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Animal Kingdom Flashcards

1
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Suicidal rodent from Antarctica

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Lemming

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2
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Fox-like

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Vulpine

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3
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Navigational method of bats

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Echo location

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4
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African cat-like mammal

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Civet

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5
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“Golden” African predator

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Golden Jackal

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6
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spotted “laughing” carnivore

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Hyena

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7
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World’s largest rodent

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Capybara

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8
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N. America’s largest rodent

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Beaver

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9
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“Golden” chubby-cheeked rodent

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Golden hamster

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10
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Flying mammal

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Bat

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11
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Rodent from Mongolia

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Gerbil

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12
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Only egg-laying mammals

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Duckbilled platypus and spiny anteater (echidna)

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13
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Ermine ferret and badger family

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Weasel

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14
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Largest member of the deer family

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Moose

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15
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Only deer family member where both sexes have horns

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Caribou

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16
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Graceful antelope

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Gazelle

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17
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Prairie wolf

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Coyote

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18
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Cow-like

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Bovine

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19
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Goat-like

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Hircine

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20
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Most common domesticated bird

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chicken

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21
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Arboreal rodent

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Squirrel

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22
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Long-armed monkey with prehensile tail

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Spider monkey

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23
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Two types of Gorilla

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Mountain and lowland

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24
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Dominant male gorilla

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Silverback

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25
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Great ape of Borneo and Sumatra

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Orangutan

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26
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Pan family of great apes

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Chimpanzee

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27
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Chimpanzee’s closest relative

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Bonobo

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28
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Monkey of Madagascar

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Lemur

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29
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Tailless macaques of Gibralter

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Barbary apes

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30
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Monkey with red nose and blue cheeks

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Mandril

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31
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Blood-sucking bat

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Vampire bat

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32
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Monkey that can be heard for several miles

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Howler monkey

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33
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Wolf-like

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Lupine

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34
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Long-armed ape of southeast Asia

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Gibbon

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35
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Small new-world monkey

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Marmoset

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36
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Smallest monkey

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Pygmy marmoset

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37
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Slow hanging tree-dweller of S. America

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Sloth

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38
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S. American long-snouted mammal

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Tapir

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39
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S. American fur-bearing rodent

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Chinchilla

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40
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The hippopotamus’ smaller relative

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pygmy hippopotamus

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41
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Only venomous mammal

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Duckbilled platypus

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42
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Asian monkey used in research

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Rhesus monkey

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43
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“Scarlet” parrot

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Macaw

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44
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Bear-like

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Ursine

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45
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Golden and bald type of bird

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Eagle

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46
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Bird that mimics other birds

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Mocking bird

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47
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Ruby-throated bird; only bird that can fly backwards

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Hummingbird

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48
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Smallest bird

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Bee hummingbird

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49
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S. American Vulture

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Andean condor

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50
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S. American bird with largest bill

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Toucan

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51
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“Laughing jackass” of Australia

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Kookaburra

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52
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Sandhill and whooping birds

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Cranes

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53
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Largest member of crow family

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Raven

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54
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Trumpeter - mute - coscoroba and whistling

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Swans

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55
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Purple-black Asian bird that mimics humans

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Mynah bird

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56
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Yellow songbird

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Gold finch

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57
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Downy duck that can dive to 180 feet

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Eider

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58
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Black-footed and red-footed sea bird

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Booby

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59
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Arizona bird that can run 15 miles per hour

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Roadrunner

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60
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Sacred Egyptian bird

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Ibis

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61
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Mythical bird that rose from the ashes

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Phoenix

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62
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Levels of Animal Classifaction

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Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species

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63
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Shangri-la bird

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Bird of paradise

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64
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Name for New Zealand flightless bird and native fruit

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Kiwi

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65
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Sheep-like

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Ovine

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66
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Pig-like

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Porcine

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67
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Group of rabbits

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Warren

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68
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Group of moose

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Lodge

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69
Q

Caudal vertebrae in animals

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Tail

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70
Q

The Study of Birds

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Ornithology

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71
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Largest bird with largest eggs (flightless)

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Ostrich

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72
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Large flightless South American bird

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Rhea

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73
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Redwing and grackle birds

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Blackbirds

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74
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Fastest bird

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Peregrine falcon

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75
Q

Lizard of Galapagos Islands

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Marine Iguana

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76
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Adelie; emperor; and king bird

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Penguine

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77
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Snow; Canadian; and blue breeds

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Geese

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78
Q

North Atlantic “sea-parrot”

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Puffin

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79
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Brown and white “Fishhawk” bird

