Panther

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Sharp piercing cry (plural) (7)
  2. 8. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  3. 9. One of the British colonies that formed the United States (13)
  4. 10. Large area covered with trees (6)
  5. 11. Largest continent on Earth (4)

Down

  1. 1. A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife (10)
  2. 2. A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico (7)
  3. 3. Confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners (8)
  4. 5. A terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (9)
  5. 6. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  6. 7. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals (8)