Mini Anthropology Review

Match the following suborders & superfamilies

• Lemuroidea

• Haplorhines

• Lorisoidea (Lorisiformes)

• Haplorhines

• Tarsioidea (Tarsiiformes)

• Strepshirines

• Catarrhini ("Old World")

• Haplorhines

• Platyrrhini ("New World")

• Strepshirines

Match the following

• Madagascar

• Catarrhini (Old World monkeys & apes)

• Africa & Asia

• Platyrrhini (New World monkeys)

• Asia

• Lorisiformes

• Africa & Eurasia

• Tarsiiformes

• South and Central America

• Lemurs

Match the following

• Cercopithecoids

• Platyrrhini

• Cebidae (capuchin monkey)

• Platyrrhini

• Hominoids

• Catarrhini

• Atelidae (howler monkey & spider monkey)

• Platyrrhini

• Pithecidae (titi monkey)

• Catarrhini

Characteristics of Strepsirrhines (Lemurs, Lorises, Galagos)

• Tooth comb

• Rhinarium ("dog like nose")

• Grooming claw

• Tapetum lucidum ("deer eyes")

• Prehensile tails

Characteristics of Tarsiiformes

• Haplorhine

• Strepsirrhine

• Tooth comb and tapetum lucidum ("deer eyes")

• Vertical clingers and leapers

• Nocturnal

Characteristics of Platyrrhini

• "New World" monkey

• "Old World" Monkey

• South and Central America

• Prehenile tail

• 2.1.2.3 dental formula

Characteristics of Catarrhini

• "New World" monkeys

• "Old World" monkeys and apes

• Asia & Africa

• 2.1.2.3 dental formula

• Flat noses with side-facing nostrils

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Platyrrhini

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(b) Catarrhini

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(c) Hominoids

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(d) Cercopithecoids

• Orthgrade posture (can move arms above head)

• Bilophodont molars

• Hylobatidae

• Hominoids

• Flat noses with side-facing nostrils

• Tailless

• Dental formula: 2.1.2.3

• Y-Shape molars

• Asia and Africa

• South and Central America

• Pithecidae

• Cercopithecoids

• Cercopithecines

• Prehensile tails

• Cebidae

• Atelidae

• Unspecialized Y-5 molars

• Colobine

• Dental formula: 2.1.3.3

• Hominadae

What primate is this?

• Hominoid

• Cercopithecoid

• Tarsiiforme

Catarrhines have ​ (a)   , while Strepsirrhines and Platyrrhines have ​ (b)  

• tube-like ear structure
• ring-like ear structure