Sorry, Tetzoo Quizzer
That's not the right answer.
Supposedly, neither of them or us were revealed as H last night
That's not the right answer.
Supposedly, neither of them or us were revealed as H last night
Zoochat Wildlife Quiz
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Well they are both nocturnal and more or less solitary, both have names which can lead to confusion with other animals (Fossa with umm , fossa; and philander with Philander, the Four-eyed Opossum) and, as far as I recall, I haven’t seen either!
You're right Tetzoo Quizzer. The bare-tailed woolly opossum is also called the philander opossum; Philander opossum is the Latin name of the grey four-eyed opossum. The generic name of the fanaloka is Fossa, which is the common name of another genus of Euplerid.
It's your turn
It's your turn
The symbol of Liverpool, the Liver bird, is traditionally represented as a cormorant. The original seal of the City might have depicted an Eagle or even a dove. However, one other theory suggests a corruption of the Dutch name of a different bird; which?
It has been suggested that "Liver bird" is a corruption of the Dutch (or German) word for "spoonbill".
Richard Brooke thought the bird was a dove with an olive branch.
The Spoonbill theory was the one I was after; it came up while looking unsuccessfully for wild spoonbills yesterday. Your turn Tim.
Charles Darwin was fascinated by a "curious triple hybrid" he saw at London Zoo.
What was its alleged parentage?
In 'The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication,' Darwin mentioned London Zoo's "triple hybrid, from a bay mare, by a hybrid from a male ass and female zebra". The zebroid sire must have been fertile.
Yes that's right.
This animal is also mentioned in Abraham Bartlett’s posthumous publication “Life Among the Wild Beasts in the Zoo” (1900); Bartlett records that this "remarkable double mule" - having in its composition zebra, horse and ass - was born in the Gardens of the Zoological Society.
Your turn again.
The Khumjung monastery had a scalp made from the skin of which animal?
Alleged to have been a yeti; believed to have been made from either the skin of a bear or a goat. I'm not aware that it was ever DNA tested.
You're right that it didn't come from a yeti, but the material was tested.
Marca Burns determined that the hair came from an animal related to which species?
Marca Burns determined that the hair came from an animal related to which species?
Serow
That's right, Tim
There was a serow head on sale in an antique shop in Saffron Waldon; the owner hadn't identified it.
There was a serow head on sale in an antique shop in Saffron Waldon; the owner hadn't identified it.
What mammalian generic name means mutilated? And why was this name given to this genus?
"Colobus" due to the lack of thumbs
Thanks, Tim
Seeds can pass through the digestive system of which bird in 16 minutes?
Seeds can pass through the digestive system of which bird in 16 minutes?
Mistle Thrush?