Mammals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 5. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair (plural) (7)
  2. 6. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia (5)
  3. 8. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (plural) (5)
  4. 10. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  5. 13. At risk of becoming extinct. (10)
  6. 14. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  7. 15. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (plural) (8)

Down

  1. 1. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  2. 2. Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger (6)
  3. 3. Mammals of which the females have a pouch containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (9)
  4. 4. Big cat with orange and black stripes (plural) (6)
  5. 7. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)
  6. 9. The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for (8)
  7. 11. Any animal that lives by preying on other animals (8)
  8. 12. Any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants (9)
  9. 16. Animal hunted or caught for food (4)