Quokkas, Tuataras, & Kakapos: Rare Animal Trivia

Quokkas, Tuataras, & Kakapos: Rare Animal Trivia

Have you ever heard of a potoroo? How about a vaquito? Maybe the reason why you haven't heard of them is because those animals are extremely rare and likely quite endangered. The WWF, that's the World Wildlife Foundation (not the World Wrestling Federation), is very involved in doing all it can to help prevent species extinction. If we lose an animal to extinction, then it's good-bye for good, so it's important that certain things are done to save species before they cease to exist. This quiz will test your knowledge about a bunch of animals that are extremely rare and/or endangered. Many of them are found in only one place on earth! Let's begin.

Endangered Eastern Lowland gorillas are mainly found in ________.

Over 40 years, the population of bluefin tuna was reduced globally by about ______%.

Endangered Stellar Sea Lion populations are rapidly decllning in the _________.

Where is the only place one can find the Texas blind salamander?

Where is the only place one can find the Guadalupe Fur Seal?

The Amur Leopard, which is native to _______, now has < 100 left in existence.

Kakapos, known as owl parrots, are critically endangered and found only in ________.

Where is the only place one can find Gilbert's potoroo?

Where is the only place one can find Quokkas?

Where is the only place one can find vaquitos?

Vaquitos are nearly extinct. What are they?

In the 1990s, Tasmanian devil populations fell from about 140 000 to ________.

Where is the only place one can find pygmy hogs?

Where is the only place one can find the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle?

Where is the only place one can find San Francisco garter snakes?

There are only about _____Black-Footed Ferrets left in North America.

Where is the only place one can find Javan rhinos?

Where is the only place one can find Tasmanian devils?

Where is the only place one can find tuataras?

There are only about ______ red pandas left on earth.

Where is the only place one can find proboscis monkeys?

Where is the only place one can find the Pinta Island Tortoise?

Peruvian Black Spider Monkeys have had their population fall by __% in the past 50 years.

Where is the only place one can find Kirtland warblers?

Okapi are a type of ______that has had its population fall by 50% over 2o years.

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Did you know
The horn of a narwhal is actually a tooth.
The heaviest insect is the Goliath beetle, which can weigh up to 100 grams.
A blue whale's tongue can weigh as much as an elephant.
A group of apes is called a "shrewdness."