Quiz - Test Your Animal Species Knowledge: How Well Do You Know?

Flying squirrels are able to glide from one tree to another with the aid of a patagium, a furred wingsuit-like skin membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle. Their long tails also provide stability as they glide. Also, they are able to steer and exert control over their glide path with their limbs and tail.

The Amazon river dolphin, also known as the pink river dolphin or boto, lives only in freshwater. It is found throughout much of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species. The largest confirmed individual had a length of 18.8 m (61.7 ft).

The Leatherback turtle holds the title of being the largest species of sea turtle and is known for its distinctive ridged shell. Unfortunately, it is also classified as critically endangered, facing significant threats to its survival. These gentle giants are known for their incredible size, unique appearance, and their role in marine ecosystems. Efforts to protect and conserve leatherback turtles are essential to ensure their survival and maintain the balance of oceanic ecosystems.

Emperor penguin are the biggest of the 18 species of penguin found today, and one of the largest of all birds. They are approximately 120cm tall (about the height of a six year old child) and weigh in at around 40 kg, though their weight does fluctuate dramatically throughout the year.

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the largest rodent in the world! Native to South America, you can find capybaras scampering by the edges of mucky marshes, swimming through jungle ponds, and snacking in flooded grasslands.The largest species of rodent is the Capybara, which is native to South America. Capybaras are known for their semi-aquatic habits and their distinctive large, orange teeth. These social animals are often seen near bodies of water and are known for their friendly and gentle nature, making them a unique and fascinating species in the animal kingdom.

The bird species native to the Galápagos Islands that played a significant role in Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is Darwin's finches. These finches are known for their diverse beak shapes, which allowed them to adapt to different food sources on the islands. Darwin's observations of these finches contributed to his understanding of how species could adapt and evolve over time in response to their environments, a key component of his theory of evolution.

The leatherback sea turtle is the largest turtle in the world. They are the only species of sea turtle that lack scales and a hard shell. They are named for their tough rubbery skin and have existed in their current form since the age of the dinosaurs.

The smallest mammal in the world is the bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), also known as Kitti's hog-nosed bat. It is found in western Thailand and southeast Myanmar. Bumblebee bats weigh only about 1.5 to 2 grams (0.05 to 0.07 ounces) and are about 29 to 33 millimeters (1.1 to 1.3 inches) in length.

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera. It has a pale yellowish to dark golden fur with dark spots grouped in rosettes.

The pygmy mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world. Its head and body are less than two and a half inches long, though its tail is a bit more than twice that length. These threatened nocturnal lemurs live in the dry forests of western Madagascar and rarely leave the forests' trees.

The Kakapo, sometimes known as the owl parrot, is a species of large, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrots of the super-family Strigopoidea. It is endemic to New Zealand. Kakapo can be up to 64 cm (25 in) long. They have a combination of unique traits among parrots: finely blotched yellow-green plumage, a distinct facial disc, owl-style forward-facing eyes with surrounding discs of specially-textured feathers, a large grey beak, short legs, large blue feet, relatively short wings and a short tail. It is the world's only flightless parrot, the world's heaviest parrot, and also is nocturnal, herbivorous, visibly sexually dimorphic in body size, has a low basal metabolic rate, and does not have male parental care. 

Poison frogs are known for their beautiful colors, and amphibians that have toxic skin secretions tend to have bright warning colors or patterns. It is theorized that these colors function as a visual warning, a learned response on the part of the predator.