Question

Prosimian found only on the island of Madagascar is
(a)Galagos
(b)loris
(c)lemur
(d)Bushbaby

Answer 1

Hint: The primate which has a small body with large eyes and pointed nose belongs to the same group of apes, monkeys and humans found only on the red island.

Complete answer:
Primates are classified into prosimians and Anthropoids. Examples of prosimians are lemurs, lorises, and tarsiers. Before the evolution of lemurs, Madagascar island got separated from Africa and after the evolution of lemurs, they are being hunted by anthropoids for food. In search of habitat and survival, they moved to Madagascar. Lemurs in all parts of the world became extinct except in Madagascar because there they are protected by other Primates such as monkeys and apes.

Additional Information: -Prosimians are a group of primates that includes all extinct and living strepsirrhines and haplorhines tarsiers. They are considered as more primitive than simians
-Millions of years back Madagascar was attached to Gondwanaland in Africa later it got separated before the evolution of lemurs.
-Lemurs belong to the same group of apes, monkeys, and humans. They are insectivorous or omnivorous nocturnal or diurnal creatures.
- They have small body sizes with big eyes and pointed nose.
-To survive from the other primates lemurs crossed over the sea from Africa to Madagascar.
- Their lemurs are protected from other predators by apes and monkeys.
- Currently, no other primate is known to inhabit Madagascar other than lemurs.
So, the correct answer is 'lemur'.

Note: -The largest lemur that is now extinct is 'indri' or 'babakoto'
-The name lemurs are named by Portuguese which means in Latin ghost or "Spirits of the night "