AY Honor Primates Answer Key

Primates

Skill Level

1

Year

2025

Version

25.10.2025

Approval authority

South American Division

1

What are the main characteristics of primates?

2

Answer the following questions:

2a

What is the largest primate species in the world? Which is the largest in your country? Present photos/images.

2b

How many species of monkeys are there in your country?

2c

What are the smallest lemur species in the world? Present photos/images.

2d

What are the common names for the monkey Brachyteles arachnoides?

2e

What are the three types of spider monkeys?

2f

What species of Brazilian monkey was nearly extinct because they were killed for their tails to make feather dusters that were exported to Europe?

2g

What is the only primate in the Americas capable of using objects as tools to obtain food?

2h

What percentage of primates exist in the Amazon compared to the rest of the world?

3

Explain the etymology of the word "monkey."

4

Name the monkey species typical of your country.

5

What is the main difference between monkeys and apes?

6

What are the benefits and harms of monkeys to humans?

7

What is the name of the field of science that studies primates?

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