Zoochat Wildlife Quiz
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True, but thinking of “leopards” (Neofelis) led me to think of Leopards (P. pardus)
The Martha question remains open.....
Martha was the last known passenger pigeon. She died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
Of course. Over to you...
Why is Dr Brooks, the anatomy teacher, important in zoo history?
Hmmm! Should this be Brookes rather than Brooks?
Fun! Took a bit of digging around to find the answer; found various snippets of his life, do you know if there is a biography or overall account of his life? I’m not going to give the answer (yet) for two reasons; to give others a chance, and the fact that I haven’t got a question to set yet!
The anatomist Dr. Joshua Brookes donated both a griffon vulture and a white-headed eagle to the Zoological Society of London; two of the first animals acquired by London Zoo. (And the vulture lived in the zoo for over thirty-four years.)
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That’s what I had found, as well as his involvement in the killing of Chunee, the Elephant of Exeter Chase, and the use of his rockery to display birds of prey in a rival menagerie. He also named genera for the Cheetah and the Sumatran Rhino, and is commemorated in the name Brookesia for dwarf chameleons. Great question!
You're both right. I must admit that I thought it was Dr Brookes, but I have also found the name to be spelt Dr Brooks.
This puts me in a difficult position. As Tim May answered it first, I'll let Tim ask the next question.
I hope you're OK with that, Tetzoo Quizzer. Thanks for your kind comments
This puts me in a difficult position. As Tim May answered it first, I'll let Tim ask the next question.
I hope you're OK with that, Tetzoo Quizzer. Thanks for your kind comments
Absolutely!
What noteworthy animal arrived at Dublin Zoo in March 1873?
I don’t think it waas those, German Zoo World.
No sorry none of these
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Indeed the first living pygmy hippoptamus to reach Europe.
Sadly it didn't survive long; it died of pneumonia shortly after its arrival and there was then a wait of nearly forty years before Hagenbeck imported five specimens in 1912.
The original Dublin animal can still be seen mounted in Dublin University's Zoology Museum.
Which cryptozoological “species” was apparently kept in Montezuma’s menagerie?
An onza