99 Rainforest Wildlife Trivia Questions with Answers
99 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which small African mammal is the closest living relative of the hippopotamus?
Answer
Pygmy hippopotamus
Which elephant species is specially adapted to Africa’s tropical rainforests?
Answer
African forest elephant
Which Brazilian rainforest mammal has a golden mane and is named for a lion?
Answer
Golden lion tamarin
Which South American rainforest otter is the world’s largest otter species?
Answer
Giant otter
Which rainforest bird lays its eggs in other birds' nests and is called the greater honeyguide?
Answer
Greater honeyguide
Which rainforest primate has enormous eyes and is native to the Philippines?
Answer
Philippine tarsier
Which rainforest reptile can glide by flattening its body and is called the paradise flying snake?
Answer
Paradise flying snake
Which Madagascar rainforest gecko is famous for its leaf-like body and bizarre, jagged tail?
Answer
Satanic leaf-tailed gecko
Which rainforest mammal is also called the honey bear?
Answer
Kinkajou
Which rainforest parrot is the world’s largest flying parrot?
Answer
Hyacinth macaw
Which rainforest frog is the world’s largest living frog?
Answer
Goliath frog
Which rainforest snake has the longest fangs of any snake?
Answer
Gaboon viper
Which rainforest beetle is famous for reaching about 16 centimetres in length?
Answer
Titan beetle
Which great ape is the largest living primate?
Answer
Gorilla
Which rainforest mammal is the only bear native to South America?
Answer
Spectacled bear
Which rainforest frog is the most poisonous vertebrate known?
Answer
Golden poison frog
Which Amazon rainforest dolphin is famous for its pink colour?
Answer
Amazon river dolphin
Which rainforest mammal is the largest land animal in South America?
Answer
South American tapir
Which rainforest primate is famous for its long, pendulous nose and lives on Borneo?
Answer
Proboscis monkey
Which rainforest bird is the largest eagle in the Americas?
Answer
Harpy eagle
Which rainforest snake is the heaviest living snake species?
Answer
Green anaconda
Which rainforest bird has a large casque on top of its bill and is native to Southeast Asia?
Answer
Rhinoceros hornbill
Which rainforest frog is known for gliding between trees with webbed feet?
Answer
Wallace's flying frog
Which butterfly is regarded as the largest butterfly by wingspan and lives in tropical forests?
Answer
Queen Alexandra’s birdwing
Which rainforest frog carries its tadpoles inside its vocal sac?
Answer
Darwin’s frog
Which rainforest spider is widely considered the world’s largest spider by mass?
Answer
Goliath birdeater