Weird Animal Names

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of these is *not* the name of a real bird? Painted tit Blue tit Great tit Tufted titmouse

2. What the heck is a superciliaried hemispingus? A type of hummingbird A type of songbird A type of insect A type of snake

3. Which of these is *not* a real primate? Titi monkey Motmot Potto Sportive lemur

4. Which of these is *not* a real scientific name for an animal? Teeni critur Agra vation Ba humbugi Heerz lukenatcha

5. In 1955, Brennan and Beck named a species of chigger "Trombicula doremi." Following this musical pattern, they named their next find "Trombicula __________" Answer: (Six letters)

6. Which of the following is *not* the name of a real hoofed animal? Reebok Dik-dik Coypu Pudu

7. Which is *not* a real marsupial? Pig-footed bandicoot Boodie Wahoo Cuscus

8. Bats often look as strange as their names. Which is *not* a species of bat? Little flying cow Dracula bat Hammer-headed bat Hollow-faced bat

9. What is a kaka? A New Zealand parrot A monkey A guano-producing seabird A fish used as fertilizer

10. Which *isn't* a real bird? Booby Tuco-tuco Goatsucker Tinkling cisticola