Zoology

Question 1

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Answer 1

Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - Endangered mammal native to forests of northeast DR Congo - Only relative of giraffes in family Giraffidae - About 5 ft tall

Question 2

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Answer 2

Tarsier - Primates of the family Tarsiidae - Native to islands of SE Asia - Small animals with enormous eyes

Question 3

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Answer 3

Lipizzan or Lipizzaner horse - Known for its skills in classical dressage y their “airs above the ground” (stylized jumps y other movements) - Associated with the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, Austria - All lipizzans descend from only 8 stallions

Question 4

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Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) - Very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey, endemic to Africa - Appears on the coats of arms of Sudan y South Africa - Named for the pen-like quills behind its head

Question 5

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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Aka fish eagle, sea hawk, river hawk, y fish hawk - A diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range, found on all continents except Antarctica

Question 6

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Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) - Aka Mexican walking fish - Large salamander native to central Mexico - Critically endangered, perhaps none left in the wild - Unlike other salamanders, they do not develop lungs or take to the land

Question 7

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Dugong (Dugong dugon) - Herbivorous marine mammal native to coastal Indian Ocean, Indonesia, y northern Australia - One of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees - Feeds in seagrass meadows

Question 8

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Gibbon - A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch - Native to SE Asia y Indonesia - Also called the smaller apes or lesser apes

Question 9

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Answer 9

Marmoset - A small monkey of the family Callitrichidae,

y the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella, or Mico -

Has claws instead of nails - Native to South America

Question 10

Identify this type of horse:

Answer 10

Palomino - A coat color in horses, consisting of a gold coat y white mane and tail - Much sought after as show or parade horses, due to their distinct golden color - Famous TV horses incl. Roy Rogers’ horse Trigger y Mister Ed were palominos - Name comes from Spanish for “young pigeon”