Guess the Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A very large person (5)
  2. 6. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles (6)
  3. 8. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (12)
  4. 9. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  5. 11. A South African gazelle noted for ___ lightly into the air (9)
  6. 13. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)
  7. 15. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia (8)
  8. 16. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits (9)

Down

  1. 2. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion (5)
  2. 3. Uncastrated adult male horse (8)
  3. 4. Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails (8)
  4. 5. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)
  5. 7. A native or resident of Michigan (9)
  6. 10. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  7. 12. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (9)
  8. 14. Small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish (7)