Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  2. 5. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (3)
  3. 6. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  4. 8. The light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds (plural) (8)
  5. 10. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  6. 11. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (3)
  7. 12. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  8. 14. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs (4)

Down

  1. 1. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  2. 3. Quacking water bird (4)
  3. 4. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  4. 5. The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one (plural) (4)
  5. 7. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet (7)
  6. 9. An inexperienced young person (5)
  7. 12. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  8. 13. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)