Endangered Species

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. To thwart the passage of (6)
  2. 4. A hard smooth ___ colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses (5)
  3. 7. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  4. 9. No longer in existence (7)
  5. 10. Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (3)
  6. 14. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (plural) (11)
  7. 15. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (7)
  8. 16. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)

Down

  1. 1. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  2. 2. Things we wear, like shirts and pants (7)
  3. 5. Something used to beautify (plural) (9)
  4. 6. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  5. 8. Someone who travels for pleasure (plural) (8)
  6. 11. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (plural) (7)
  7. 12. The type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs (7)
  8. 13. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)