Asia or Africa? quiz

Tap an answer. You can check your thinking on each animal's plate.

1. Big ears shaped like the map of Africa belong to which elephant?
   African bush elephantAsian elephantBothNeither
   African bush elephants have huge ears; Asian elephants have smaller, rounder ears. See the plate
2. How many finger-like tips does an Asian elephant's trunk have?
   OneTwoThreeNone
   Asian elephants have one finger on top; African elephants have two, top and bottom. See the plate
3. Which rhino has one horn and skin folds like armor plates?
   Greater one-horned rhinocerosWhite rhinocerosBlack rhinocerosSumatran rhinoceros
   The Indian (greater one-horned) rhino of India and Nepal. See the plate
4. Where do wild Asiatic lions live today?
   Gir Forest in IndiaKenyaChinaIran
   The 2025 census counted 891 lions in and around Gir, Gujarat. See the plate
5. Which continent has bears living wild?
   AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaBothNeither
   Asia has six bear species; there are no bears in sub-Saharan Africa today. See the plate
6. Hippos live wild in?
   AfricaAsiaBothNeither
   Hippos are African; tapirs fill a similar river-forest role in Asia. See the plate
7. Which big cat lives on both continents?
   LeopardSnow leopardTigerJaguar
   The leopard ranges across Africa and Asia. See the plate
8. Orangutans live in?
   Asia (Borneo and Sumatra)AfricaBothSouth America
   Gorillas, chimps and bonobos are African; orangutans and gibbons are Asian. See the plate
9. African elephants were split into two species by the IUCN in which year?
   1960202119992025
   In 2021 the IUCN assessed the savanna (bush) and forest elephants separately: endangered and critically endangered. See the plate
10. Why do Asia and Africa have different big mammals?
    Long separation, climate and habitat shaped each fauna, with ice-age land links letting some animals crossThey were planted by zoosAnimals choose by colorRandom luck
    Africa and Asia share a land link through Arabia, but deserts, forests and ice-age climate let lineages split and stay apart.