ZOOLOGY QUIZ NO.32
Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:08 pm1 What name is given to a male horse or pony that is less than four years of age?
COLT
2 Do snakes have eyelids?
NO
3 By what other name is the animal the suricate known?
MEERKAT
4 Brock is another name for which carnivorous mammal?
BADGER
5 What animal would you associate with 2nd February in the US?
GROUNDHOG
6 What B word is the name given to whale fat?
BLUUBER
7 What are the only birds to moult their beaks?
PUFFIN
8 What name is given to a female foal?
FILLY
9 Which animals name means "little thief" in Latin?
FERRET
10 What breed of dog is most commonly used by Inuits to pull their sledges?
HUSKY
11 What is the alternative name for a dalmatian?
COACH DOG
12 Papillon is the French word for what?
BUTTERFLY
13 What type of fish takes its name from the Portuguese meaning "fish with teeth"?
PIRANHA
14 Comprising 37 varieties, the toco is the largest species of which long-beaked bird?
TOUCAN
15 Does the Australian dingo bark?
NO
16 What equine creature has species called grevy, plain and mountain?
ZEBRA
17 To which family of birds do canaries belong?
FINCH
18 What species of snakes has varieties called green tree and reticulated?
PYTHON
19 If an animal is polled, what are removed?
HORNS
20 What is the largest species of cat native to South America?
JAGUAR
COLT
2 Do snakes have eyelids?
NO
3 By what other name is the animal the suricate known?
MEERKAT
4 Brock is another name for which carnivorous mammal?
BADGER
5 What animal would you associate with 2nd February in the US?
GROUNDHOG
6 What B word is the name given to whale fat?
BLUUBER
7 What are the only birds to moult their beaks?
PUFFIN
8 What name is given to a female foal?
FILLY
9 Which animals name means "little thief" in Latin?
FERRET
10 What breed of dog is most commonly used by Inuits to pull their sledges?
HUSKY
11 What is the alternative name for a dalmatian?
COACH DOG
12 Papillon is the French word for what?
BUTTERFLY
13 What type of fish takes its name from the Portuguese meaning "fish with teeth"?
PIRANHA
14 Comprising 37 varieties, the toco is the largest species of which long-beaked bird?
TOUCAN
15 Does the Australian dingo bark?
NO
16 What equine creature has species called grevy, plain and mountain?
ZEBRA
17 To which family of birds do canaries belong?
FINCH
18 What species of snakes has varieties called green tree and reticulated?
PYTHON
19 If an animal is polled, what are removed?
HORNS
20 What is the largest species of cat native to South America?
JAGUAR
