题目解析:
教授说明了为什么雄山魈的颜色比雌性的艳丽显眼,因此正确答案选D。请注意原文中描述色彩部分,vivid这一形容被表述为色彩的亮度。此外,教授仅仅提到了脸颊与鼻子的区别,皮毛有由两种颜色构成,并没有提到有手感有关的内容。因此ABC选项都不正确。
【对应原文】
male mandrills are conspicuously more vividly colored than females. Adult males have a bright red nose, blue cheeks, and a rump in hues of blue, red, and purple. Females are similarly, um, colored but much duller and without red noses.