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Wolves are amazing beautiful creatures. There are over 30 different sub-species found in Eurasia and North America. They are social animals, travelling in packs, hunting together and raising their young in families. Wolves are mainly carnivores, eating large hoofed animals such as deer. Humans are afraid of wolves but really don't have a need to be as wolf attacks are rare and mostly attributed to rabid wolves. In fact, it's wolves who should be afraid of humans such as hunters and ranchers. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Dog, Bear, Deer

Lions and hyenas often live in the same area, and they commonly steal food from each other. Difficulty: Hard.

 

No, Yes, they compete with tigers, Yes, they compete with raccoons

They look like and are common ground squirrels, but have one unusual feature that distinguishes them from your everyday squirrel: their food includes large quantities of meat, generally small birds, voles, moles and other small rodents. The squirrels themselves are rodents.

These squirrels are found through eastern Europe to Asia Minor. The length of the souslik is around eight inches and it weighs in at about eleven ounces. This squirrel is diurnal and lives in colonies of individual burrows or grassy slopes. They come out during to day to feed on seeds, plants, roots and flightless small invertebrates. The eggs of ground nesting birds are also on the menu. Sentinels are posted to whistle at any signs of danger.

This squirrel has a very specific habitat need for it to build its tunnel systems. It requires short turf in order to dig properly, the best terrain being steppes and pastureland. Sporting fields, lawns and parks are also good, but are too often filled with humans.

In winter, these squirrels hibernate, each in his own chamber of dried vegetation in the burrow. In spring, mating takes place and the litter consists of about five to eight young. After six weeks or so of nursing, the offspring are off on their own.

The category of this 'Spermophilus citellus' - (Linnaueus, 1766) is labeled 'Vulnerable", as its habitat is decreasing. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Rabbit, Field mouse, Possum

All four of these animals produce wool or fibers, but it is the goat, and specifically the angora goat (mohair) and Kashmir goat (cashmere) that produce these very fine, strong fibers. Angora goats originated from the Ankara region of Turkey, while cashmere is an old spelling variant of Kashmir, the large northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Angora goats are shorn twice a year and can yield up to ten pounds of mohair. Cashmere (wool) is collected during the spring moulting period as the goats shed their winter coats. Pashmina goats are a variety of cashmere goats found in several countries in the Himalayas where the wool is made into world famous shawls. An extra note for trivia buffs: Angora wool does not come from goats, but rather from angora rabbits! Difficulty: Hard.

 

Sheep, Llama, Vicuna

The even-toed and odd-toed ungulates comprise the largest percentage of ungulates, and include most, but not all of the large land mammals on Earth. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Having horns or no horns, The chewing or non-chewing of a cud, African/Asia or North/South American

The pygmy rabbit is the only member of its genus. (how sad) The brush rabbit is a small, brown rabbit that lives in North America. Sumatran short-eared rabbits live in the forested mountain slopes in Sumatra. And the stump-tailed is a macaque, not a rabbit. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Pygmy rabbit, Brush rabbit, Sumatran short-eared rabbit

The kiang is also known as Tibetan wild ass, tarpan and gorkhar.
It is found all over the Tibetan plateau, thus you can spot a kiang in India, China, Nepal and even Pakistan (although rarely).

It falls under the IUCN Red List of threatened species.
Difficulty: Hard.

 

Poitou, burro, onager

This order is divided into two genera. Elephas contains the smaller Asian elephant. Loxodonta is the genus of the African elephant, the world's largest land animal.
Difficulty: Easy.

 

Rodentia, Sirenia, Carnivora

The aardvark is found in most suitable habitats in sub-Saharan Africa. The aardwolf has two distinct populations. The southern population occurs in South Africa, Angola, Zambia and Mozambique. The northern population lives in Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia and Egypt. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Asia, South America, Europe

The brown colored pottos weigh about one kilogram and are 30 to 40 centimeters long. They are solitary animals that search for food, mostly fruit, at night. Difficulty: Hard.

 

nyala, serval, genet

There are two species of the family Tachyglossidae, being the long-nosed echidna (Zyglossus bruijnii) and the short-nosed echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). The other family of egg-laying mammals is the family Ornithorhynchus which is the platypus family. They all live in Oceania. Difficulty: Hard.

 

none, 3, 1

The reed lemur is so-named for its habit of eating papyrus reed, shoots of tambo grass (phragmites communis), and two other species of grasses. Though it also sometimes called the 'bamboo' lemur, it does not, like many of its family, actually eat bamboo. They are the only primates that live in marshland; sadly, much of its habitat around Lake Alaotra, the largest lake in Madagascar, is being converted to rice paddocks and fisheries and it is listed as 'critically endangered.' It is thought that may have 'rafted from the African mainland to Madagascar. Gentle lemurs grow to 40 cm (16") long and weigh up to 1.5 kg (just over 3 pounds) and can live for upwards of twenty years. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Gooseberry lemur, Cranberry lemur, Spider lemur

Bears are some of the most powerful and largest animals on Earth. They have excellent senses of hearing, smell and sight and are extremely intelligent. There are 8 different sub-species of bear across the world - North American black bears, brown bears, polar bears, Asiatic black bears, Andean bears, panda bears, sloth bears, and sun bears.

