Endangered and Extinct Species Quiz 4

The third Friday of May is celebrated as National Endangered Species Day across the globe to raise awareness about endangered species and wildlife. Here is a series of quiz to test your knowledge and to learn more about the wildlife

Endangered and Extinct Species Quiz 4

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1. Smilodon is one of the most famous prehistoric mammals. By what name it is commonly known?

Snow leopard
Saber-toothed tiger
Great Auk
Tasmanian Tiger

2. The Toolach wallaby is an extinct species are native to which country

South Australia
Africa
China
North America

3. Sounds from boats and sonar devices are dangerous to whales. True or False

TRUE
FALSE

4. Which one of the following authors made a fictional character Dodo as a caricature of himself?

Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Lewis Carroll
R L Stevenson

5. Okapi is an endangered species that is endemic to Congo. To which animal it is closely related?

Zebra
Deer
Wolf
Giraffe

6. Asiatic Lion is in the IUCN Red List as endangered species and can only be found in India. Where in India the last wild population of the Asiatic lion is found?

Gir Forest National Park
Kaziranga National Park
Jim Corbett National Park
Keihul Lamjao Naitonal Park

7. Mukurthi National Park was created to protect which one of the following keystone species?

Snow Leopard
Nilgir Tahr
Asiatic Lion
Great Indian bustard

8. The One-horned Rhinocerous, the Asiatic Elephant and the Bengal Tiger are three WWF priority species. On which banknote, do all three appear?

10
50
100
1000

9. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. When was it founded?

1970
1975
1964
198

10. Which of the following species of crocodiles found in India is listed as least concern by IUCN?

Saltwater
Mugger
Gharial
None of these

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