Wildlife Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the largest marsupial found in Australia, specifically the great gray species?
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kangaroo
What creature, known for its protective armor, can roll itself into a ball and has a three-banded type?
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armadillo
A puff adder is a type of what poisonous animal?
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snake
What type of snake is represented by the eastern diamondback, known as the heaviest of all poisonous snakes?
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rattlesnake
What is the largest land mammal in the world that belongs to the Bush species?
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elephant
What color is a weasel's coat if it visits for lunch during the cold winter?
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white
To which category of beautiful insects does the Sara orangetip, known for its orange-tipped wings, belong?
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butterfly
What bird, known for its ring-necked species, was introduced into Oregon from China in the 1880s?
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pheasant
What is the largest frog in the United States, which shares its name with a type of bovine?
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bullfrog
Which animal, known for its strong odor, can be spotted, hog-nosed, or striped?
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skunk
What sweet substance does the ratel, which is a type of badger, love, and is protected from sting by its coat?
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honey
What type of mammal is the Bismarck flying fox that has a 5 1/2 foot wingspan?
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bat
What animal includes species such as American black, spectacled, and polar?
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bear
What is the largest of the seals named after the largest land animal?
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elephant
What North American animal, closely related to the lynx, is named for its short tail?
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bobcat
What African carnivore, known for its laugh, has a spotted variety?
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hyena
Which animal has 2 fleshy knobs on its prehensile trunk if it is African, and only 1 knob if it is Asiatic?
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elephant
Which species of polar bird, uniquely among its kind, breeds during the winter months of May and June?
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penguin
What Australian marsupial has males that are called boomers?
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kangaroo
Which 'masked' mammal has a name that comes from an Indian word meaning 'he who scratches with his hand'?
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raccoon
What mammal's newborns often experience a six-foot drop to the ground when they are born?
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giraffe
Which animal is the primary predator of zebras?
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lion
What animal, perhaps due to its erratic behavior, is also known as the gnu?
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wildebeest
What is the species of the 'masked' mammal that includes the North American and the crab-eating variants?
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raccoon
In a pride of which type of big cat does the female do most of the hunting?
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lion
What large, one-horned animal can be found in the Plains of Assam?
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rhinoceros
Which is the largest cat in terms of weight, even though the lion may be taller?
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tiger
What African mammal has a male that can grow up to 17 feet tall and has a 17-inch-long tongue?
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giraffe
What is the third subspecies of gorilla alongside the eastern and western lowlands?
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mountain
What is the tallest mammal that favors acacia leaves as its food?
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giraffe
What animal has a 25-pound heart that helps pump blood to its head, which is 15 feet off the ground?
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giraffe
What type of animal is the Kodiak, also known as the Alaskan brown?
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bear
What is the largest member of the cat family?
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tiger
What is the tallest bird in Australia, standing 5 to 6 feet high?
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emu
What is the name of the small armored mammal, known as the pichiciago, that lives underground?
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armadillo
What is the largest living bird that lions, and occasionally cheetahs and leopards, prey on?
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ostrich
What is the largest lizard in the New World that is popular in Mexico?
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iguana
What marsupial species known as the yapock has webbed hind feet for swimming?
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possum
What type of mammal do the springbok and steenbok belong to?
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antelope
What mammal has species known as fallow, marsh, and white-tailed?
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deer
Which armored mammal species sometimes has a protected tail while in other species the tail is unprotected?
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armadillo
What desert mammal has a special breed called the mehari, noted for its swiftness?
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camel
What striped animal has males known as stallions?
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zebra
What is the name of the striped feline that has a Sumatran subspecies which is almost extinct?
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tiger
What short-tailed North American animal is a close relative of the caracal, a short-tailed African wildcat?
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bobcat
What larger marsupial is the wallaby, which is found mainly in Australia, a smaller version of?
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kangaroo
What is the largest living bird whose male digs a nest where 3-5 hens lay their eggs?
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ostrich
What is the common name of the largest deer whose scientific name comes from a Greek word meaning 'elk'?
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moose
What kind of animal are bighorns commonly seen in the Rocky Mountains?
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sheep
What is the name of the largest species of American marsupial, known commonly as the Virginia species?
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possum
What wild Tibetan ox's hide is used for leather and its flesh for food?
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yak
Which U.S. state has the highest population of wolves?
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alaska
What kind of animal is the Virginia or white-tailed species that can be found as far south as South America?
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deer
What is the largest wild cat in Mexico, known scientifically as Panthera onca?
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jaguar
What mammal has varieties that include brown, black, sun, and spectacled?
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bear
What North American member of the cattle family is similar to the European wisent but slightly smaller?
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bison
What shaggy wild ox of Tibet holds its head low like the American bison?
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yak
In some parts of the U.S., the 'ruffed' species of which bird is sometimes called a pheasant or partridge?
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grouse
What is the largest type of the smallest ape found in Sumatra and Malaysia?
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gibbon
What aquatic rodent's fur has been sold under the name 'Hudson seal'?
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muskrat
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