Male grizzly bears can weigh more than 700lbs and run as fast as 40mph! They are found mostly in Alaska and hibernate for 5-7 months of the year. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Aardvark, Cougar, Horse

Some tigers live in the freezing temperature of Siberia. The Siberian tiger is endangered. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Russia, Bangladesh, Sumatra

Of course, the vampire bat is not actually part vampire, since vampires do not exist. However, vampire bats do feed on blood of other animals. They live in Mexico, Central America, and South America. Even though it will not hunt if it is not completely dark, sunlight will not directly kill a vampire bat. Difficulty: Easy.

 

It cannot survive in sunlight, It is part bat, part vampire, Its discoverer had the last name of Vampire

The Eurasian otter (which I'll name just otter hereafter) is on average 57 to 95 cm tall, not including the tail which is also 35 - 45 cm. An otter weighs about 7 to 12 kg. Otters live in lodges on the boards of large freshwater bodies. They need a rather extended territory of unpolluted water to hunt for fish. Occasionally they'll also eat birds, small mammals, crustaceans, frogs or insects. Otters are near threatened species. The biggest danger for the otter population is water pollution.
The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) lives worldwide in warm seas and oceans. It feeds on fish, crustaceans and squid. The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a whale with a long tusk living in the Arctic Ocean, especially near Greenland and Canada. The Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) is a rodent, so a herbivore. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Bottlenose dolphin, Narwhal, Eurasian beaver

They don't live alone; they live in small mobs consisting of an adult male and several females. Difficulty: Hard.

 

It's the largest living marsupial., Females are often referred to as the "blue flier"., Newborns weigh about .75 grams.

Mongooses are kept as pets in India, especially in rural areas.
They reproduce very fast.
They can kill venomous snakes, especially a king cobra.
In rural India cobra-mongoose fights are a common sight during various festivals.

I had once seen such a fight. The cobra won by spitting venom. It was very gruesome but I was helpless to do anything about it (animal cruelty), since the local authorities weren't concerned at all!
Difficulty: Hard.

 

frog, monkey, raccoon

These animals are known as edentates. Their teeth are very primitive. Edentates are found only in South and Central America with the exception of Dasypus novemcinctus, whose range includes the southern USA. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Carnivora, Cetacea, Chiroptera

They are the Plains zebra, the Mountain zebra and Grevy's zebra. Of the three species, Grevy's zebra is the largest and it is more mule-like than the other two species. Probably only about 6,000 Grevy's zebra exist in the wild. Difficulty: Hard.

 

two, four, five

On rare occasion twins are born. The baby weighs about 2 kgs (4lbs) and it ventures out with its mother when it is about two weeks old. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Two, Three, Four

The okapi is found in the rainforests of Africa. It is a very shy animal and is seldom seen. It reaches up to five feet in height.
It lives on grass and leaves. Difficulty: Hard.

Chimpanzees are primates native to Africa where they live in large communities. The young are carried by their mothers and are weaned at about three years old. They are very intelligent and known to use tools when hunting and foraging for food. Sadly, chimps are classified as endangered due to habitat destruction and poaching. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Sun bear, Gibbon, Lemur

Meerkats love the desert life they live, able to kill (and eat!) venomous snakes - even if they are bitten, a glycoprotein in their system binds to proteins in the snake venom and renders it inactive. Similarly, they can withstand scorpion toxins, with scientists estimating that it would need six time as much venom as would kill a rabbit to harm a meerkat.

More than that, they have 'sunglasses' in the form of distinctive dark patches around their eyes that assist with reducing sun glare. That's helpful when they are scanning the skies to ensure that no large birds, looking for tasty meerkat for dinner, are overhead. They are as winsome as they appear on the television ads; they settle arguments with eating contests; cuddle up together to sleep; and make a paste of secretions from under their tails and rub it on their surroundings to mark their territory. Well, okay, that last one is not so cute.
Difficulty: Easy.

 

Bandicoot, Canine, Weasels

The cougar is the largest and most powerful wildcat in Canada. Also called the mountain lion, puma, red tiger and catamount, this large cat is generally shy of humans and is known to keep to its natural habitat of forests and other areas which humans generally don't inhabit. Cougars are excellent swimmers and climbers and can jump more than six metres. Difficulty: Average.

 

Deer, Cow, Bobcat

Dolly was the world's first cloned mammal and was produced at the Roslin Institute, part of Edinburgh University.

She had six offspring with a ram named David but was euthanized at the relatively young age of six when she was found to have a lung disease. She was later stuffed and put on display.

Irish champion Shergar was abducted at gunpoint in 1983. A ransom was demanded but while negotiations were still ongoing, the kidnappers (thought to be the IRA) claimed to have killed him. His body was never found.

Babe the Pig was the female lead in an award-winning movie from the novel "Babe: The Gallant Pig" by Dick King-Smith. Many people became vegetarians after viewing it.

