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Many strepsirhines move __________.

a. by arm swinging

b. by vertical clinging and leaping

c. with bipedal walking

d. by mostly swimming

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The correct answer is option b. by vertical clinging and leaping.

The strepsirrhines are the primates, which follow VCL or vertical clinging and leaping type locomotion. This is a type of arboreal locomotion, used by the haplorrhine tarsiers also.

In the VCL type of locomotion, the animals generally rest with an upright torso, a fixed elbow and clinging with the help of hands on a vertical support, such as the sides of the trees or the bamboo stalk.

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