Animal Alphabet Part One Trivia Quiz

Answer: They turn white in summer and brown in winter

The addax's native habitat is in the arid desert areas of Africa, and they are well adapted to the sandy terrain.
They get all their water from the food they eat; leaves and grasses, and their hooves have a large dewclaw to help them walk over the shifting sandy surface.
They are nocturnal, and have extremely good night vision, and both males and females have spiralling twisted horns that can grow to around four feet in length.
Oddly, their coats are a white colour in the summer, and then in the winter they turn brown.

Answer: Mountain goat

The bharal, also known as the Himalayan blue sheep, is so called in spite of being neither a sheep, nor blue!
They are widespread in the mountains of Bhutan, Nepal, and China, and form a major part of the diet of the snow leopard population of the region.

Answer: Caterpillars

The Calabar potto is a primate, and feeds primarily on insects, with caterpillars being their favourite choice.
They are tiny creatures, weighing only about one pound when fully grown, and are nocturnal.

Answer: dugong

The dugong is on the "red list" of threatened species, and is considered at a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
They are gentle creatures, with an almost completely vegetarian diet of seagrasses - hence the name sea cow. They have been observed occasionally eating small fish or crabs, but prefer the grass.

Answer: Madagascar

The fossa and the boa constrictor are the only predators of the various lemur species of Madagascar (not counting humans of course). The fossa's only predator (again, not counting humanity) is the crocodile, and yet, due to habitat destruction and human interference, they are still considered an endangered species.

Answer: Gerenuk

The gerenuk is known as the "acrobat of the gazelles" as it has strong lumbar vertebrae and wedge shaped hooves that allow it to stand upright on its back legs, and pull down high branches to feed from.
Although not classed as endangered throughout the first decade of the 21st century, the gerenuk is prey to all the large carnivore species of the area, and also vulnerable to habitat destruction through human activity across its range.

Answer: Calf

A male adult hippo is a bull, and the adult female is a cow. The babies are calves.
Hippos are found in the wild in Africa, although they are under threat of extinction, due to habitat destruction and poaching. Because the hippos forage for their food, they can cause a lot of damage to local farmer's crops and property, which leads to them being killed in spite of being a protected species.

Answer: Only males have a beard

During the first part of the 20th century, the ibex was hunted to the brink of extinction as its body parts were used for "folk medicine" and thought to have various "mystic powers" by the superstitious.
Thankfully, a conservation programme was implemented and was so successful that by the turn of the 21st century, they were no longer classed as endangered at all.

Answer: True

It is indeed true that jaguars like swimming and are very good at it. They are found in the wild over most of South and Central America, and are referred to as an "umbrella species" because of their huge range and the fact that they move great distances.
The jaguar's Latin name is Panthera onca, and it is sometimes called an onca, or ounce.

Answer: Australia

The kowari is a small rodentlike marsupial, which looks a little like a gerbil or mouse with a longer pointed snout and pointed ears. They only grow to about 25-30cm long including the tail, and are found in the sandy desert regions of central Australia.
They live on spiders, insects, and small lizards, and are extremely good hunters.