NM Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural) (5)
  2. 6. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  3. 8. Animal you can ride that gallops (plural) (6)
  4. 11. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight (plural) (5)
  5. 12. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  6. 13. Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that ___ when shaken (11)
  7. 14. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  8. 15. Big cat known as king of the jungle (plural) (5)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  2. 2. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)
  3. 3. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)
  4. 4. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  5. 5. Insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying (plural) (7)
  6. 7. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (6)
  7. 9. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  8. 10. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns (plural) (5)