Q 01/05

How many species of bear are alive today?

A) Six

B) Ten

C) Eight

D) Twelve

Answer · why

C) Eight

Currently, there are eight recognized extant species of bears in the family Ursidae, including the American black bear, Asiatic black bear, brown bear...

Q 02/05

On which continent did the last native bear, the Atlas bear, go extinct around the 1870s?

A) Africa

B) Australia

C) South America

D) Europe

Answer · why

A) Africa

The Atlas bear, a brown bear subspecies, ranged across North Africa from Morocco to Libya; today the only bear south of the equator is the spectacled ...

Q 03/05

Which bear extends a 20–25 cm tongue to reach termites, ants and honey?

A) Sloth Bear

B) Sun Bear

C) Spectacled Bear

D) Giant Panda

Answer · why

B) Sun Bear

The sun bear has the longest tongue in the bear family, reaching 20–25 centimetres (7.8–9.8 inches) long when feeding, which it uses to extract termit...

Q 04/05

Bears are unique among carnivorans in lacking which feature?

A) Whiskers on the muzzle

B) External ear flaps

C) A tail

D) Sweat glands

Answer · why

A) Whiskers on the muzzle

Bears have no touch-sensitive whiskers, but they make up for it with a nose considered better than a dog's and possibly the best of any mammal.

Q 05/05

Which of the following is generally considered the smallest bear species?

A) Sun Bear

B) Asiatic Black Bear

C) Sloth Bear

D) Spectacled Bear

Answer · why

A) Sun Bear

The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is the smallest of all bear species, standing nearly 70 cm (28 in) at the shoulder and weighing 25–65 kg (55–143 lb...