Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns (5)
  2. 3. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  3. 6. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  4. 8. Uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle (plural) (5)
  5. 10. Hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse (4)
  6. 12. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  7. 14. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  2. 2. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  3. 3. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  4. 4. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  5. 5. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)
  6. 7. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (3)
  7. 9. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  8. 11. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking (5)
  9. 13. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)