Just Mammals

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

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

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

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

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

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 Eurasian Wild Boar the Red River Hog the Giant Forest Hog

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

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