Mammal Families Quiz

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies		'big foot'
Silky anteaters		'circle foot'
Musk deer		'musk'
Old world fruit bats		'winged foot'
Guinea pigs, cavies, maras		'cavy'
Three-toed sloths		'slow foot'
Night monkeys		'earless'
Echidnas		'fast tongue'
Civets, binturongs		'ferret'
Degus, viscacha rats		'eight tooth'
Hyenas		'hyena'
Peccaries		'peccary'
Rabbits, hares		'hare'
American anteaters		'ant eater'
Cats		'cat'
Grey whales		named after DF Eschricht
Dogs, foxes		'dog'
Elephants		'elephant'
Pacarana		'terrible mouse'
Pigs		'pig'
Gibbons and siamangs		'forest walker'
River dolphins		'flat fish'
Pocket gophers		'earth mouse'
Chevrotains		'little goat'
Rorquals		'winged whale'
Feathertail and pygmy gliders		'high walker'
Pronghorns		'antelope goat'
Marsupial mice and carnivores		'hairy tail'
Camels, llamas		'camel'
Moles, desmans		'mole'
Skunks		'bad odor'
Shrews		'shrew-mouse'
Deer		'stag; deer'

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Green monkeys, macaques, and baboons		'tail ape'
Hedgehogs, moonrats		'hedgehog'
Armadillos		'hairy-foot'
Koalas		'leather bag bear'
Cattle, antelopes, sheep, goats		'ox'
Horses		'horse'
Bears		'bear'
Colugos		'dog head'
Sportive lemurs		'hare lemur'
Giraffes, okapis		'giraffe'
Pangolins, scaly anteaters		'ghost'
Numbat		'ant living'
Beaked whales		'sword'
Raccoons, kinkajous		'before dog'
Sperm whales		'blow-pipe'
Platypus		'bird beak'
Two-toed sloths		'huge nail'
Colocolo		'small living animal'
Pikas		'pika'
African mole-rats		'deep worker'
Sea lions and fur seals		'ear'
Hyraxes		'before rodent'
Hippopotamuses		'river horse'
Capuchins and squirrel monkeys		'monkey'
Marine dolphins		'dolphin'
Old world mice, rats, gerbils		'mouse'
Uakaris, sakis, and titi monkeys		'ape'
African rock rats		'rock mouse'
Wombats		'wombat'
Honey possums		'flat foot'
Gliders and striped possums		'vaulter'
American opposums		'two wombs'
Right whales		'whale'

Members	Family	Literal Translation
Lesser panda		'cat bear'
Chinchillas, viscachas		'chinchilla'
Galagos and bushbabies		'monkey'
Mongooses		'creeper'
Dwarf lemurs		'hand weasel'
Jerboas, jumping mice		'two foot'
Lorises and pottos		'clown'
Tree shrews		'squirrel-like'
Pocket mice and kangaroo rats		'other mouse'
African palm civets		'palm civet'
Aye-ayes		after LJM Daubenton
Tapirs		'tapir'
Narwhals, belugas		'single tooth'
Beavers		'beaver'
Tarsiers		'flat of foot'
Elephant-shrews		'large leg'
Marmosets and tamarins		'beautiful hair'
Phalangers		'toe bone'
Rhinoceroses		'nose horn'
Squirrels, marmots		'squirrel'
Spider and howler monkeys		'imperfect'
Walruses		'tooth walker'
Agoutis, acuchis		'hairy rump'
Humans and great apes		'man'
Colobus monkeys		'Colobus'
Weasels, otters, wolverines		'weasel'
Leaping lemurs		'look'
Seals		'seal'
Malagasy carnivores		'complete'
Porpoises		'porpoise'
Large lemurs		'ghost shape'

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