Author Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus? a. Dietary ... (Read 45 times)

Marty · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

Which of the following is NOT true about the East African baboon-like Theropithecus?

a. Dietary niche was almost exclusively grasses.
b. Contained some notable fossil specimens, like a 225-pound monkey.
c. The only extant (still living) species is the Gelada.
d. Most of its members went extinct at some point during the middle Ordovician.
e. Competition with Papio baboons was a probably cause for extinction.

Question 2

__________are often called the cheek-pouch monkeys, because of hamster-like pockets in their mouths that allow them to store food.

a. Cheekopithecus
b. Lemuriforms
c. Cercopithecines
d. Cebidea
e. Pitheciidae