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Ancient Animals Trivia Quiz

There are many ancient animals of the world. Take this quiz and find out how well you know your animals.

A matching quiz by rhondagarvin. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rhondagarvin

Time
4 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
385,663

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
263

(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.

Questions		Choices
1. An ancestor of domestic cattle		Eusmilus
2. Sat on their haunches while feeding		Ekaltadeta
3. Name means terrible horse		Ganlea
4. Giant marsupial with a fondness for meat		Quagga
5. Leopard-sized animal with long saber teeth		Auroch
6. The oldest anthropoid from Asia		Icaronycteris
7. Largest known hyena		Pachycrocuta
8. An extinct rodent with horns		Chalicotherium
9. African subspecies of zebra		Dinohippus
10. Earliest known bat		Ceratogaulus

Select each answer

1. An ancestor of domestic cattle

2. Sat on their haunches while feeding

3. Name means terrible horse

4. Giant marsupial with a fondness for meat

5. Leopard-sized animal with long saber teeth

6. The oldest anthropoid from Asia

7. Largest known hyena

8. An extinct rodent with horns

9. African subspecies of zebra

10. Earliest known bat

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An ancestor of domestic cattle

Answer: Auroch

Aurochs were used as a battle beast in Roman arenas during the Roman Empire.

2. Sat on their haunches while feeding

Answer: Chalicotherium

They had long and heavily clawed arms which allowed knuckle-walking and to avoid wearing the claws down for collecting forage and also to defend themselves from predators.

3. Name means terrible horse

Answer: Dinohippus

Dinohippus was the most common horse in North America for approximately 6.7 million years.

4. Giant marsupial with a fondness for meat

Answer: Ekaltadeta

Ekaltadeta were from Australia and related to rat-kangaroos.

5. Leopard-sized animal with long saber teeth

Answer: Eusmilus

Eusmilus is a prehistoric genus of nimravid that lived in Europe. Some could reach up to 8 ft. long. Usually carnivore mammals have 44 teeth but Eusmilus had only 26.

6. The oldest anthropoid from Asia

Answer: Ganlea

Ganlea was a primate. Fossils were found in Myanmar (Burma).

7. Largest known hyena

Answer: Pachycrocuta

Pachycrocuta appeared about 3 million years ago and became extinct 400,000 years ago. They roamed the plains of Africa and Eurasia.

8. An extinct rodent with horns

Answer: Ceratogaulus

Ceratogaulus are the only known horned rodent. They also had poor eyesight and were burrowing animals.

9. African subspecies of zebra

Answer: Quagga

Quagga had limited pattern of brown and white stripes on the front part of the body and brown and without stripes at the rear, which made it more horse-like.

10. Earliest known bat

Answer: Icaronycteris

Icaronycteris were known throughout the United States and Europe. They used echolocation to hunt. They also arranged their ankles to face backward so they could hang upside down.

Source: Author rhondagarvin

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