Your Cuddly Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 2. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  3. 6. Young domestic cat (6)
  4. 7. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  5. 8. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse. (3)
  6. 9. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)

Down

  1. 1. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural) (5)
  2. 3. Long legless reptile that slithers (plural) (6)
  3. 4. A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit (5)
  4. 5. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  5. 7. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)