Mammal Pets
What mammal pet has a split upper lip, often eats garden vegetables, and can weigh up to 15 pounds?
Rabbit
Name three ways mammals have been important to people throughout history
They’ve provided food, clothing, shelter, transportation
What famous aquatic mammal stars in shows at Sea World?
Shamu
What black and white hoofed mammals live in herds on the African plains?
Zebra
True or False? Congress has passed a law that helps protect endangered species
True--the Endangered Species Act)
What mammal is the most common pet in the United States?
Cat
Name three mammals that have helped people “get around”.
horse, camel, llama, donkey, ox, elephant, sled dog, seeing-eye dog,
Who became friends with Timon and Pumba in the "Lion King"?
Simba
. What African mammals live in social groups called prides?
Lions
What are two reasons that some mammals become endangered?
Loss of habitat, poisoning, commercial hunting, poaching
What mammal was probably the first to be domesticated as a pet?
Dog
What mammal was responsible for spreading the fleas that carried the Bubonic Plague, or Black Death, throughout parts of Europe during the Middle Ages?
Rat
What was the first mammal to be successfully cloned?
Dolly, the sheep
What semi-aquatic Australian mammal lays eggs?
Platypus
Name an endangered mammal that lives in the ocean.
Humpback whale, gray whale, manatee
What mammal pet is native to Asia, lives in the desert, and doesn’t need to drink water?
Gerbil
Name two mammals that are now extinct.
saber-tooth cat, mammoth, mastodon, dire wolf
What is the name of the movie featuring a rat chef named Remy?
Ratatouille
Name three types of marsuipals (pouched mammals) that live in Australia
kangaroo, wombat, wallaby, koala, Tasmanian devil
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 mammal that Originally comes from Europe is covered in sharp spines and rolls into a ball to defend itself?
Hedgehog
What was the first mammal to orbit the earth?
Dog
What black and white endangered mammal feeds on bamboo?
Giant Panda
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
Name two mammals in North America that are threatened or endangered.
Gray wolf, grizzly bear, black-footed ferret, Delmarva fox squirrel, Florida panther