ANSWER KEY for the MAMMAL SEARCH and FIND

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ANSWER KEY: MAMMAL SEARCH AND FIND

A) An animal you already know about

B) An animal you have never heard of

C) An animal whose name starts with the same letter as your name. (You may use the full species name, the general name, or the scientific name for example: Sloth Bear [Ursus ursinus] is okay for the letters S, B and U.) There are multiple answers for many letters, but here is one for each.

A anteater

B bongo

C coati

D dibatag

E echidna

F fanaloka

G giraffe

H hedgehog

I Indian pangolin

J jumping mouse

K kultarr

L llama

M mongoose

N numbat

O okapi

P panda

Q quoll

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R raccoon

S sloth

T tamandua

U Ursus ursinus (sloth bear)

V vicuna

W wildebeest

X Xenarthran*

Y yellow footed rock wallaby

Z zorilla *this is a bit of a cheat Xenarthra is the superorder that include anteaters, tree sloths and armadillo. There were 6 in the show.

D) 7 spotted animals African civet fanaloka quoll king cheetah common genet giraffe spotted cuscus

E) 2 flying animals Chapin's free-tailed bat Bismarck masked flying fox

F) 2 swimming animals Southern Right Whale Commerson's Dolphin

G) 2 mammals that lay eggs short beaked echidna western long beaked echidna

H) 2 animals that look similar to skunks and are also stinky long fingered trick Zorilla

I) 1 animal that smells like buttered popcorn and looks a bit like a cat and a bit like a bear bearcat

J) 2 extinct mammals quagga thylacine

K) 16 marsupials monito del monte Virginia opossum green ringtail possum feather-tailed possum long tailed pygmy possum leadbeater’s possum sugar glider long fingered triok striped bandicoot banded hare-wallaby yellow-footed rock wallaby musky rat kangaroo kultarr numbat Eastern quoll thylacine

L) 12 mammals that live only in Madagascar grey mouse lemur Grove’s dwarf lemur pale fork-marked lemur black and white ruffed lemur ring-tailed mongoose giant-striped mongoose fanaloka tailless tenrec lowland streaked tenrec lesser hedgehog tenrec lesser long-tailed shrew tenrec Malagasy giant rat