Zoo Freinds

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come (4)
  2. 2. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (3)
  4. 6. Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates (9)
  5. 8. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  6. 10. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws (6)
  7. 11. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  8. 13. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (plural) (6)
  9. 15. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)

Down

  1. 1. Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying (6)
  2. 3. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  3. 5. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles (6)
  4. 7. Fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet (7)
  5. 9. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America (5)
  6. 12. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  7. 14. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (3)