Q 01/05

What is the scientific name of the gray wolf?

A) Canis lupus

B) Canis latrans

C) Canis aureus

D) Vulpes vulpes

Answer · why

A) Canis lupus

Canis lupus. Dozens of subspecies have been described, and one widely cited classification, disputed by some taxonomists, counts the dingo and the dom...

Q 02/05

The wolf is the largest living wild member of which animal family?

A) Felidae

B) Canidae

C) Ursidae

D) Mustelidae

Answer · why

B) Canidae

Canidae. Of the dog family's roughly 40 wild species the wolf is the heavyweight, and that bulk goes with its speciality: tackling large prey as a tea...

Q 03/05

Wolves often join in a chorus of howls just before they do what?

A) Settle down to sleep

B) Feed their pups

C) Set off on a hunt

D) Cross a river

Answer · why

C) Set off on a hunt

Set off on a hunt. The group howl rallies the pack, and the same call warns neighbouring wolves to keep away and helps separated members find each oth...

Q 04/05

A wild wolf pack is, at its core, what kind of group?

A) Unrelated males who joined up

B) Females and pups only

C) Wolves that met at a kill

D) A mated pair and their offspring

Answer · why

D) A mated pair and their offspring

A mated pair and their offspring. The young stay a year or two, sometimes longer, before leaving to found packs of their own, so a pack is a family, n...

Q 05/05

To save body heat in bitter cold, wolves let which part of the body cool to just above freezing?

A) Their ear tips

B) Their noses

C) Their tails

D) Their footpads

Answer · why

D) Their footpads

Their footpads. Blood flow to the pads is controlled separately from the rest of the body, so they stay just warm enough not to freeze while losing as...