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1 What is the name for the nostril of a whale?
A Blowhole
2 What animal has breeds named American Bobtail, Balinese and Japanese Bobtail?
A Cat (domestic)
3 To which expressive bird family does the macaw belong?
A Parrot (the order Psittaciformes)
4 Which marsupial lives almost entirely on eucalypt leaves?
A Koala (eucalypt is correct) (Koala is erroneously said to mean “doesn’t drink” or “no drink”)
5 What is the most common name for the North American woodchuck or land beaver?
A Groundhog – large ground squirrel
6 What sort of creature is a booby?
A Seabird (it’s a kind of gannet)
7 What is the name for an otter’s nest?
A Holt (or less commonly a couch)
8 What is the name for the large South American cat with leopard-like spots?
A Jaguar (uninformed Americans call it a panther, but they also call a cougar a panther)
9 What type of creature is a skink?
A Lizard
10 What species of animal native to Africa is a dik-dik?
A Antelope – The dik-dik refers to any of four species of small antelope in the genus Madoqua.