Here are today’s questions. Answers will be published tomorrow. The theme will run from Mon-Thu.:

1. Found in Southeast Asia but given the Latin name Cuon alpinus, what canid that is commonly seen in Indian forests is known for its pack hunting?
2. Also called the Simien jackal because it is endemic to the Simien mountain range, what endangered wolf species specializes in hunting rodents?
3. What canid that is endemic to the temperate rainforests of Chile gets its name from the naturalist who first collected a specimen in 1834, and the Spanish word for fox?
4. The island fox is a small fox species that is endemic to the Channel islands, an archipelago off the coast of which US state?
5. [Theme: 1 of 4] Which charismatic animal’s species name was for several years believed to derive from the Persian word for ‘arrow’, an etymology suggested for a major Middle Eastern river as well?

Here are the answers to 2026: Week 20, Quiz 5:

1. Sriracha
2. Scorpion
3. Ed Sheeran, Heinz
4. Hot Ones
5. Naagin