AP BIOLOGY

CLASSIFICATION

CHARACTERISTICS OF PRIMATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is an example of arboreal primates?
A
baboons on grassland
B
gorillas on a moutain
C
humans in a dense forest
D
lemurs in a tree canopy
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sunda flying lemur, also known as Sunda colugo or Malayan colugo, is a strictly arboreal animal. They use all of their four feet to grip the tree trunks.

Detailed explanation-2: -All great apes can and do walk bipedally, and most do so in an arboreal context. Again, it is the most arboreal, the orangutan, which uses bipedal locomotion most often (Thorpe & Crompton 2005, 2006).

Detailed explanation-3: -an animal within the primate suborder Anthropoidea. Monkeys, apes, and humans are anthropoids. arboreal. tree-living; referring to animals that are adapted to life in the trees. Arboreal animals spend most of their time scampering around in trees rather than on the ground, in the air, or water.

Detailed explanation-4: -The terrestrial animals that spend most of their lives on trees are called as arboreal animals. Examples are monkeys, sloths. Q. Penguins are arboreal birds as they spend most of their time on trees.

Detailed explanation-5: -Animals that live in the trees are called ‘arboreal’ and they have some amazing adaptations to make the most of their leafy surroundings at every level.

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