All About Animals

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1. Why would we classify an animal as an ungulate? chews cud has an odd number of toes eats meat has hoofs

2. What does 'altricial' mean? plant-eating helpless at birth egg-laying having no oviducts

3. The only true wild horse is ? the Onager Przewalski's Horse Hartz's Zebra the Mustang

4. A rhea is like a miniature ostrich. What is the most salient difference between the two? number of toes breastbone egg shape email address

5. The only animal besides man capable of carrying leprosy is which animal? the armadillo the tapir the hyrax the okapi

6. The last animal to be domesticated was? the computer the dog the cat the cow

7. A 'tamarin' is what kind of animal? a passerine a rodent a primate an equine

8. If there are any Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers still alive, they (or a subspecies) live where? Mexico Montana Arkansas Belize

9. A pinniped is what? a whale a seal a snake an octopus

10. How many stages are there in a complete metamorphosis? 3 4 2 5