Natural History: Uniques

Q: What is the only ... ?		A:
Animal apart from man that suffers from leprosy		Armadillo
Native European monkey		Barbary ape
Order of mammals that can truly fly		Bats (chiroptera)
Animal where the female has antlers		Caribou or reindeer
Flightless Australian bird, apart from the Emu		Cassowary
Big cat that cannot fully retract its claws		Cheetah
Wild animal with four horns (Indian antelope)		Chousingha
Reptile found wild in Ireland		Common lizard
Mammal that can't jump		Elephant
Mammal that can kneel on all fours		Elephant
Flat freshwater fish to be found in Europe		Flounder
Two British birds where the female lays only one egg per year		Fulmar, guillemot
European mammal with a fully prehensile tail		Harvest mouse
Animal that produces its own natural suntan lotion		Hippopotamus
Bird that can fly backwards		Hummingbird
Bird with nostrils at the end of its bill – said to have the best sense of smell, which it uses to hunt for insects and worms underground		Kiwi
Animal apart from the great apes (humans, gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos) that has fingerprints		Koala
European conifer that is deciduous (originates in the Alps and Carpathians)		Larch
European wild cat, apart from the European wildcat		Lynx
Sea–going lizard (native to the Galapagos Islands)		Marine iguana
The durukuli or douroucouli is the only nocturnal genus of		Monkeys
Member of the giraffe family (Giraffidae), apart from the giraffe itself: lives only in the DR Congo, at altitudes between 500 and 1500 metres, and was unknown in the western world until the early 20th century		Okapi
Marsupial found in the Americas		Opossum
Bird that has only two toes on each foot		Ostrich
Bird that can swim but not fly		Penguin
Animal apart from man that suffers from sunburn		Pig
Mammal that lays eggs and is venomous (echidnas also lay eggs; venomous mammals are rare, but there are others)		Platypus
Bird that hibernates (often said to be)		Common poorwill
Bird that's unique to Great Britain		Scottish crossbill
Animal where the male carries and gives birth to young		Seahorse
Fish with a prehensile tail		Seahorse
Native British duck where male and female have same colouring		Sheld duck
Lizards native to Britain: common lizard, sand lizard and		Slow worm

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Natural History: Uniques