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Questions on primates... can you guys help? Thanks!

1. Sociality is costly to primates because

there is greater competition for resources.

it is harder to carry out infanticide.

they have to share home ranges with other primates.

there is increased vulnerability to attacks from conspecifics.

2.

Resource-defense territoriality occurs when

food is clumped in a space.

resources are distributed over a wide area.

females are clumped in space.

resources are abundant and thus worth defending.

3.

Among primates, a social organization consisting of multiple adult males with one adult female is

found only among lemurs.

found in the callitrichids and the orangutans.

found only among the marmosets and tarmains.

not known for any living primate species.

4.

New World monkeys are

generally all the same small body size.

all arboreal and some have prehensile tails.

all arboreal and diurnal.

almost exclusively terrestrial.

5.

Which of the following contributes to the endangerment of primates?

infanticide

selective foresting

habitat destruction

resource competition with conspecifics

Answer 1

Answer. 1. It is hard to carry out infanticide , because when there is sociality there is increase in chances of infant killing (seen in baboons)

Answer 2. When food is clumped in a space this leads to res

Resource-defense territoriality.

Answer 3 found only among marmosets and tarmains.

Answer 4 all arboreal and some have prehensile tails.

Answer 5. Habituation destruction contributed to endangerment of primates