Just Mammals

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1. How many families of egglaying mammals still exist? 2 3 none 1

2. Which of these animals isn't a marsupial? Tasmanian Devil Opossum Dingo Wallaby

3. Which South-American mammal was almost driven to extinction due to its valuable fur? The Degu The Chinchilla The Mara The Guinea Pig

4. Which of these predators isn't a total carnivore? the Grizzly Bear the Jaguar the Least Weasel the Egyptian Mongoose

5. A White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura leucodon) is primarily... an omnivore a herbivore a piscivore an insectivore

6. How does the Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) feed itself? The Vampire Bat doesn't actually drink blood, it eats insects. It sucks so hard that the blood comes running through the skin of the victim. It pierces a vein of the victim and licks up the blood. It first pierces a vein and then sucks out the blood.

7. In the 17th century the teeth of a certain sea mammal were thought to be the horns of the legendary unicorns. Which sea mammal was that? a Narwhal a Sperm Whale an Orca a Beluga

8. Which of the following hogs is the heaviest hog of all hogs (Suidae)? the Warthog the Giant Forest Hog the Red River Hog the Eurasian Wild Boar

9. Which of these mammals isn't a rodent? the Deer Mouse the European Beaver the Capybara the Arctic Hare

10. How many geographical subspecies of the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) exist this day? Answer: (a number)