Animals of the Jungle

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (plural) (6)
  2. 5. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (plural) (7)
  3. 7. Striped African relative of the horse (plural) (6)
  4. 9. Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails (plural) (6)
  5. 10. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin (10)
  6. 12. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (plural) (10)
  7. 13. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (plural) (7)
  8. 14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  9. 15. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  10. 16. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles (6)

Down

  1. 1. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (plural) (7)
  2. 3. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (10)
  3. 4. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  4. 6. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  5. 8. Huge gray animal with a trunk (plural) (9)
  6. 11. Largest anthropoid ape (7)