Carnivores
Known as the "King of the Jungle," this big cat actually lives primarily in the grasslands of Africa.
What is a Lion?
This black and white striped equine is native to Africa and no two individuals have the same stripe pattern.
What is a Zebra?
This farm animal is highly intelligent and will eat almost anything, including corn, roots, and table scraps.
What is a Pig?
This amphibian uses its long, sticky tongue to catch flies and makes a "ribbit" sound.
What is a Frog?
This highly intelligent marine mammal is known for its playfulness and ability to jump out of the water.
What is a Dolphin?
This is the tallest living terrestrial animal, known for its incredibly long neck.
What is a Giraffe?
This fastest land animal can reach speeds of up to 70 mph (112 km/h) in short bursts.
What is a Cheetah?
This Australian marsupial is famous for carrying its joey in a pouch and hopping on powerful hind legs.
What is a Kangaroo?
identifiable by the "mask" around its eyes, this nocturnal mammal is often found raiding garbage cans in North America.
What is a Raccoon?
This mammal with a long snout has no teeth but uses a tongue up to 2 feet long to slurp up termites.
What is an Anteater?
This predator has rows of razor-sharp teeth that are constantly replaced throughout its life.
What is a Shark?
Known for its slowness, this tree-dwelling mammal sleeps up to 20 hours a day and moves extremely deliberately.
What is a Sloth?
This largest land carnivore has clear fur and black skin to absorb heat in the Arctic.
What is a Polar Bear?
This gentle giant eats nearly 300 pounds of food a day and uses its trunk to strip leaves from trees.
What is an Elephant?
One of our closest relatives, this great ape uses tools to forage for insects, fruit, and occasionally small monkeys.
What is a Chimpanzee?
This small, spiny mammal curls into a ball for protection and loves eating beetles and worms in gardens.
What is a Hedgehog?
This cephalopod (with a combined head and body and large eyes) has eight arms, three hearts, and can squirt ink to escape predators.
What is an Octopus?
This is the largest living bird, which cannot fly but runs very fast and lays massive eggs.
What is an Ostrich?
These canines hunt in packs and communicate using distinct howls to assemble the group or signal their location.
What is a Wolf?
This large rodent, known for its flat tail and dam-building skills, eats tree bark and cambium.
What is a Beaver?
This bird, often associated with city parks, eats seeds, insects, and discarded food, and can recognize human faces because of high intelligence.
What is a Crow?
This reptile can move its eyes independently and changes color, using a ballistic tongue to catch crickets.
What is a Chameleon?
In this species of small marine fish, the male carries the eggs in a pouch until they hatch.
What is a Seahorse?
This bird performs the longest migration of any animal, flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back each year.
What is an Arctic Tern?
Native to Indonesia, this is the largest living species of lizard and has a venomous bite.
What is a Komodo Dragon?
Native to the Andes mountains, this relative of the camel is raised for its soft, warm wool.
What is an Alpaca (or Llama)?
Often thought of as a carnivore, this cunning canid with a bushy tail eats fruit, berries, and insects alongside small mammals.
What is a Red Fox?
The only mammal capable of true flight, many species of this animal use echolocation to hunt moths and mosquitoes.
What is a Bat?
The largest animal known to have ever lived, its tongue alone can weigh as much as an elephant.
What is a Blue Whale?
Capable of diving over 9,000 feet deep, this whale has the largest brain of any animal on Earth.
What is a Sperm Whale?
This weasel-family predator is known for its ferocity and ability to take down prey much larger than itself, often called a "glutton."
What is a Wolverine?
This slow-moving marine mammal, also known as a "sea cow," grazes on seagrass in warm coastal waters.
What is a Manatee?
This small mammal, known for its unpleasant spray, is actually an omnivore that eats insects, larvae, berries, and roots.
What is a Skunk?
This "scaly anteater" is the most trafficked mammal in the world and defends itself by rolling into an armored ball.
What is a Pangolin?
This "unicorn of the sea" is a whale with a large protruding tusk that is actually an elongated tooth.
What is a Narwhal?
This microscopic animal, also called a "water bear," can survive in the vacuum of space and extreme radiation.
What is a Tardigrade?