Dear Readers, today’s quiz is all about precision. We might know that an animal is a bear, for example, but what kind of bear? And how do you tell the difference between a white and a black rhino. Thinking caps on, folks.

All you need to do is match the photo to the species and pop them in the comments. As usual, write them down first if you don’t want to be influenced by speedy people. Answers will be posted next Friday, so if you want to be marked get your answers in by 5 p.m. UK time on Thursday 17th December.

So, if you think the animal in the first picture is a cheetah, your answer is 1)A.

Is this

A) A cheetah

B) A leopard

C) A jaguar

D) A serval

Is this:

A) A sun bear

B) A sloth bear

C) A spectacled bear

D) A black bear?

Is this:

A) A white rhinoceros

B) A Sumatran rhinoceros

C) A black rhinoceros

D) An Indian rhinoceros?

Are these:

A) Ostriches

B) Emus

C) Rheas

D) Cassowaries?

Is this handsome bird

A) A king penguin

B) An emperor penguin

C) A Humboldt penguin

D) A gentoo penguin?

Is this handsome critter

A) A Lady Amherst’s pheasant?

B) A Mountain peacock?

C) A Himalayan monal?

D) A quetzalcoatl?

Is this splendid chap

A) A bearded vulture (lammergeier)

B) A king vulture

C) An Andean condor

D) A red kite?

Is this

A) A dhole

B) A maned wolf

C) A Tibetan wolf

D) An Ethiopian red wolf?

Is this little dude

A) A mouse lemur

B) A potto

C) A tarsier

D) A pygmy marmoset?

And finally, what creature is this?

A) A log lizard

B) A giant newt

C) A hellbender

D) A protocambrian gecko.