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9 for 10 - About Mammals Trivia Quiz

Ten questions about mammals. If you get the right answers to the first nine questions, the initial letter of each answer will spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
99,807

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
10351

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. This small primate lives in Central and West Africa. It has large eyes and big ears. It is a nocturnal mammal. What is it? Hint

genet

nyala

potto

serval

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Question 2 of 10

2. This animal which looks like a cross between a giraffe and a zebra, is a member of the giraffe family. What is it?

Answer: (One word - five letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. This antlered member of the Cervidae family is the only one where the female also has antlers. Hint

elk

reindeer

wapiti

mule deer

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the largest member of the rodent family? Hint

agouti

nutria

cavy

capybara

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Question 5 of 10

5. What are hooved animals known as?

Answer: (one word - nine letters (plural form))

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Question 6 of 10

6. This mammal is covered with scales consisting of keratin, and has a long sticky tongue. It is found in Asia and Africa. Hint

pangolin

caracal

armadillo

kudu

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Question 7 of 10

7. To what order do shrews, moles and hedgehogs belong? Hint

Lagomorpha

Rodentia

Chiroptera

Insectivora

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the marine mammal of the far north, belonging to the family Cetacea, that has a tusk? Hint

pilot whale

gray whale

bottle-nosed dolphin

narwhal

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of the order of animals to which anteaters, armadillos and sloths used to belong? Hint

Edentata

Hyrocoidea

Insectivora

Dermoptera

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Question 10 of 10

10. The initial letters of the answers spell the name of a herbivorous rodent.

Answer: (One word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This small primate lives in Central and West Africa. It has large eyes and big ears. It is a nocturnal mammal. What is it?

Answer: potto

The brown colored pottos weigh about one kilogram and are 30 to 40 centimeters long. They are solitary animals that search for food, mostly fruit, at night.

2. This animal which looks like a cross between a giraffe and a zebra, is a member of the giraffe family. What is it?

Answer: okapi

The okapi is found in the rainforests of Africa. It is a very shy animal and is seldom seen. It reaches up to five feet in height.
It lives on grass and leaves.

3. This antlered member of the Cervidae family is the only one where the female also has antlers.

Answer: reindeer

Reindeer are found in North America, where they are called caribou, and in northern Eurasia. Most of the reindeer found in Eurasia are domesticated. Reindeer have very large feet which enable them to walk on the spongy ground of the tundra and also are good for digging in the snow.

4. What is the largest member of the rodent family?

Answer: capybara

The capybara can be up to four feet long. It spends much of its time in water and has partially webbed feet. It lives by rivers and lakes in South America. The nutria is also known as the coypu.

5. What are hooved animals known as?

Answer: ungulates

Ungulates are found worldwide. Ungulates used to be one order, but now are divided into five. Chief of these are Perissodactyla, those with an odd number of toes, e.g horse (one toe); and Artiodactyla, those with an even number, e.g.antelope.

6. This mammal is covered with scales consisting of keratin, and has a long sticky tongue. It is found in Asia and Africa.

Answer: pangolin

The pangolin is also known as the scaly anteater, although they are not in the same order. It eats termites and ants.

7. To what order do shrews, moles and hedgehogs belong?

Answer: Insectivora

Lagomorpha - hares and rabbits
Chiroptera - bats
Rodentia - rodents

8. What is the marine mammal of the far north, belonging to the family Cetacea, that has a tusk?

Answer: narwhal

It is generally only the male that has a tusk though females have been reported to grow a tusk in up to 15% of the population. Narwhals only have two teeth. One of these teeth grows and spirals until it becomes the tusk.

9. What is the name of the order of animals to which anteaters, armadillos and sloths used to belong?

Answer: Edentata

The name comes from edentatus which means to knock out teeth. Members of this order have no or very few teeth. Edentata is also known as Xenarthra.

10. The initial letters of the answers spell the name of a herbivorous rodent.

Answer: porcupine

There are two groups of porcupines those found in the Americas, and those found in Europe, Asia and Africa. The name comes from the Latin porcus - pig, and spina - thorn

Source: Author minch

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