Rare and Endangered Animals Quiz

This rare and endangered animals quiz tests how well you really know the rarest creatures left on Earth and how close they are to disappearing forever.

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15 questions

  1. Which freshwater dolphin from China's Yangtze River is believed to be functionally extinct? Choices: Baiji, Irrawaddy dolphin, Amazon river dolphin, Ganges river dolphin
  2. Which endangered tiger subspecies lives in the forests of the Russian Far East? Choices: Bengal tiger, Sumatran tiger, Amur (Siberian) tiger, Malayan tiger
  3. Which tall North American wading bird was reduced to fewer than 25 birds in the 1940s? Choices: Sandhill crane, Whooping crane, Great blue heron, Roseate spoonbill
  4. Which spotted wild cat of Spain and Portugal has been pulled back from the brink of extinction? Choices: Eurasian lynx, Bobcat, Caracal, Iberian lynx
  5. Which large whale, found off North America's Atlantic coast, has only a few hundred individuals left? Choices: Humpback whale, Blue whale, North Atlantic right whale, Sperm whale
  6. What was the famous last known Pinta Island giant tortoise called? Choices: Jonathan, Diego, Harriet, Lonesome George
  7. Which golden frog from Panama has been devastated by a deadly fungus? Choices: Golden poison frog, Panamanian golden frog, Red-eyed tree frog, Glass frog
  8. Which seal is found only in the waters around Hawaii and is endangered? Choices: Hawaiian monk seal, Harbor seal, Leopard seal, Elephant seal
  9. Which African rhino species, with two horns, is critically endangered because of poaching? Choices: Sumatran rhino, Javan rhino, Black rhino, Indian rhino
  10. Which giant fish is prized for its caviar and is critically endangered? Choices: Beluga sturgeon, Atlantic salmon, Bluefin tuna, Swordfish
  11. How many Northern white rhinos remain, under permanent protection? Choices: Zero, Two, Twelve, About fifty
  12. Which golden-furred monkey with a blue face lives in the mountains of China and is endangered? Choices: Rhesus macaque, Proboscis monkey, Japanese macaque, Golden snub-nosed monkey
  13. Which Mexican salamander, popular in labs for regeneration research, is critically endangered in the wild? Choices: Axolotl, Newt, Mudpuppy, Hellbender
  14. Which flightless, nocturnal parrot from New Zealand is critically endangered? Choices: Kiwi, Takahe, Weka, Kakapo
  15. Which scaly, ant-eating mammal is considered the most trafficked mammal? Choices: Armadillo, Anteater, Pangolin, Aardvark

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