Benjamin the Donkey is a character in "Animal Farm". (question by avriljean) Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Shergar the Kidnapped Racehorse, Benjamin the Donkey, Babe the Pig

The sun bear has decreased in numbers due to loss of habitat. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Kodiak bear, Polar bear, Yogi bear

The hairy or monk saki is so called because its head hair grows forward toward the face, resembling a monk's cowl. The face itself appears somewhat clean-shaven, and it carries a worried frown. Perhaps this shows its inner feelings because these poor little guys are subject to anxiety attacks at the least thing and often die from shock because of it. That alone makes them endangered. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Piebald saki, Tonsured saki, Bald saki

The blue sheep or bharal (actually a goat) is found in India, Nepal, Pakistan and the Tibet autonomous region. It has a blue sheen on its coat, and is thus called blue sheep. The name "bharal" is from the Hindi language. Difficulty: Hard.

 

tahr, takin, goral

Perissodactyla is composed of the "odd-toed" ungulates. The order also contains horses and asses. Horses, asses, and zebras are all built for speed, whereas tapirs and rhinos have stocky builds. Zebras are native to Africa. Tapirs are native to South America and Asia. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Rodentia, Chiroptera, Sirenia

The word is an Afrikaans word. The aardvark is not a pig nor is it related to pigs. The aardvark is the only member of the family Orycteropodidae. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ant eater, Termite eater, Desert bear

Reindeer are found in North America, where they are called caribou, and in northern Eurasia. Most of the reindeer found in Eurasia are domesticated. Reindeer have very large feet which enable them to walk on the spongy ground of the tundra and also are good for digging in the snow. Difficulty: Hard.

 

elk, wapiti, mule deer

There aren't many populations left. The Chinchilla still lives in the wild in Chile and Bolivia, high up in the mountains. They are bred in captivity for their beautiful and soft silvery furs. They've also become a popular pet. The Chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger), the Degu (Octodon degu), the Mara or Patagonian Hare (Dolichotis patagona) and the Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) are all South-American rodents. Difficulty: Average.

 

The Degu, The Mara, The Guinea Pig

Marsupials include kangaroos, koalas, opossums, and wombats. These unique animals are known for their pouches where the young develop.

Did you know a newborn kangaroo is only the size of a lima bean when it is born? It then climbs up through its mother's fur and into the pouch. It continues to develop here for about 190 days before emerging. Baby kangaroos are called joeys.

Monotremes are comprised of platypuses and echidnas, the egg-laying mammals.

Most mammals are placentals. These animals develop completely before a live birth. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Apterygota, Paraves, Crocodilia

These monkeys love nothing better than getting together for a chin wag early in the morning or at dusk, and their choral performances can be heard up to 5km (3 miles) away. The males in particular have an enlarged throat and a vocal cavity that permits sounds to reverberate. Making sure that others in the jungle know that their territory is not to be invaded by other creatures, they add grunts, woofs and barks to the cacophony. These largest of the so-called New World monkeys live almost entirely in the trees and have an omnivorous diet. Groups consist of 1-3 males for every 8 or so females and they mate within their own group. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Cupping their hands around their mouths as they call out, Using hollow wood to amplify their voices, Extra large lungs

Deer are excellent jumpers and swimmers. They're cud-chewers, otherwise known as ruminants, and eat mostly grasses, shrubs and trees. They have a four-chambered stomach and have high nutritional requirements so they'll eat easily digestible shoots, young grasses, soft twigs and lichens. Most deer will have one to two fawns at a time and young are primarily taken care of by their mother. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

Pig, Cow, Horse

Lion Lights are flashing lights placed around a field to protect the livestock from lion attacks. These lights have been theorized to repel other big cats. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Elvis Presley, Thomas Edison, George Washington

Its name means earth wolf because it lives in burrows. This is a wary looking, widely striped animal. Although it is a carnivore, the aardwolf can eat a quarter million termites every night because it has a long sticky tongue that they stick to. It comes in various colors, and its category if 'of least concern'.
The aardvark is called an earth pig in Afrikaans (which derives primarily from Dutch). Difficulty: Hard.

 

Aardvark, Argali, Aracnose looper

The Barbary macaque is a monkey (though lacking a tail) measuring at most 75 cm and weighing no more than 16 kg. It lives in Gibraltar and some Moroccan or Algerian forests. Whereas the Barbary macaque is endangered (because of habitat loss) in Africa, the colony in Gibraltar has adapted to suburban life and does quite well. Barbary macaques are predominantly herbivorous. It feeds on leaves and fruit, with occasionally some insects. In Gibraltar the British military provide them also with vegetables and flowers.
Howler monkeys are native to South America. Wild ring-tailed lemurs inhabit southern Madagascar. The mandrill lives in Central Africa. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Mandrill, Ring-tailed lemur, Howler monkey

The Elephantidae family contains three living species. The are the African Bush Elephant, African Forest Elephant, and Asian Elephant. Difficulty: Hard.

 

rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo