Animals colored black

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The ___ weight of a substance expressed in grams (4)
  2. 3. Black birds having a raucous call (4)
  3. 7. Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions (9)
  4. 8. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  5. 9. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet (7)
  6. 10. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (5)
  7. 11. Largest anthropoid ape (7)
  8. 12. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (10)
  9. 13. Social insect living in organized colonies (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (9)
  2. 4. Large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail (5)
  3. 5. Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is ___ or predominantly ___ (plural) (10)
  4. 6. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  5. 7. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (plural) (4)
  6. 8. An adult female of domestic cattle. (3)
  7. 9. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (7)