Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 3. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 4. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  4. 7. An adult female of domestic cattle. (3)
  5. 8. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  6. 9. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  7. 10. Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood (5)
  8. 11. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)

Down

  1. 1. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color (4)
  2. 2. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  3. 3. Stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult (4)
  4. 5. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  5. 6. A creature of Teutonic mythology (6)
  6. 7. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  7. 8. Quacking water bird (4)
  8. 12. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (3)