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Osprey

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80
Q

Nocturnal singing bird

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Nightingale

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81
Q

Only North American bird that hibernates

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Whippoorwill

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82
Q

North America’s most common dove

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Mourning dove

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83
Q

“Gooney bird” unlucky to sailors

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Albatross

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84
Q

Large flightless Australian bird

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Emu

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85
Q

Freshwater pearl source

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Mussels

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86
Q

Great apes

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Gorillas; chimpanzees; orangutans

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87
Q

“Sea Cow”

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Manatee

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88
Q

Manatee relative

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Dugon

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89
Q

Sea Lion; seal and walrus family

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Pinniped

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90
Q

Male and female pinniped which have tusks

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Walrus

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91
Q

“Mud puppy” and “hellbender”

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Salamanders

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92
Q

Largest amphibian

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Japanese salamander

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93
Q

Number of hearts in an octopus

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Three

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94
Q

Deepest-diving whale

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Sperm whale

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95
Q

Oyster; clam; and mussel species

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Bivalves

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96
Q

Orc or orca

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Killer whale

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97
Q

“Bluepoint” bivalve

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Oyster

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98
Q

“Cherrystone” bivalve

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Clam

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99
Q

Stone and snow sea creatures

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Crabs

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100
Q

Animal with largest eye

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Giant Squid

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101
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Sea hedgehog

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Sea urchin

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102
Q

Crab with one giant claw

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Fiddler crab

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103
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Crab that uses a discarded shell

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Hermit crab

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104
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Crab and scorpion family

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Arthropod

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105
Q

Freshwater crustacean

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Crayfish (crawdad)

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106
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World’s second-fastest animal

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Pronghorn antelope

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107
Q

Example of a Kingdom (bio classification)

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Animal

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108
Q

Example of a Phylum (bio classification)

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Cordate

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109
Q

Example of a Class (bio classification)

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Mammal

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110
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Example of a Order (bio classification)

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Primate

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111
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Example of a Family (bio classification)

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Hominoidea

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112
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Example of a Genus (bio classification)

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Homo

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113
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Example of a Species (bio classification)

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Homo Sapiens

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114
Q

World’s tallest animal

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Giraffe

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115
Q

Lowest animal in food chain

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plankton

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116
Q

World’s fastest animal

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Cheetah

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117
Q

Largest bears

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Polar and Kodiak bears

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118
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World’s fasted two footed animal

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Ostrich

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119
Q

Longest living animal

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Giant tortoise

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120
Q

Longest living mammal

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Man

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121
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Second logest living mammal

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Elephant

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122
Q

Largest living animal

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Blue Whale

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123
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Toothless Whale with two blowholes

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Baleen

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124
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Whale with long flippers

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Humpback

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125
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Whale with unicorn like projection

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Narwhal

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126
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World’s second-tallest animal

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Elephant

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127
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Adder and rattlesnake family

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Vipers

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128
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Gnu

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Wildebeest

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129
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“Ship of the desert”

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Camel

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130
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One-humped camel

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Dromedary

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131
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Two-humped camel

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Bactrian

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132
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Smallest member of camel family

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Vicuna (S. America)

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133
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South America’s largest member of camel family

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Llama

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134
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Llama relative raised for wool

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Alpaca

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135
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Narrow-snouted crocodile of Asia

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Gavial

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136
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Cone gastropod

137
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Western Hemisphere’s largest snake

138
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Thompson’s animal

139
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Egyptian cobra

140
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World’s longest poisonous snake (Southeast Asia)

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King Cobra

141
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Cobra Killer

142
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Turtle shell

143
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World’s largest lizard

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Komodo Dragon

144
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Western hemisphere’s largest lizard

145
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Small lizard with suction cup feet

146
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Young swan

147
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World’s largest snake

148
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North American panda relative

149
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Venomous lizard of US southwest

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Gila monster

150
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South America’s only bear

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Speckled bear

151
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Animals of Australia

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Marsupials

152
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Eucalyptus-eating marsupial

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Koala (not a bear)

153
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North America’s only marsupial

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Opossum (possum)

154
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Baby kangaroo

155
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The kangaroo’s smaller relative

156
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Marsupial with strongest jaws

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Tasmanian Devil

157
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World’s largest antelope

158
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Symbol of the World Wildlife Fund

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(Giant) Panda

159
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South African gazelle

160
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South American racoon relative

161
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Source of mohair

162
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Camelopard a.k.a.

