What rodent from a small Australian island was the first mammal extinct due to climate change?
Answer
Bramble Cay Melomys
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What marine mammal from the Caribbean was hunted to extinction, with the last sighting in 1952?
Answer
Caribbean monk seal
What species of wolf from the Falkland Islands was the only native land mammal there when discovered?
Answer
Falkland Islands wolf
What is the name of the fungal disease devastating amphibian populations?
Answer
Chytridiomycosis
Which viviparous salamander gives birth to fully developed young?
Answer
Alpine salamander
Which amphibian order includes caecilians?
Answer
Gymnophiona
What is the name of the middle ear bone in frogs?
Answer
Columella
What is the common name of the frog that carries its eggs in a pouch on its back?
Answer
marsupial frog
How many species of amphibians are known to date (approx.)?
Answer
over 8,000
What is the name of the spring-breeding frog with a high-pitched 'peep' call?
Answer
spring peeper
What is the term for the shedding of skin in amphibians?
Answer
ecdysis
What is the typical maximum length of a Goliath frog?
Answer
32 centimeters
Which frog can survive being frozen solid during winter?
Answer
wood frog
What is the common name for the world's largest salamander?
Answer
Chinese giant salamander
Which brilliantly colored bird is the national bird of Guatemala?
Answer
Resplendent quetzal
Which goose species migrates over the Himalayan mountains?
Answer
Bar-headed goose
Which bird can climb down tree trunks headfirst?
Answer
Nuthatch
Which male bird builds a bower and decorates it with blue objects to attract mates?
Answer
Satin bowerbird
Which bird holds the record for the deepest dive of any bird?
Answer
Emperor penguin
Which bird uses a pouch under its beak to scoop up fish?
Answer
Pelican
Which bird is known for digesting bones?
Answer
Bearded vulture
Which bird is the national bird of South Africa?
Answer
Blue crane
What is the heaviest flying bird in the world?
Answer
Great bustard
Which bird has a tongue that wraps around its skull when not in use?
Answer
Woodpecker
Which bird makes the longest annual migration?
Answer
Arctic tern
Which bird has the longest beak relative to body size?
Answer
Sword-billed hummingbird
Which bird is the national bird of India?
Answer
Indian peafowl
What species is the oldest known wild bird, named Wisdom?
Answer
Laysan albatross
What is the only bird that hibernates?
Answer
Common poorwill
Which bird species is known for its sophisticated tool use in the wild?
Answer
New Caledonian crow
What is the scientific name for the common house sparrow?
Answer
Passer domesticus
Which bird has the largest wingspan of any living bird?
Answer
Wandering albatross
What mammal is known as the 'sea cow'?
Answer
manatee
What mammal undertakes the longest annual migration?
Answer
gray whale
What mammal has a star-shaped nose?
Answer
star-nosed mole
What mammal survives solely on eucalyptus leaves?
Answer
Koala
What mammal has the largest ears relative to body size?
Answer
fennec fox
What mammal has the strongest bite force per unit body weight?
Answer
Tasmanian devil
What mammal has the highest blood pressure of any animal?
Answer
giraffe
What mammal can detect infrared radiation?
Answer
Vampire bat
Which mammal has a false thumb to grip bamboo?
Answer
Giant panda