WIS2552 UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
There are ____ surviving species of the order Monotremata - CORRECT ANSWER -3
meerkats belong to - CORRECT ANSWER - Mongoose family
_______ is an odd-toed ungulate - CORRECT ANSWER - Tapir, zebra and rhinoceros
The ____ is a desert-dwelling antelope in Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER - Addax
Sloths are adapted for a diet of - CORRECT ANSWER - leaves
Wilson and Reader classify marsupials into - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 orders
About ____ of marsupials have a permanent pouch - CORRECT ANSWER - 1/2
The ocelot is found in - CORRECT ANSWER - Central America
_____ families of a marsupials occur in Australia - CORRECT ANSWER - 15
____ is a rocky semi-desert dweller - CORRECT ANSWER - dorcas gazelle
otters belong to same family as - CORRECT ANSWER - fisher
mammals have ___ occitpital condyles - CORRECT ANSWER -2
,Richard Killite found a relationship between the frequency of forest fires and the _____ of fox
squirrels - CORRECT ANSWER - amount of black fur
Mammals all have _______ dentition - CORRECT ANSWER - heterodont
____ families of marsupials occur in south america - CORRECT ANSWER -3
______ are the most arboreal Old World monkeys - CORRECT ANSWER - Colobus
Monkeys
Schmidt's spot-nosed guenon is a species of - CORRECT ANSWER - old world monkey
wolverines belong to the same family as the - CORRECT ANSWER - fisher
Dingo is a marsupial - CORRECT ANSWER - false
odd-toed ungulates typically have less efficient digestive systems than even-toed ungulates -
CORRECT ANSWER - true
The ___ are the only egg-laying mammals - CORRECT ANSWER - monotremes
Mammals have ___ cervical vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER -7
The Virginia Opossum arrived in North America in the ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pilocene
Capuchin is a species of - CORRECT ANSWER - New World monkey
, Orangutans are native to - CORRECT ANSWER - Southeast Asia
Mammals have ______ jaw articulation - CORRECT ANSWER - dentary-squamasol
There are no bears in Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
The waterbuck is actually not found in Africa, but rather in Southeast Asia. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Modern _______ are thought to be like the first mammals. - CORRECT ANSWER -
insectivores
The classification scheme by Wilson and Reeder for marsupials, partly emphasizes the -
CORRECT ANSWER - foot and dentition
___ families of marsupials occur in Africa - CORRECT ANSWER -0
The ___ is the sole member of its family - CORRECT ANSWER - Pronghorn
About ___% of all mammal species are in the Order Rodentia - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
Of the following, pigs are most closely related to - CORRECT ANSWER - deer
Platyrrhini included New World monkeys and the - CORRECT ANSWER - Marmosets
Neanderthals apparently were adapted for feeding on - CORRECT ANSWER - large
mammals
CORRECT Answers
There are ____ surviving species of the order Monotremata - CORRECT ANSWER -3
meerkats belong to - CORRECT ANSWER - Mongoose family
_______ is an odd-toed ungulate - CORRECT ANSWER - Tapir, zebra and rhinoceros
The ____ is a desert-dwelling antelope in Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER - Addax
Sloths are adapted for a diet of - CORRECT ANSWER - leaves
Wilson and Reader classify marsupials into - CORRECT ANSWER - 7 orders
About ____ of marsupials have a permanent pouch - CORRECT ANSWER - 1/2
The ocelot is found in - CORRECT ANSWER - Central America
_____ families of a marsupials occur in Australia - CORRECT ANSWER - 15
____ is a rocky semi-desert dweller - CORRECT ANSWER - dorcas gazelle
otters belong to same family as - CORRECT ANSWER - fisher
mammals have ___ occitpital condyles - CORRECT ANSWER -2
,Richard Killite found a relationship between the frequency of forest fires and the _____ of fox
squirrels - CORRECT ANSWER - amount of black fur
Mammals all have _______ dentition - CORRECT ANSWER - heterodont
____ families of marsupials occur in south america - CORRECT ANSWER -3
______ are the most arboreal Old World monkeys - CORRECT ANSWER - Colobus
Monkeys
Schmidt's spot-nosed guenon is a species of - CORRECT ANSWER - old world monkey
wolverines belong to the same family as the - CORRECT ANSWER - fisher
Dingo is a marsupial - CORRECT ANSWER - false
odd-toed ungulates typically have less efficient digestive systems than even-toed ungulates -
CORRECT ANSWER - true
The ___ are the only egg-laying mammals - CORRECT ANSWER - monotremes
Mammals have ___ cervical vertebrae - CORRECT ANSWER -7
The Virginia Opossum arrived in North America in the ______. - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pilocene
Capuchin is a species of - CORRECT ANSWER - New World monkey
, Orangutans are native to - CORRECT ANSWER - Southeast Asia
Mammals have ______ jaw articulation - CORRECT ANSWER - dentary-squamasol
There are no bears in Africa. - CORRECT ANSWER - False
The waterbuck is actually not found in Africa, but rather in Southeast Asia. - CORRECT
ANSWER - False
Modern _______ are thought to be like the first mammals. - CORRECT ANSWER -
insectivores
The classification scheme by Wilson and Reeder for marsupials, partly emphasizes the -
CORRECT ANSWER - foot and dentition
___ families of marsupials occur in Africa - CORRECT ANSWER -0
The ___ is the sole member of its family - CORRECT ANSWER - Pronghorn
About ___% of all mammal species are in the Order Rodentia - CORRECT ANSWER - 40
Of the following, pigs are most closely related to - CORRECT ANSWER - deer
Platyrrhini included New World monkeys and the - CORRECT ANSWER - Marmosets
Neanderthals apparently were adapted for feeding on - CORRECT ANSWER - large
mammals