163
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Giraffe’s South American relative

164
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Himalayan ox

165
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Wooly ox of northern Canada and Greenland

166
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Long-horned European member of goat family

167
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Burchell’s animal

168
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Best-swimming bear

A

Polar bear

169
Q

“Hairy nosed” marsupial

170
Q

Smallest British horse breed

171
Q

Triple Crown events

A

Kentucky Derby; Preakness; Belmont Stakes

172
Q

Wild Bill Hickock’s horse

173
Q

El Cid’s horse

174
Q

Richard III’s horse

A

White Surry

175
Q

Caligula’s horse

176
Q

The horse in George Orwell’s Animal Farm

177
Q

Son of the horse Man-O-War

A

War Admiral

178
Q

First horse to win $1 Million

179
Q

Alexander the Great’s horse

A

Bucephalus

180
Q

Bedouin horse

181
Q

Napolean’s horse

182
Q

Horse named after Scottish river

A

Clydesdale

183
Q

Horse bred by the Nez Perce Indians

184
Q

Horse bred in Vienna

A

Lippizaner

185
Q

Original wild horse of U.S. West

186
Q

Spanish-bred horse used by Conquistadores

A

Andelusian

187
Q

Portuguese bred horse

188
Q

Tennessee “stepping” horse

A

Tennessee Walker

189
Q

Bird that migrates from arctic to antarctic

A

Arctic tern

190
Q

Painted horse

191
Q

Tonto’s horse

192
Q

Fish species that has ability to change color

193
Q

Largest salmon

194
Q

Pipe fish relative; male carries young in its pouch

195
Q

Fish that spawn on beach under full moon

196
Q

Most poisonous fish

197
Q

Fish in The Old Man and the Sea

198
Q

Fish disease characterized by white spots

199
Q

Roy Roger’s horse

200
Q

Don Quixote’s horse

201
Q

The Lone Ranger’s horse

202
Q

Horseracing’s “The Run for the Roses”

A

Kentucky Derby

203
Q

Tom Mix’s horse

204
Q

Hopalong Cassidy’s horse

205
Q

Sergeant Preston’s horse

206
Q

Gene Autry’s horse

207
Q

The Cisco Kid’s horse

208
Q

Robert E. Lee’s horse

209
Q

U.S. Grant’s horse

A

Cincinnati

210
Q

Duke of Wellington’s horse

A

Copenhagen

211
Q

Dale Evan’s horse

A

Buttermilk

212
Q

These were a Biblical “scourge”

213
Q

Oklahoma City horseshow horse

A

Morgan horse

214
Q

Giant green darner (insect)

215
Q

Queen Alexandra’s birdwing (insect)

216
Q

“Regal” migrating insect

A

Monarch Butterfly

217
Q

Hair insect

218
Q

Insect fiber

219
Q

Causes African Sleeping Sickness

A

Tse-tse fly

220
Q

Egyptian sacred beetle

221
Q

He rode Whirlaway and Citation to the Triple Crown

A

Eddie Arcaro

222
Q

Cellulose-digesting insect

223
Q

First woman jockey in Horse Racing Hall of fame

A

Judy Krone

224
Q

Cotton bowl-eating insect

A

Boll weevil

225
Q

Cause of malaria

A

Anopheles mosquito

226
Q

First domesticated insect

227
Q

S. American fungus-growing ant

A

Leaf-cutter ant

228
Q

European beetle with powerful pincers

A

Stag beetle

229
Q

Mexican jumping bean larva

230
Q

Chemical ants use to communicate

231
Q

Butterfly collector

A

Lepidopterist

232
Q

“pious” predator insect

A

Praying mantis

233
Q

Triple Crown winner 1943

A

Count Fleet

234
Q

Kentucky Derby location

A

Churchill Downs; Louisville

235
Q

Horseracing’s “The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans”

236
Q

Preakness’s location

A

Pimlico - Maryland

237
Q

Horseracing’s “The Run for the Carnations”

A

Belmont Stakes

238
Q

Belmont Stakes’ location

A

Belmont Racetrack; Belmont - New York

239
Q

Triple Crown winner 1919

A

Sir Barton

240
Q

Triple Crown winner 1930

A

Gallant Fox

241
Q

Triple Crown winner 1935

242
Q

Study of Insects

A

Entomology

243
Q

Triple Crown winner 1941

244
Q

Full name for “Musky” fish

A

Muskellunge

245
Q

Triple Crown winner 1946

246
Q

Triple Crown winner 1948

247
Q

Triple Crown winner 1973

A

Secretariat

248
Q

Triple Crown winner 1977

A

Seattle Slew

249
Q

Triple Crown winner 1978

250
Q

Horse Racing’s most winning jockey

A

Laffitt Pincay Jr.

