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1 You Named WHAT after me?
Or perhaps "You named me after WHO?". Many people have discovered a new species and decided to name it after somebody famous. I will give you an animal's scientific name and some background information. You have to correctly match animal with person.
Tough
10 Q
glendathecat
Aug 30 09
363 plays
2 Scientific Names
In this quiz, I will give the scientific name for a certain organism. It's your job to choose the correct common name for each scientific name. Good luck!
Average
15 Q
raidersruleall
Apr 06 09
1476 plays
3 Animalia Kingdom
Over evolutionary time, animals have increased in complexity. Here are 10 questions from 9 phyla in the Animalia kingdom. Enjoy!
Tough
10 Q
Matthew_07
Oct 27 07
885 plays
4 Scientific Road Kill
I describe a commonly found road kill animal, and you identify the proper scientific name of that animal! Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines!
Difficult
10 Q
ben3
Sep 19 07
807 plays
5 Phylogenetics
A quiz on phylogenetics and some clades/classifications of animals. If you don't know some of these words, then take the quiz and (hopefully) learn something new! Enjoy!
Tough
10 Q
IronCretin
May 21 07
435 plays
6 Binomial Nomenclature A to Z
Every recognized species of the world has a unique two part name to avoid confusion. I'll give you the common English name for an animal and you pick the correct scientific name for that animal. We'll do one for every letter except 'y' because I say so.
Difficult
25 Q
robinboywonder
Apr 19 01
915 plays
7 Scientific Names of Animals
I'll give you the scientific name, you guess the common name. Good luck!
Tough
10 Q
carl2613
May 07 04
951 plays
8 Animal Orders
This is a quiz on the different orders of animals.
Tough
5 Q
tkelsch
Apr 02 02
1125 plays
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Last Updated Nov 07 09 5:59 AM

Some sample questions from this category:

* Cane Toad, Giant Toad, Marine Toad (see, this is why the binomial classification system exists. Here is one animal with at least three common names)
* Which of the following animals belongs to the order Cetacea?
* Which animal belongs to the order Psittaciformes?
* Which animal belongs to the order Gasterosteiformes?
* Which animal belongs to the order Squamata?


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