Mammals Around the World II
What Australian mammal is the mascot for an Australian airline and feeds only on eucalyptus leaves?
Koala
True or False? Congress has passed a law that helps protect endangered species.
True--the Endangered Species Act
What black and white endangered mammal feeds on bamboo?
Giant panda
What mammal has been used for thousands of years to carry people and supplies across deserts?
Camel
What African mammal weighs up to 14,000 pounds, lives on grassy plains, has huge incisors, and makes a loud trumpeting sound when in danger?
African Elephant
What are two reasons that some mammals become endangered?
Loss of habitat, poisoning, commercial hunting, poaching, etc.
What mammal in the dog family used to live in almost every habitat and region of the world north of the equator until it was hunted and poisoned almost to extinction?
Wolf
What shaggy-furred mammal used to roam the U.S. plains in huge herds?
Bison
What South American mammal has a name that begins with a double consonant and is related to camels?
Llama
Name an endangered mammal that lives in the ocean.
Humpback whale, gray whale, manatee, etc.
What weasel-like mammal preys on prairie dogs and lives in their burrows?
Black-footed ferret
What African primate was sent into space before humans?
Chimpanzee
What mammal found in Europe is covered with sharp spines and rolls up into a tight ball to defend itself?
Hedgehog
Name two mammals in North America that are threatened or endangered.
Gray wolf, grizzly bear, black-footed ferret, Delmarva fox squirrel, Florida panther, etc.
What endangered marine mammal migrates each year along the Pacific coast of North America?
Gray whale
What was the first mammal to orbit the earth?
Dog