Animal Missing Letters Trivia Quiz

Answer: camel

(CAME)l. There are two species of camels, the single-humped Arabian camel and the two-humped Bactrian camel. The dromedary is a type of Arabian camel, having a single hump and long slender legs, which is bred for both riding and racing.

Answer: sloth

(SLOT)h. The sloth is a slow-moving, herbivorous mammal which generally hangs upside down from trees in Central and South America.

Answer: whale

w(HALE). The whale is divided into two groups which are baleen whales and toothed whales. The blue whale is a baleen whale which eats krill, a type of shrimp-like organisms, using comb-like plates in the roof of their mouth. Toothed whales include the killer whale, sperm whale and the beluga (white whale).

Answer: baboon

ba(BOON). Baboons are large, ground dwelling, African monkeys which walk on all fours. They have a dog-like face and the males have huge canine teeth.

Answer: bongo

(BONG)o. A bongo is an African, spiral-horned, antelope. They are shy creatures which rest in dense cover during the day and feed at night. Although rare animals, the adult male bongo is said to be the largest of the forest-dwelling antelopes.

Answer: eland

e(LAND). The eland is located in bushland in eastern and southern Africa and is the largest of the antelopes. It has large spiral horns and is the size of an ox when fully grown.

Answer: hedgehog

h(EDGE)hog. The hedgehog is a small, nocturnal mammal that rolls itself into a ball and utilizes its spines to defend itself.

Answer: reindeer

(REIN)deer. Both the male and the female reindeer have large branched antlers and they are the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. Their habitat are the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, Greenland and North America. It is more commonly known as a caribou in North America.

Answer: jackal

(JACK)al. The jackal resembles a coyote and inhabits both Africa and Asia.

Answer: wallaroo

(WALL)aroo. A wallaroo is a large, stocky Australian kangaroo which is larger than a wallaby but smaller than the 'red' or 'great grey' kangaroo.

Answer: gorilla

go(RILL)a. The gorilla has muscular arms which are longer than their short, thick legs. They don't seem to drink as their juicy diet provides all the water they need. Special thanks to player 'snhha' who suggested zorilla, a skunklike African mammal, as an alternative answer.

Although mandrill does seem a good answer, it does not fit the criteria in the question as it is an eight letter word

Answer: buffalo

(BUFF)alo. The water buffalo can be domesticated for its good quality milk and their hides which make excellent leather. They can be used as beasts of burden in India and Southeast Asia. The African buffalo is regarded as one of the most dangerous animals to man as the aggressive animal, if wounded, waits in thick bush and attacks a pursuing hunter.

Answer: armadillo

arma(DILL)o. The armadillo can be found between the southern states of the USA, down to Chile and Argentina. They are nocturnal, burrowing mammals which are noted for their armour of bony plates.

Answer: hellbender

hell(BEND)er. This giant aquatic salamander is both nocturnal and harmless as it hides under rocks during the day. It inhabits rivers in the Eastern and central regions of the United States.

Answer: weasel

w(EASE)l. Weasels are fierce, carnivorous, predators and will often attack much larger animals than themselves. They eat rodents, domestic poultry and eggs. Most species have a small head with a long neck and slender bodies and they can turn completely white in winter.

Answer: wisent

wi(SENT). The wisent or European bison, is smaller than the American bison although it too, has long shaggy hair on its shoulders. Its habitat is the temperate coniferous forests of Eastern Europe. The wisent is said to be one of the heaviest land mammals in Europe and like a bison, can live up to forty years old.

Answer: bandicoot

bandi(COOT). The bandicoot is a terrestrial marsupial of Australia and New Guinea and is about the size of a rabbit. It has a long pointed snout and long powerful claws on their forefeet which is ideal for its burrowing habits. Its diet is one of eating insects rather than vegetation.

Answer: dugong

du(GONG). The dugong, or sea cow, is a shy, solitary animal that lies on the sea bed for much of its time but every couple of minutes or so, it rises to the surface in order to breathe. This aquatic mammal can be seen in shallow tropical waters of East Africa, the Indian Ocean and Northern Australia. Both the dugong and the manatee are called sea cows but the manatee's tail is rounded whereas the notched tail flukes of the dugong is similar to that of a whale. Special thanks to funtrivia player 'Fiachra' for suggesting bogong or bugong which is an edible, dark coloured, Australian moth.

Answer: anteater

an(TEAT)er. The giant anteater has a long snout and a bushy, long haired tail. Its powerful foreclaws demolishes ant or termite mounds and its long tongue is covered in sticky saliva to enable insects to stick to it. Although it enters water and can swim, it cannot climb trees unlike other anteaters such as the pygmy anteater and the tree anteater.

Answer: wombat

(WOMB)at. A wombat is a burrowing, herbivorous Australian marsupial which has coarse dense fur, short limbs and a heavy body. Wombats generally inhabit forests of eastern Australia and can also be seen on the island of Tasmania. Thanks again for helping me with my homework. I can now confidently attend my class because my teacher, Mr Lesson, hates truancy.