Fun Quiz Save the Wild Life S K VERMA 4. ………….are herbivore animals with horns made of 1. This is the skin of a stiff matted hair, not mammal with the of bone like horns of biggest brain in the other animals. animal kingdom. (a) Impala (a) Rhinoceros (b) Rhinoceros (b) Elephant (c) Tapir (c) Wild Boar (d) Giraffe (d) None of the above 5. ………..(Panthera pardus), is a member of Felidae family, known for its ability in climbing. (a) Tiger (b) Cheetah (c) Black Panther (d) Leopard 2. ‘Lions (Panthera leo)’ are the big cats. The male lion’s head hair is known as: (a) Mune (b) Hairs (c) Mane (d) None of the above 3. Spotted hyena is 6. Giraffes are the tallest animals. The skin of also known as Giraffe is blotched in patterns of brown and Laughing hyena, it is a yellows. Giraffe horns are called …. ………….mammal of (a) Horns (b) Mane the family Hyneidae. (c) Ossicones (d) None of the above (a) Omnivorous (b) Herbivorous (c) Carnivorous (d) None of the above 58 SCIENCE REPORTER, November 2010 Fun Quiz 12.…(Acinonyx jubatus) does not roar like a lion, it purrs like a cat (meow). (a) Leopard (b) Tiger (c) Cheetah (d) None of the above 7. A tiger’s … helps it keep its balance when running fast. (a) Eyes (b) Legs (c) Tail (d) Ears 8. …are found in Australia, are furry, eat only Eucalyptus tree leaves, sleep most of the day, and feed and move from tree to tree mainly at night. (a) Panda 13. … live both on land (b) Leopard cub and in the water, they (c) Koalas can stay under water for (d) Tapir a long time. (a) Rhinoceros (b) Elephant 9. The Indian Muntjac is (c) Hippopotamus also commonly called the (d) Lion “barking deer” due to the bark-like sound it makes 14. … is a large browsing as an alarm when danger mammal, roughly pig like in is present. It is also shape. called … (a) Sea otter (a) Kakad (b) Tapir (b) Deer (c) Panda (c) Musk deer (d) Wild pig (d) Spotted deer 10. Zebra are the part of 15. The musk gland is horse family. A baby Zebra found only in adult males is called … of… (a) Calf (b) Cub (a) Musk deer (c) Foal (b) Barking deer (d) None of the above (c) Kakad (d) Spotted deer 11. ...is omnivorous. ANSWERS: (a) Rhesus monkey 1.b 2.c 3.c 4.b (b) Langoor 5.d 6.c 7.c 8.c (c) Macaque 9.a 10. c 11.d 12.c (d) Baboon 13.c 14. b 15.a Contributed by Dr. S. K. Verma, 4-A, Kusumaanjali, Priyadarshni Nagar, Bareilly (U.P.) SCIENCE REPORTER, November 2010 59.