Skull Identification Answer the following questions for each skull, using specimens in your lab or Figures A through C on page 260 if speci- mens are not available. Be careful to use characteristics that are distinguishing for that group at that specific level in the taxonomic hierarchy! For example, if deciding whether an animal is a platyrrhine or a catarrhine, be sure to use features that distinguish members of these two groups from one another. Skull A
1. Is this a primate? Why or why not?
2. Is it a strepsirhine or a haplorhine? How do you know?
3. If a haplorhine, is it a tarsier, a platyrhine, or a catarrhine? How do you know?
Skull B
1. Is this a primate? Why or why not?
2. Is it a strepsirhine or a haplorhine? How do you know?
3. If a haplorhine, is it a tarsier, a platyrrhine, or a catarrhine? How do you know?
Skull C
1. Is this a primate? Why or why not?
2. Is this a strepsirhine or a haplorhine? How do you know?
3. If a haplomine, is it a tarsier, platyrrhine, or catarrhine? How do you know? 2 CM