Quiz of endangered species

Q.1

Which animal is considered to be endangered (or just redlisted by IUCN)?

Plains Zebra
Giraffe
Black rhinoceros
Eurasian lynx

Q.2

The Madagascan pochard was believed to be extinct in 1991. However a population of seven individuals were found in 2006 and today (2014) Durrell are working hard to protect them. What are the wild population numbers today?

20-30 individuals
Ca. 200 individuals
Ca. 2000 individuals
Ca. 20 000 individuals

Q.3

Today frog populations of many species, all over the world are declining due to a Chytridiomfungus infecting them calledycosis. It kills them and many species has already gone extinct. The fungi is an invasive species which was spread due to transportation of frogs already infected. For what cause did we transport the infected frogs over the world?

To save the frogs in an international project
The frogs were used as pregnancy tests
The frogs were victims of illeagal trading
To extract chemicals from the frogs, used for cancer treatment

Q.4

The orangutans are highly endangered species. But on which two islands do they live?

On Borneo and Madagascar
On Borneo and Sumatra
On Madagascar and Sri Lanka
On New guinea and Sumarta

Q.5

The Okapi is an endangered animal which is considered endemic to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is sometimes sighted in what is supposed to be Africas first national park, which?

Queen elizabeth national park
Maiko national park
Virunga national park
Masai Mara national park

Q.6

Today, many predators are on the brink of extinction such as tigers, african wild dogs and polar bears. It is often claimed however that since humans today are top predators, there is no needed role of other predators in the ecosystem. Recently a research was published which had been investigating whether humans impact as a top predator on animal populations was the same as for other top predatory animals. What did the study conclude

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The study concluded that humans does not impact animal prey populations in the same way as other predators. Therefore other top predators are still important to the ecosystem
The study concluded that humans had the same impact on prey populations as other top predatory animals and therefore there is no longer any need of other predators.
The study did not reach any clear conclusion.
The study concluded that it highly depends on which predator we replace. In some cases humans function very well in a similar way as the predators on prey populations. However in some cases, predators still seemed to play an important role.

Q.7

Madagascar is an island which almost to 100% is inhabited by endemic species, and many of them are in really bad trouble due to the slash and burn techniques used to make room for new plantations. But more exactly how bad is it really? How many lemur species are regarded as redlisted and endangered?

For some lemur species, data is deficient to really estimate their population status. These cases are excluded.

Diadem sifaka

30% of the lemur species are endangered (red listed)
45% of the lemur species are endangered (red listed)
60% of the lemur species are endangered (red listed)
75% of the lemur species are endangered (red listed)

Q.8

Shark fin soup is threatening many species of shark to extinction. How many sharks are estimated to be killed every hour?

500
2000
6000
11 000

Q.9

The blue throated macaw is a species of parrot which is critically endangered, with only just over 100 wild individuals left in the wild. Just like many parrot species they fall victim to illeagal trading. Which country is the blue throated macaw endemic to?

Bolivia
Argentina
Congo
Brazil

Q.10

To clone back animals from extinction is maybe a way out to save some species, but to many people this is ethically wrong. In 2003 scientists manadged to clone an extinc animal for the first time. Which species?

Dodo
Pyrenean ibex
Madagascan red owl
Tasmanian tiger

Q.11

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