Welcome to the big 20 question quiz to really challenge your knowledge of animal taxonomy; the scientific system for classifying living things.
If you'd like to try smaller quizzes first, go with the mini quiz, or the medium-sized quiz.
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This complex and challenging quiz will expand on the smaller quizzes and test your skills on everything from kingdoms and families to scientific names and specific animal groups. Ready?
Let's go.
1.
What is the name of the taxonomical class for mammals?
2.
Who is this: eukarya (domain) - animalia (kingdom) - chordata (phylum) - mammalia (class) - primates (order) - hominidae (family) - pan (genus) - pan troglodytes(species)
3.
Who is this: eukarya (domain) - animalia (kingdom) - chordata (phylum) - mammalia (class) - primates (order) - hominidae (family) - homo (genus) - homo sapiens (species)
4.
Which warm-blooded animals does the class Aves contain?
5.
Which birds does the Cuculidae family contain?
6.
This class within the Arthropoda phylum contains more than half of all animal species on Earth, estimated at up to 5 and a half million species!
7.
Animal taxonomy is a settled field; the classifications are set and they don't change.
8.
Which group do whales, as warm-blooded, live-birth animals, belong to?
9.
Which animals belong to the taxonomic infraclass Marsupialia?
10.
What is the name of the taxonomical order that contains rabbits, hares and pikas?
11.
What is the name of the taxonomical family that contains cats?
12.
In the story, when she introduces herself, Serpie refers to her conviction as "triple A". Which one is it?
13.
Which animals does the class Amphibia contain?
14.
Which animals belong to the taxonomic superclass Pisces?
15.
What is the correct hierarchy of these classifications?
16.
What is the Latin name for the family of mammals that holds raccoons?
17.
Which cold-blooded animals does the class Reptilia contain?
18.
Two Carnivora suborders, Caniformia and Feliformia, hold "dog-like" and "cat-like" carnivores respectively.
19.
What is the Latin name for the order of placental mammals that specialize in primarily eating flesh?
20.
Who is this: eukarya (domain) - animalia (kingdom) - chordata (phylum) - mammalia (class) - carnivora (order) - canidae (family) - canis (genus) - canis lupus (species) - canis lupus familiaris (subspecies)
