Q 01/05
A) Sus domesticus
B) Sus barbatus
C) Bos taurus
D) Ovis aries
Answer · why
Some authorities treat it instead as a subspecies of the Eurasian wild boar, which is where every domestic breed began.
Q 02/05
A) The Nile Delta
B) The Near East
C) The Indus Valley
D) Anatolia's Black Sea coast
Answer · why
When those herds later reached Europe they interbred heavily with local wild boar but kept their domesticated traits.
Q 03/05
A) 44
B) 32
C) 38
D) 26
Answer · why
The rear ones are built for crushing, and in males the canines keep growing into tusks that sharpen against each other.
Q 04/05
A) A cartilage ring alone
B) A special prenasal bone
C) Fused nasal muscles
D) A keratin plate
Answer · why
The snout is also an acute sense organ, which is why the animal can locate food buried well out of sight.
Q 05/05
A) To cool down by evaporation
B) To soften their bristles
C) To attract mates
D) To dislodge loose hooves
Answer · why
Their eccrine sweat glands are limited to the snout, and they are poor panters, so mud does the work skin cannot.
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