Animals and Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  2. 4. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  3. 5. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (3)
  4. 7. Domestic swine (3)
  5. 10. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)
  6. 11. Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns (5)
  7. 12. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)

Down

  1. 1. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  2. 2. Web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic (5)
  3. 6. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  4. 7. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (6)
  5. 8. Breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog (5)
  6. 9. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)