The Wildlife of Nevada Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pronghorn

The pronghorn is one of the fastest animals in North America. It can run over 50 mph, and is often able to outrun its predators. It is brown with white on its belly, chest and rump.

Answer: Smaller birds

A very skilled flyer, Cooper's hawk is about the size of a crow. It feeds almost exclusively on smaller birds which it captures while both of them are flying. The bird received its name from William Cooper, a noted naturalist of the nineteenth century.

Answer: Pig

The collared peccary is not in the same family group as the pig. They are known for tearing up residential gardens. They are diurnal and live in groups of up to 45 creatures.

Answer: False

The coyote is an omnivore and lives in packs. They hunt like a wolf but they also feast on carrion, fruits, and human trash. Both the wolf and the coyote are wild dogs, but the coyote is smaller and has a very distinctive call.

Answer: Bobcat

The bobcat received its name from its short, bobbed tail. They usually hunt hares and rabbits but will hunt even adult deer. They are solitary animals with a variety of colors and markings.

Answer: Horny Toad

The northern desert horned lizard is commonly known as a horny toad. As an adult it is about five inches long and is a prolific ant eater.

Answer: The largest scorpion in North America

The giant desert hairy scorpion is the largest scorpion in North America. This nocturnal animal has hairs on its body so that it can feel the vibrations in the soil. It dines on other scorpions, insects and small vertebrates.

Answer: False

Although the desert bighorn sheep can go a long time without water, it still drinks wherever water is available. This grass eater lives in groups of ten to twenty divided, by sex. It is adapted to the hot weather of the desert and has large populations in Nevada.

Answer: One of the rarest fish in the world

The Devils Hole pupfish is one of the rarest fish in the whole world. There are only a couple of hundred of these fish living in the early twenty-first century. They are found in a limestone cave in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

Answer: Underground

The desert turtle lives underground in order to save water and control water loss. They are very slow walkers and age very slowly. They handle the heat very well and spend almost their whole lives in a state of torpor.