Animals (3)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 5. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  3. 6. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long (8)
  4. 8. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  5. 11. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  6. 12. Young bird especially of domestic fowl (5)
  7. 13. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (5)

Down

  1. 1. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  2. 2. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  3. 3. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  4. 7. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (6)
  5. 9. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  6. 10. Quacking water bird (4)
  7. 12. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)