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Animal Kingdom - Mammals

Are you smarter than a primate? Put your mammal trivia skills to the ultimate test!
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1. What is not a feature of mammals?
They are cold-blooded
Mostly have hair or fur
Feed their young on milk
Almost all give birth to live young
2. What is the largest living marsupial in the world?
Tasmanian devil
Koala
Parma wallaby
Red kangaroo
3. What is the only mammal to have a hard, protective shell?
Armadillo
Porcupine
Pangolin
Anteater
4. What is the largest and the heaviest land animal?
African elephant
Hippopotamus
Giraffe
White rhinoceros
5. What animals from the order of Lagomorpha are the smallest?
Rabbits
Pikas
Hares
6. What is the world's largest living rodent?
Beaver
Grey squirrel
Capybara
Guinea pig
7. In the wild, lemurs are found almost exclusively on what island?
Sri Lanka
Seychelles
Madagascar
New Zealand
8. What primates are often considered the smartest due to their extreme genetic similarity to humans (98.8% shared DNA)?
Orangutans
Chimpanzees
Gibbons
Gorillas
9. Which of the following is a capuchin monkey?
10. What primates are found exclusively on two Southeast Asian islands: Borneo and Sumatra?
Chimpanzees
Bonobos
Orangutans
Siamangs
11. Which of the monkeys does not come from Central and South America (New World)?
Capuchin
Mandrill
Tamarin
Marmoset
12. Which of the monkeys does not come from Africa and Asia (Old World)?
Baboon
Proboscis
Muriqui
Macaque
13. What breed of dogs were introduced into Australia from Asia by humans about 4,000 years ago?
Jackals
Dingoes
Coyotes
Dholes
14. Which of the following is a coyote?
15. What type of bear is generally considered the largest living bear species on Earth?
Grizzly bear
Polar bear
Giant panda
American black bear
16. Where does giant panda live?
China
Brazil
Australia
North America
17. Which of the three marine mammals collectively known as pinnipeds have long ivory tusks?
Sea lions
Walruses
Seals
18. What is the biggest cat in Americas?
Tiger
Lion
Jaguar
Caracal
19. Which of the following is a caracal?
20. What is the only wild cat species that lives in a permanent social group known as a pride?
Leopard
Lion
Tiger
Cheetah
21. What animals are famous for fighting snakes?
Mongooses
Genets
Civets
Raccoons
22. What animal is easily recognized by its black front and back with a large white "saddle" across the midsection?
Merkat
Indian rhinoceros
Wolverine
Malayan tapir
23. What animal is the hybrid offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare)?
Mule
Khur
Onager
Hinny
24. What animal does not belong to a diverse group of antelopes?
Zebra
Wildebeest
Impala
Gazelle
25. What is the largest living deer in the world?
White-taled deer
Reindeer
Elk
Moose
26. Which of the following is a yak?
27. What type of domestic pig is an old British breed that is black with white "socks" and facial spots, known for premium-quality pork?
Berkshire
Hampshire
Duroc
Yorkshire
28. What wild pig species is known for their upward-curving tusks and they are found primarily in African savannas?
Mangalica
Pygmy hog
Wild boar
Warthog
29. What is the national animal of Peru, that produce the world’s most expensive and rarest fiber?
Vicuña
Alpaca
Guanaco
Llama
30. There are three distinct species of camels. What is the most common species making up approximately 94% of the world's camel population?
Dromedary
Wild bactrian camel
Domestic bactrian camel
31. Which of the following is a Thomson's gazelle?
32. What is the biggest whale and the largest animal known to have ever existed?
Sperm whale
Blue whale
Narwhal
Orca
33. What type of dolphin is the most iconic species, known for its intelligence and frequent performances in aquariums?
Risso's dolphin
Franciscana
Vaquita
Bottlenose dolphin
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