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Dingo Dan’s Rainforest Animals Worksheet
Dingo Dan is a famous animal expert. He
travels all over the world studying wildlife.
He wants to know if you’ve got what it takes
to be an animal expert just like him!
You’ll need to show that you can use
the internet to discover animal facts by
answering the questions below.
Start by visiting:
www.activewild.com/rainforest-animalslist/
Most of the answers are on the above page,
but for some you’ll have to dig a bit deeper
by following the links to individual animals.
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(Put a tick by the correct answer.)
1. How many species of anteater are
there?
4. What kind of animal is the Blue
Morpho?
2. Which of the anteaters listed below is
more likely to be found on the ground
rather than up a tree?
5. The capybara is the largest species of
what type of animal?
A. Butterfly
B. Snake
C. Tree frog
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
A. Cat
B. Primate
C. Rodent
A. Giant anteater
B. Northern tamandua
C. Silky anteater
3. Where does the Aye-aye live?
A. Brazil
B. Madagascar
C. Australia
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6. What is the largest species of caiman?
A. Black caiman
B. Spectacled caiman
C. Cuvier’s dwarf caiman
7. Capybaras are closely related to what
kind of animal?
A. Guinea pig
B. Orangutan
C. Clouded leopard
11.Jaguars are members of the same
subfamily as lions, tigers, leopards and
snow leopards. What is the name of this
subfamily?
8. Howler monkeys have prehensile tails.
What does ‘prehensile’ mean?
A. Pantherinae
B. Canidae
C. Tyrannosauridae
A. Striped
B. Able to hold things
C. Can drop off if grabbed by a
predator, allowing the monkey to
escape
12.Lemurs live in Madagascar. Where else
are they found in the wild?
A. Australia
B. England
C. Nowhere else
9. Which of these rainforest snakes is most
likely to be found hunting in a rainforest
river?
13.There are two families of sloth. What
are they?
A. Green anaconda
B. Boa constrictor
A. Tree sloths and ground sloths
B. Brazilian sloths and Peruvian sloths
C. Two-toed sloths and three-toed
sloths.
10.The jaguar is the world’s third-largest
big cat. Is it bigger or smaller than a
leopard?
A. Bigger
B. Smaller
14.Out of the five species of tapir, which is
the only one that is not found in South
America?
A. Brazilian tapir
B. Malayan tapir
C. Baird’s tapir
D. Kabomani tapir
E. Mountain tapir
15.What kind of animal is a vampire bat?
A. Bird
B. Insect
C. Mammal
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