Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management

Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management

Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Biology and Management. 1995. Bennett BT, Abee CR, and Henrickson R, eds. Academic Press: San Diego. ISBN: 0-12-088661-8.

Chapter 7 – Primate Conservation (pp. 113-127)

Questions:

  1. Which of the following presents the most serious threat to wild primate populations?
  2. Habitat destruction
  3. Hunting of primates for food
  4. Capturing primates for use in laboratories
  5. Eliminating primates as agricultural pests
  6. All of the above are equally serious threats to primate populations
  1. Which of the following is NOT true regarding the hunting of primates for food?
  2. In Africa, the most hunted primate species are mangabeys, guenons, mandrills, drills, and gorillas
  3. Wooly monkeys and spider monkeys are the primary species hunted for food in Latin America
  4. The crested black macaque is seriously threatened as a result of commercial hunting
  5. Commercial hunting poses a bigger threat to primate populations than subsistence hunting
  6. All of the above are true
  1. All but which of the following primate species poses threats to agriculture in areas in which they inhabit in the wild?
  2. Macaques
  3. Owl monkeys
  4. Baboons
  5. Vervets
  6. Mangabeys
  1. The largest volume of capture and export of macaques, resulting in severe population depletion and ultimately the ban of exports occurred from which country?
  2. China
  3. Vietnam
  4. Madagascar
  5. India
  6. Sumatra
  1. The genuses of the most commonly used Old World and New World species of primates for biomedical research are?
  2. Macaca and Aotus
  3. Macaca and Samiri
  4. Macaca and Saguinus
  5. Papio and Samiri
  6. Cercopithecus and Saguinus
  1. The discipline with the highest percentage of publications using primates during both the 1980’ and 1990’s was:
  2. Nervous system
  3. Virology
  4. Pharmacology
  5. Cardiovascular
  6. Reproduction
  1. Which organization is responsible for developing an “Action Plan” for primate conservation?
  2. A. International Union for the conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  4. World Wildlife Fund
  5. Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species
  6. National Wildlife Federation
  1. True or False. The population status of all wild primates is based solely on carefully conducted random surveys of the population in the areas in which they inhabit.
  1. What does CITES stand for?
  1. True or False. All nonhuman primates not on CITES appendix I are listed in CITES Appendix II.
  1. What is the difference between a species being listed on CITES appendix I or II?
  1. Which organization has statutory authority for implementation and enforcement of CITES?
  1. What is the impact of provisioning on the outcome of group size estimates in a locality?
  1. Which sampling method provides more reliable information, group size or group density?
  1. True or False. Captive breeding programs for non-human primates are coordinated and regulated jointly.
  1. Which of the following is NOT a risk when reintroducing captive bred animals to wild populations?
  2. Habitat may no longer be available for reintroduction
  3. New pathogens may be introduced to the native population
  4. The animals may not be able to adapt to the native environment
  5. The animals may become agricultural pests and put humans at risk for zoonotic disease
  6. All of the above are potential risks
  1. Translocating animals can be a successful conservation strategy for primates under certain conditions. Which of the following presents the most promising scenario for successfully translocating a group of animals?
  2. Several members for each of six different groups will be moved to an area near an agricultural
  3. An intact social group will be moved to a similar habitat that was once occupied by the same species
  4. A group from an area of declining population is moved to an area with a healthy resident population
  5. All of the above have equal probability of success
  6. None of the above are likely to be successful

Answers:

  1. A
  2. E
  3. B
  4. D
  5. C
  6. A
  7. A
  8. False
  9. Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species
  10. True
  11. Animals listed on CITES appendix I are considered endangered. Those on CITES appendix II are “not yet threatened but could become so if trade is not controlled.”
  12. Department of the Interior, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  13. Provisioning attracts animals to an area, and may artificially elevate estimates of the population density in animal groups
  14. Group density is less subject to error than group size since it is easier to detect the number of groups in an area than it is to determine how many individuals are in each group.
  15. False
  16. E
  17. B
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