Animal Identification Quiz

1. A compact fox has small rounded ears, heavily furred foot pads, and a coat that is often white in winter. Which species is adapted this way?

2. A young grassland animal is born above ground with fur, open eyes, and the ability to move soon after birth. It also has very long ears and powerful hind legs. Is it a rabbit or a hare?

3. You observe a stocky camel adapted to cold Central Asian deserts, with a shaggy winter coat and two humps. Which camel is it?

4. A large crocodilian has a broad, U-shaped snout, and its lower teeth are mostly hidden when its mouth is closed. Which animal is the best match?

5. Under a damp log, you find a small four-legged vertebrate with a long tail, smooth moist skin, and no scales or claws. What is it most likely to be?

6. Which Australian mammal has a broad bill, webbed feet, dense fur, and lays eggs?

7. A tide-pool animal has a soft body, eight sucker-bearing arms, no external shell, and no pair of elongated feeding tentacles. What is it?

8. A nocturnal North American mammal has a black facial mask, a ringed tail, and highly dexterous front paws. What is it?

9. A threatened mammal is covered in overlapping keratin scales and curls into a tight ball when alarmed. What is it?

10. A small, vividly colored, day-active frog lives in a humid Central or South American forest. Some wild members of its family carry potent skin toxins. Which animal is it?

11. A tiny bird hovers in place while feeding from a flower and can fly backward to leave it. Which bird group has these abilities?

12. An orange-and-black butterfly lays its eggs on milkweed, which its striped caterpillars eat. Which butterfly is this?

13. On a North American prairie, you see a massive grazing mammal with a prominent shoulder hump, a shaggy dark forequarter, and a comparatively short-haired rear. What is it?

14. A whale surfaces with an irregularly knobby head and exceptionally long pectoral fins, then raises its tail flukes before a deep dive. Which species best fits?

15. You find a large, round paw print with four toes, no obvious claw marks, and a broad heel pad with three lobes along its rear edge. Which animal most likely made it?

16. On an open African savanna, you see a very large elephant with huge fan-shaped ears, a concave back, and outward-curving tusks. Which animal is it?