They Were Mammals of Our World Quiz

Answer: Wisent

The wisent went extinct in 1927. This large bison made its home in the Caucasus and was hunted for centuries. Attempts are being made to breed back the wisent and there are hybrids in existence.

Answer: Javan tiger

There were three types of tigers on the Sunda Islands. They were the Javan, the Bali, and the Sumatran. The one pictured was the Javan tiger which was smaller than most tigers mostly because it hunted smaller animals than other tigers did. It also had thinner stripes.

Answer: Sweden

This protective dog was used to guard all kinds of breeding farm animals. It was a very large Swedish dog that died out around the 1870s due to the extinction of other large carnivores, which meant it was no longer needed.

Answer: Bluebuck

The bluebuck was a common antelope in Africa until it died out around 1800. It was a grazing animal that was bluish gray in color. It was hunted into extinction by European settlers.

Answer: A horny spur on the tip of its tail

This was one of the smallest wallabies, about the size of a hare. These animals were herbivores that died out around 1956. This animal was possibly hunted to extinction by the spread of the red fox. It has a sharp horny spur on the tip of its tail.

Answer: Russia

The tarpan was a type of Russian wild horse that died out around 1909. The animal had a grullo coat color. Interbreeding with tame horses was a big reason that these wild horses died out.

Answer: False

Schomburgk's deer was native to Thailand and died out in 1938 because of habitat loss and hunting by man. It was an herbivore that live in herds of a male and his harem of females.

Answer: Hunted by man

The last Barbary lions survived until the mid 1960s until it was hunted into extinction. It was one of the largest lions and had luxurious hair growth. The males usually had a black or dark colored mane.

Answer: False

The quagga, a type of zebra, was hunted into extinction. They had brown and white stripes on the front half of their bodies. This was a grazing species that competed with sheep and cows for the grass in South Africa.

Answer: The only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands

The warrah was the only mammal that was native to the Falkland Islands. As there were no rodents to hunt on these islands, it is thought that they feasted on birds and shore life. It was unafraid of people and its cause of extinction in 1876 is not known.