My Favorite Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A creature of Teutonic mythology (6)
  2. 5. A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (5)
  3. 6. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  4. 9. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  5. 10. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (8)
  6. 13. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal (plural) (9)
  7. 15. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  8. 16. Climbing vine native to China (4)

Down

  1. 1. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (4)
  2. 2. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  3. 3. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  4. 7. Either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber (8)
  5. 8. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)
  6. 11. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  7. 12. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  8. 14. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)