Chapter 16, Problem 2A

Summary Introduction

To replace:

The correct vocabulary in place of the underlined word.

Introduction:

Primates are a diverse group of more than 200 living species. Most of the primates are live on the trees (arboreal) and some are lived on the ground (terrestrial). On the basis of their noses, eyes, and teeth, the primates are classified into two subgroups. These are haplorhines and strepsirrhines.

Answer to Problem 2A

The haplorhines include “dry-nosed” primates.

Explanation of Solution

The haplorhines include “dry-nosed” primates. The haplorhines include the anthropoids, monkeys, apes, humans and tarsiers. The wet-nosed primates are the strepsirrhines, which includes lemurs.