97 Zoo Animals Trivia Questions with Answers
97 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which snake is the world’s longest living snake species?
Answer
Reticulated python
Which crocodilian is the largest living reptile by average and maximum recorded size?
Answer
Saltwater crocodile
Which lizard is famous for running briefly across the surface of water?
Answer
Basilisk lizard
Which primate has a tail longer than its body and a distinctive ring pattern?
Answer
Ring-tailed lemur
Which zoo animal is the largest living lizard, reaching about 3 metres in length?
Answer
Komodo dragon
Which big cat is the largest tiger subspecies and is native to the Russian Far East?
Answer
Siberian tiger
Which mammal is the largest marsupial species?
Answer
Red kangaroo
Which animal is the largest living land mammal after elephants?
Answer
White rhinoceros
What is the world’s smallest fox species?
Answer
Fennec fox
Which fox species has the largest ears relative to its body size?
Answer
Fennec fox
Which mammal has a tongue that can extend about 40 centimetres beyond its mouth?
Answer
Giant anteater
Which penguin species is the only penguin native to Africa?
Answer
African penguin
Which bird has two toes on each foot, unlike most birds?
Answer
Ostrich
Which ape is known for using sticks and other tools to extract termites?
Answer
Chimpanzee
What color is a giraffe’s tongue typically described as being?
Answer
Blue-black
Which animal has the longest gestation of any land mammal, lasting about 22 months?
Answer
African elephant
Which animal is the only living member of the genus Ailuropoda?
Answer
Giant panda
Which country is the okapi native to?
Answer
Democratic Republic of the Congo
What gives flamingo feathers their characteristic pink or red color?
Answer
Carotenoid pigments
What does the name “hippopotamus” literally mean?
Answer
River horse
Which parrot is the world’s heaviest and cannot fly?
Answer
Kākāpō
What is the largest penguin species in the world?
Answer
Emperor penguin
Which bird is famous for having a bill shaped like a large shoe?
Answer
Shoebill
Which bird lays the largest egg of any living bird?
Answer
Ostrich
Which living reptile is the largest by total length and body mass?
Answer
Saltwater crocodile
Which penguin species is the deepest-diving bird, reaching depths beyond 500 metres?
Answer
Emperor penguin
What is the main natural habitat of the endangered axolotl?
Answer
Lake Xochimilco