Animals in the jungle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws (6)
  2. 7. Small lynx of North America (6)
  3. 8. A thin glossy fabric made of the wool of the Lama pacos (6)
  4. 9. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (10)
  5. 11. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  6. 13. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)
  7. 14. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long (8)
  8. 15. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)

Down

  1. 1. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion (5)
  2. 2. Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns (5)
  3. 3. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  4. 5. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  5. 6. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism (3)
  6. 8. Graceful Old World ruminant with long legs and horns directed upward and backward (8)
  7. 10. Small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes (7)
  8. 12. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (3)