Mammalian Families and Orders (Quiz)

Question 1

Answer 1

Order Monotremata

Family Tachyglossidae

Question 2

Answer 2

Order Monotremata

Family Ornithorhynchidae

Question 3

Answer 3

Order Didelphimorphia

Family Didelphidae

Opossums

Question 4

Answer 4

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Dasyuridae

Tasmanian devils

Question 5

Answer 5

Order Dasyuromorphia

Family Myrmecobiidae

Numbats

Question 6

Answer 6

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phascolarctidae

Koalas

Question 7

Answer 7

Order Diprotodontia

Family Macropodidae

Kangaroos, wallabies

Question 8

Answer 8

Order Diprotodontia

Family Potoroidae

Rat-kangaroos

Question 9

Answer 9

Order Diprotodontia

Family Acrobatidae

Marsupial gliders

Question 10

Answer 10

Order Diprotodontia

Family Phalangeridae

Phalangers and cuscuses

Question 11

Answer 11

Order Notoryctemorphia

Family Notoryctidae

Marsupial mole

Question 12

Answer 12

Order Pilosa

Family Myrmecophagidae

Anteaters

Question 13

Answer 13

Order Pilosa

Family Megalonychidae

Sloths

Question 14

Answer 14

Order Cingulata

Family Dasypodidae

Armadillos

Question 15

(Tenrec)

Answer 15

Order Afrosoricida

Family Tenrecidae

Tenrecs (Madagascar)

Question 16

Answer 16

Order Afrosoricida

Family Chrysochloridae

Golden moles

Question 17

Answer 17

Order Erinaceomorpha

Family Erinaceidae

Question 18

Answer 18

Order Soricomorpha

Family Soricidae

Question 19

Answer 19

Order Soricomorpha

Family Talpidae

Question 20

Answer 20

Order Macroscelidea

Family Macroscelididae

Question 21

Answer 21

Order Tubulidentata

Family Orycteropodidae

Question 22

Answer 22

Order Proboscidea

Family Elephantidae

Question 23

Answer 23

Order Hyracoidea

Family Procaviidae

Question 24

Answer 24

Order Sirenia

Family Trichechidae

Question 25

Answer 25

Order Dermoptera

Family Cynocephalidae

Colugos (“flying lemurs”)

Question 26

Answer 26

Order Chiroptera

Family Pteropodidae

Old world fruit bats, flying foxes

Question 27

Answer 27

Order Chiroptera

Family Vespertilionidae

Common bats

Question 28

Answer 28

Order Chiroptera

Family Mormoopidae

Leaf-chinned bats

Question 29

Answer 29

Order Chiroptera

Family Phyllostomidae

Vampire bats, leaf-nosed bats

Question 30

Answer 30

Order Scandentia

Family Tupaiidae

Tree shrews

Question 31

Include suborder

Answer 31

Order Primates

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Family Lorisidae

Lorises, pottos

Question 32

Include suborder

Answer 32

Order Primates

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Family Galagidae

Galagos, bushbabies

Question 33

Include suborder

Answer 33

Order Primates

Suborder Strepsirrhini

Family Lemuridae

Lemurs

Question 34

Answer 34

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Tarsiidae

Tarsiers

Question 35

Answer 35

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Cebidae

New world monkeys, including Callitrichinae and Cebinae

Question 36

Answer 36

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Atelidae

Howler and prehensile-tailed monkeys

Question 37

Answer 37

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Pitheciidae

Titi monkeys, sakis, and uakaris

Question 38

Answer 38

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Hylobatidae

Gibbons

Question 39

Include subfamily and suborder

Answer 39

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Cercopithecidae

Subfamilies: Cercopithecines (omnivores, cheek pouch, simple stomach) and Colobus (herbivorous, no cheek pouch, complex stomachs)

Old world monkeys

Question 40

Answer 40

Order Primates

Suborder Haplorrhini

Family Hominidae

Gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, humans

Question 41

Answer 41

Order Lagomorpha

Family Ochotonidae

Pika

Question 42

Answer 42

Order Lagomorpha

Family Leporidae

Rabbits and hares