Download Q3: Dichotomous key

Dichotomous key (courtesy of Elliott Cannell)
Vietnam is located at the centre of one of the world's most exciting natural wildlife hotspots. Scientists estimate that
over 1,000 new species have been discovered in the region over the past decade alone. To help identify the scientific
names of some of the latest animals found to live in Vietnam, scientists constructed a dichotomous key shown below.
Question 1: Does it have four legs?
Yes... go to question 2
No... go to question 5
Question 4: Does it have two sharp horns?
Yes... Pseudoryx nghetinhensis
No... Rhacophorus nigropalmatus
Question 2: Does it have a long, thin tail?
Yes... go to question 3
No... go to question 4
Question 5: Does it have feathers?
Yes... Stachyris nonggangensis
No... Glyptothorax strabonis
Question 3: Is its body covered with fur?
Yes... Crocidura phanluongi
No... Cyrtodactylus phongnhakebangensis
Native to Phu Quoc island, this
rare species of rodent was first
discovered in 2008.
Scientific Name:
_____________
A species of 'flying frog' first
discovered living close to forest
streams in Vietnam's central
highlands in 2008.
Scientific Name:
_____________
First spotted in southern China in
2005, the Nonggang Babbler also
inhabits parts of northern Vietnam.
Scientific Name:
_____________
One of the world's rarest mammals,
the Saola is a forest-dwelling deer
found only in Vietnam (Vu Quang
Nature Reserve) and in Laos. First
discovered in 1992.
Scientific Name:
_____________
Native to Phong Nha-Ke Bang
National Park, Vietnam, this
gecko was first discovered by
scientists in 2002.
Scientific Name:
____________
First found living in fast flowing
hill streams of Central Vietnam
in 2008, by three scientists
based at Michigan, Singapore
and Berlin.
Scientific Name:
____________