African Savannah and Jungle Animals

Question 1

Which African mammal kills more humans annually than almost any other large animal due to its territorial nature in waterways?

Accepted Answer

Hippopotamus

Answer

African elephant

Answer

Cape buffalo

Answer

Nile crocodile

Question 2

What physical trait enables the African savanna elephant to be distinguished readily from its Asian cousin?

Accepted Answer

Much larger ears shaped like Africa

Answer

A completely concave flat spine

Answer

Two domes on its forehead

Answer

Only one finger on the trunk tip

Question 3

Which large African carnivore lives in matriarchal clans and possesses crushing jaws capable of digesting bones and teeth?

Accepted Answer

Spotted hyena

Answer

African wild dog

Answer

Leopard

Answer

Cheetah

Question 4

What horned ungulate participates in the massive annual Great Migration across the Serengeti and Masai Mara plains?

Accepted Answer

Blue wildebeest

Answer

Common eland

Answer

Gemsbok

Answer

Greater kudu

Question 5

Which African primate subspecies lives in the cloud-covered volcanic slopes of the Virunga Mountains?

Accepted Answer

Mountain gorilla

Answer

Western lowland gorilla

Answer

Bonobo

Answer

Chimpanzee

Question 6

What nocturnal African insectivore uses its long tongue and heavy claws to rip open concrete-hard termite mounds?

Accepted Answer

Aardvark

Answer

Aardwolf

Answer

Pangolin

Answer

Honey badger

Question 7

Which African mammal is renowned for its thick skin, aggressive defense against venomous snakes, and penchant for bee hives?

Accepted Answer

Honey badger (Ratel)

Answer

Civet

Answer

Genet

Answer

Banded mongoose

Question 8

What towering African mammal possesses a cardiovascular system equipped with safety valves to keep its brain from exploding when drinking?

Accepted Answer

Giraffe

Answer

Okapi

Answer

Greater kudu

Answer

Oryx

Question 9

Which member of the giraffe family has zebra-like stripes on its legs and inhabits the dense Ituri Rainforest of the DR Congo?

Accepted Answer

Okapi

Answer

Bongo

Answer

Sitatunga

Answer

Duiker

Question 10

Which predatory cat uses high termite mounds and acacia boughs to scan the African savanna for gazelle fawns?

Accepted Answer

Cheetah

Answer

Serval

Answer

Caracal

Answer

African golden cat

African Savannah and Jungle Animals

Über dieses Quiz

Which African mammal kills more humans annually than almost any other large animal due to its territorial nature in waterways?

Lösungsschlüssel

Frage 1: Which African mammal kills more humans annually than almost any other large animal due to its territorial nature in waterways?

Frage 2: What physical trait enables the African savanna elephant to be distinguished readily from its Asian cousin?

Frage 3: Which large African carnivore lives in matriarchal clans and possesses crushing jaws capable of digesting bones and teeth?

Frage 4: What horned ungulate participates in the massive annual Great Migration across the Serengeti and Masai Mara plains?

Frage 5: Which African primate subspecies lives in the cloud-covered volcanic slopes of the Virunga Mountains?

Frage 6: What nocturnal African insectivore uses its long tongue and heavy claws to rip open concrete-hard termite mounds?

Frage 7: Which African mammal is renowned for its thick skin, aggressive defense against venomous snakes, and penchant for bee hives?

Frage 8: What towering African mammal possesses a cardiovascular system equipped with safety valves to keep its brain from exploding when drinking?

Frage 9: Which member of the giraffe family has zebra-like stripes on its legs and inhabits the dense Ituri Rainforest of the DR Congo?

Frage 10: Which predatory cat uses high termite mounds and acacia boughs to scan the African savanna for gazelle fawns?