Across
- 2. These primates tend to live in very large groups. They are generally brown or white with long, brown noses.
- 4. The largest of the primates, these animals are shy, docile and keep to themselves. The adult male defends his troop by beating his chest and charging the threatening creature.
- 5. These primates used to be called "pygmy chimpanzees." They spend more time walking upright and are less aggressive than chimpanzees.
- 7. The largest and darkest species of gibbon. It has an inflatable throat sac that acts like an amplifier for the vocal cords.
- 10. Primates will long and sad-looking faces. Some scientists consider them the most intelligent primate, and they are the world's largest arboreal animals.
- 11. A term that describes animals that live and spend most of their time in trees.
- 12. The less-colorful "cousin" of the mandrill. Its nose is black, and it is found only in Cameroon.
- 13. This animal gets its name from its extremely long tarsus bone. It is the smallest primate in the world.
- 14. The primates in this group are mostly herbivorous, live in trees and don't have pouches in their cheeks to store food.
- 16. The group containing the larger apes. It includes chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans.
- 20. These primates live in the rainforest and have colorful noses that are ridged.
- 21. In this type of New World monkey, the father does most of the carrying of the young, bringing it to the mother only to nurse.
- 22. The most studied of all apes. They have large brains and exhibit great intelligence and curiosity about the world around them.
- 23. Monkeys that are found only in the New World.
Down
- 1. This monkey has a very big nose and lives only on the island of Boreno in Southeast Asia
- 3. Clever creatures with forward-facing eyes. They live in the jungles and most hang high up in the trees.
- 4. Small apes that live in the rain forests. They have long fingers and arms and mark their territories by singing a duet with their mate from the highest trees.
- 6. A type of vision that allows animals to judge depth, perceiving how far away things are.
- 8. The only monkey that can endure temperatures below freezing for long periods of time. Sometimes called the "snow monkey."
- 9. This suborder contains the primates you are most likely to see in the zoo.
- 15. The primates in this group are omnivorous and have pouches in their cheeks to store food.
- 17. The first primate in space.
- 18. The process of a primate swinging through the trees using its arms. Gibbons are masters of this kind of movement.
- 19. The group containing the gibbons.