Mammals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" (plural) (4)
  2. 4. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  3. 6. Huge gray animal with a trunk (plural) (9)
  4. 12. Animal you can ride that gallops (plural) (6)
  5. 13. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  6. 14. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (plural) (8)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)
  2. 2. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  3. 3. Big cat known as king of the jungle (plural) (5)
  4. 5. The soft brown fur of the ___ (plural) (7)
  5. 7. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (plural) (9)
  6. 8. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (plural) (5)
  7. 9. Small lynx of North America (plural) (7)
  8. 10. Small wolf native to western North America (plural) (7)
  9. 11. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (plural) (5)