251
Q

Horse Racing’s second-most winning jockey

A

Willie Shoemaker

252
Q

Youngest Triple Crown winning jockey

A

Steve Cauthen

253
Q

Triple Crown winner 1937

A

War Admiral

254
Q

Stag hunting dog

255
Q

Thai aquarium fish

A

Fighting fish

256
Q

Smallest domestic dog breed

257
Q

Most common registered breed of dog

A

Labrador retriever

258
Q

Dog of the netherlands

259
Q

Non-barking African dog

260
Q

Chinese royal dog

A

Pekingnese

261
Q

Chinese wrinkled-skin dog

262
Q

“Lion Dog” of Chinese nobles

263
Q

Swollen lymph nodes in cats

A

Cat scratch fever

264
Q

Mediterranean island lap dog

265
Q

Fever in cats caused by parvo-virus

266
Q

Loose skinned dog used in finding people

A

Blood hound

267
Q

Tibetan dog

A

Lhasa apso

268
Q

Fluffy white Siberian dog breed

269
Q

Sled dog with blue eyes

A

Siberian husky

270
Q

Japanese guard dog

271
Q

Whippet dog breed

272
Q

Queen Victoria’s dog

273
Q

French “butterfly” dog

274
Q

Ancient Chinese dog wtih lion-like mane

275
Q

“Clouded Cat”

A

Clouded leopard

276
Q

Young pigeon

277
Q

Pigeon extinct since 1914

A

Passenger pigeon

278
Q

Large penguin-like bird; extinct since 1850

279
Q

Large flightless extinct land pigeon

280
Q

First known featherd bird to become extinct

A

Archeopteryx

281
Q

Flying dinosaur

A

Pterodactyl

282
Q

Legendary bird encountered by Sinbad

283
Q

World’s largest cat

284
Q

Tallest dog

A

Irish wolfhound

285
Q

Most popular breed of domesticated cat

286
Q

Dog named after eastern U.S. bay

A

Chesapeake Bay retriever

287
Q

Pointed-eared cat

288
Q

Lynx North American relative with short tail

289
Q

Tailless cat named for an island

290
Q

Other names for Cougar

A

Mountain lion; puma

291
Q

Ethiopian domestic cat

A

Abyssinian

292
Q

Nearly-hairless cat

A

Sphinx cat

293
Q

Cat with “tiger” coat

294
Q

Southeast asian domestic cat

295
Q

The America’s largest cat

296
Q

S. American predatory fish

297
Q

The study of fish

A

Ichthyology

298
Q

Sargasso sea fish

299
Q

Blood-sucking eel

300
Q

Skipjack fish

301
Q

Pollock and haddock type

302
Q

“Tiger of the sea”

303
Q

Mako; tope and nurse fish types

304
Q

Largest fish

A

Whale shark

305
Q

St. John’s dog

A

Labrador retriever

306
Q

Fish that attaches itself to a shark

307
Q

Top American dog show

A

Westminster Kennel Club

308
Q

Devil fish

309
Q

Recently discovered prehistoric fish

A

Coelacanth

310
Q

Caviar comes from this fish

311
Q

“Freshwater shark”

312
Q

Fish that inflates when threatened

A

Puffer fish

313
Q

Brook and rainbow fish

314
Q

Sepia ink fish

A

Cuttlefish

315
Q

Insects studied by Thomas Hunt Morgan

A

Fruit Flies

316
Q

Largest predatory fish

A

Great White shark

317
Q

Richard Nixon’s dog

318
Q

Muskellunge fish family

319
Q

South African-bred dog

A

Rhodesian ridgeback

320
Q

South African wild hunting dog

A

Cape hunting dog

321
Q

Large dog from Swiss alps

A

St. Bernard

322
Q

Australian wild dog

323
Q

World’s premier sheep dog

A

Border collie

324
Q

Silky and Yorkshire dog breeds

325
Q

Largest terrier

A

Airedale terrier

326
Q

World’s longest dogseld race

327
Q

“Toto’s” breed (from Wizard of Oz)

A

Cairn terrier

328
Q

Number of dog breeds recognized by AKC

329
Q

FDR’s dog

330
Q

George Bush’s dog

331
Q

German Shepherd with TV show

A

Rin Tin Tin

332
Q

Dog from Petticoat Junction who later made movies

333
Q

George Jetson’s dog

334
Q

Sgt. Preston’s dog

A

(Yukon) King

335
Q

Dog in Call of the Wild

336
Q

RCA trademark dog

337
Q

Russian wolfhound

338
Q

Irish; Gordon; and English dog breeds

Cultural Literacy (69 decks)

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