Primates: Apes, Monkeys and Lemurs

What this quiz asks

• Almost all of the world's lemurs live wild on which island?
• A mature male gorilla is named after the pale saddle of hair on his back. What is he called?
• Chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans all have short tails hidden in their fur.
• Wild orangutans live on which two islands?
• Select ALL of these animals that are apes.
• Almost every evening, this red ape does what before going to sleep?
• Do wild chimpanzees hunt and eat other monkeys?
• In 1960 Jane Goodall began watching wild chimpanzees at Gombe, in which present-day country?
• Which Central and South American monkey is named after its roaring calls, among the loudest of any land animal?
• Spider monkeys and woolly monkeys have tails that can do what?
• Each eye of a tarsier is roughly as big as which of its other organs?
• The aye-aye of Madagascar taps on dead wood, then uses what to pull out the grubs inside?
• Order these primates by typical adult male weight, from lightest to heaviest.
• In 1967 Dian Fossey set up her gorilla research camp, Karisoke, in which country?
• Which scientist helped launch the field studies of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Biruté Galdikas?
• New World monkeys are called platyrrhines, meaning 'flat-nosed'. What is special about their nostrils?
• Select ALL of these primates that live wild in Madagascar.
• Comparing single letters of the genetic code, roughly what percentage of their DNA do humans and chimpanzees share?
• On Koshima island in 1953, a young Japanese macaque named Imo started a habit that spread through her troop. What was it?
• Bonobos live wild only on the south side of the Congo River.