Animals Animals Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  2. 4. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (6)
  3. 8. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  4. 9. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  5. 11. Tallest living quadruped (7)
  6. 12. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  7. 14. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  8. 15. Black birds having a raucous call (4)

Down

  1. 1. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  2. 2. A very large person (5)
  3. 5. Adult male chicken (7)
  4. 6. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse. (3)
  5. 7. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  6. 9. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  7. 10. Young domestic cat (6)
  8. 13. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)