Marsupials
African Mammals
Marine Mammals
Anatomy
Miscellaneous
100

What is the only marsupial native to the US?

What is the Virginia Oppossum?

100

What South African mammal's name translates literally to "river horse"?

What is the hippopotamous?

100

What is the smallest baleen whale?

What is the Pygmy right whale?

100

What is the single true defining characteristic of mammals?

What is the jaw articulation?

100

What continent does not have any native land mammals?

What is Antarctica?
200

What is the largest living marsupial?

What is the red kangaroo?
200

What are the animals known as "the big five"?

What are rhinos, elephants, leopards, lions, and the cape buffalo?

200

What is a main difference between cape fur seals and true seals?

What is hind legs, pinna, social behavior, etc.

200

What is the more scientific term for the "warm-blooded" aspect of mammalian bodies.

Endothermy.

200

What is my favorite mammal?

Pygmy Sperm Whale

300

What marsupial is commonly mistaken for a rodent based off of its similarity to the flying squirrel?

What is the sugar glider?

300

Which mammal native to South Africa is closest related to the elephant?

The hyrax

300

What is the nickname given to the "Loneliest whale on earth"?

Who is Blue 52?

300

What is the only type of mammal that is adapted for true flight?

What is the bat?

300

What is the name of the extinct marine mammal that was hunted to exinction in the 1700s?

Stellar's Sea Cow.

400

Out of the listed marsupials, which is the smallest? Numbat, bandicoot, quokka

What is the bandicoot?

400

There is a group of lions known for their increased aggression and size, but lack of mane, even in males. They are called the Tsavo lions. What African country are they from?

What is Kenya?

400

What group of marine mammals can hold their breath for the longest time (generally).

Beaked Whales

400

What is the name of the structure that herbivores like cows and antelopes posses to digest food? (Hint, think about their name)

What is the rumen?

400

What mammal has the thickest fur of all mammals?

What is the sea otter?

500

There is an order of marsupials called Diprotodontia. What body part does this term describe?

What are the teeth?

500

What mammal is known as the "Ghost cat?"

What is the caracal?

500

What adaptation allows marine mammals to hold their breath for longer periods of time?

What is the storage of oxygen in their muscles through the use of myoglobin ?

500

What is the type of foot posture possessed by many carnivorous mammals, such as dogs and cats?

What is digitigrade foot posture.

500

If I were to describe a mammal as myrmecophagous, what would this animal eat?

What is ants/termites?

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