Find Those Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  2. 3. The soft brown fur of the ___ (6)
  3. 6. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (4)
  4. 7. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  5. 10. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill (8)
  6. 13. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  7. 14. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (6)
  8. 15. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia (4)

Down

  1. 1. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  2. 4. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  3. 5. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  4. 8. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  5. 9. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  6. 11. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  7. 12. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)