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Set 6 An Overview Of The Primates

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Question 1

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What are the most non-derived or primitive primates?

A) Old World monkeys
B) New World monkeys
C) tarsiers
D) lemurs and lorises
E) great apes

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Question 2

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Adaptive niche refers to

A) an adaptive advantages in a purely terrestrial environment.
B) mammalian characteristics which evolved from an arboreal environment.
C) an organism's entire way of life.
D) a numerical device that indicates the number of each type of tooth.
E) adaptive benefit of surrounding forests and rivers.

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Question 3

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Using all four limbs to support the body during locomotion is called

A) bipedalism
B) quadrupedalism
C) vertical clinging and leaping
D) brachiation
E) semi-brachiation

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