ring-tailed lemurs

Diademed Sifaka

Golden-crowned Sifaka

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Question 22 of 25

22. Which of these can an aye-aye *not* do? Hint

chew through stainless steel

burrow underground

hollow out an egg

descend trees head or tail first

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Question 23 of 25

23. In the movie 2001:A Space Odyssey, Kubrick's daughter asks for which prosimian for her birthday? Hint

lemur

potto

tarsier

bush baby

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which of the following mammals eats lemurs? Hint

sharks

Malagasy civet

fossa

other lemurs

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Question 25 of 25

25. Which of these scientists has studied lemurs? Hint

Pat Wright

Diane Fossey

Birute Galdikas

Jane Goodall

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Lemurs come from where?

Answer: Madagascar

Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar. The ancestral lemur is thought to have 'rafted' over from Africa on a mass of floating vegetation.

2. What kind of lemur is Zoboomafoo on the television series of that name?

Answer: Coquerel's Sifaka

Zoboo was played by Jovian, a sifaka from the Duke University Primate Center in North Carolina. The show was aimed at children and taught them about the natural world.

3. Which of these is *not* a family of lemurs?

Answer: Viverridae

The Viverrids include civets and the fossa, possibly the coolest predator ever. Check out the fossa quiz, 53, by 'fossa'. The others are three of the five lemurid families.

4. By tapping its long, thin 3rd finger on the wood of trees, the aye-aye can detect:

Answer: all of these

Experiments by Carl Erickson show the aye-aye can find hollows in the wood, even if they've been filled in with wood of the same density. However the aye-aye is more likely to excavate hollow chambers, and most likely to excavate prey-containing hollows.

5. Most lemur societies are dominated by which sex?

Answer: Female

Sometimes the female-dominance is obvious, but often it is subtle. After much observation and statistical analysis, female dominance emerges in grooming, social displacement, and choice of best feeding site.

6. The aye aye was first classified as which of these?

Answer: squirrel

The original Latin name for the aye-aye was Sciurus madagascariensis (reclassified as Daubentonia madagascariensis). The aye-aye has rodent-like continuously growing incisors, among other peculiar traits.

7. Which lemur sings?

Answer: Indri

Each member of an indri group has a different role in the group song, which lasts up to five minutes and is sung perhaps once a day, on average. Samples of their songs can be found easily on the internet.

8. Giant lemurs once roamed Madagascar.

Answer: true

There were dozens of species, the largest about the size of a large male gorilla.

9. What evidence is there that humans hunted giant lemurs?

Answer: Holes in teeth

An analysis of holes in Daubentonia Robusta teeth shows the holes were drilled by humans shortly after the animal's death. The fact that only giant species became extinct supports the theory that human activities contributed to giant lemur extinctions.

10. Which of these lemurs is nocturnal?

Answer: Aye aye

Am I obsessed with aye-ayes? Yes.

11. Aside from lemurs, there are two main groups of prosimians. One of them is which of these?

Answer: Tarsiformes

The other is Lorsiformes. Didelphimorphids are oppossums, the other two groups are monkeys.

12. Which of these are actually lemurs?

Answer: Dwarf lemurs

Tarsiers are a seperate group of prosimians. Flying lemurs are a group so distinct they have their own Order within Mammals, though they are thought to be bats' ancestors. I want a poison-dart lemur.

13. The ancestral lemur is thought to most closely resemble which current lemur family?

Answer: Cheirogalidae

Actually some debate exists about the placement of Daubentonidae. But the ancestral lemur supposedly was small and mouse-like, like the dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs.

14. Which lemur has only a vestigial tail?

Answer: Indri

15. Which member of the Monty Python team made a movie about lemurs?

Answer: John Cleese

It was called "Born to be Wild: Operation Lemur" and dates from 2001.

16. Which of these is, evolutionarily speaking, closest to being a monkey?

Answer: you

Lemurs and other prosimians (including the potto) are a different sub-order from apes, monkeys, and people.

17. What sub-order are lemurs part of?

Answer: Strepsirhini

18. Enough taxonomy. If you put the following primates in a death-match, which would win?

Answer: Gibbon

Gibbons are apes, much larger and stronger than these others.

19. Which science fiction writer traveled to Madagascar and wrote about the aye-aye?

Answer: Douglas Adams

Madagascar was only one of Adams' destinations for the book 'Last Chance to See' (highly recommended). Asimov wrote so much, indubitably he wrote *something* about lemurs, but I doubt he ever went to Madagascar.

20. In 2012, around what percentage of lemurs were classed as being at risk of extinction?

Answer: 90%

A meeting of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission was held in Madagascar that year, and came up with a figure of 91%. The reason, as usual, is loss of habitat.

21. Which lemurs are you most likely to see at your local zoo?

Answer: Ring-tailed lemurs

Ring-tailed lemurs have adapted best to living in captivity.

22. Which of these can an aye-aye *not* do?

Answer: burrow underground

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

Answer: bush baby

24. Which of the following mammals eats lemurs?

Answer: fossa

Some Malagasy people, and some foreigners, have also been reported to eat lemurs.

25. Which of these scientists has studied lemurs?

Answer: Pat Wright

The others are most famous for studying: Orang utans - {Galdikas;} gorillas - {Fossey;} chimpanzees - Goodall

Source: Author alquinn

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