Guess the Animal – Quiz
- POSTED ON: 11 Mar, 2017
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- POSTED BY: Swetha Soundararajan & Bhavya Venkatesh
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Did you know that every organism on earth has a scientific name? This name is a combination of its ‘genus’ and ‘species’ and it makes every type of organism unique and easy to identify.
The scientific name of humans is ‘Homo sapiens’. ‘Homo’ is the name of our genus and ‘sapiens’ is the name of our species.
Here is a quiz based on the scientific names of some animals. Can you identify the animals correctly?
Fun facts
A type of mushroom discovered in 2010 in Malaysia has been named after a popular cartoon character. The spongy mushroom was given the scientific name Spongiforma squarepantsii because scientists felt that it resembled Spongebob Squarepants.
A species of fly in the soldier fly family is considered to have the longest scientific name – Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides! Can you try reading it loud?