Small Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A young male horse under the age of four (4)
  2. 3. English essayist (4)
  3. 6. Reddish brown North American marmot (9)
  4. 8. An inexperienced young person (5)
  5. 9. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (6)
  6. 10. Stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern (6)
  7. 11. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  8. 13. Young domestic cat (6)
  9. 14. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color (4)

Down

  1. 1. Young of domestic cattle (4)
  2. 2. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (8)
  3. 4. The ___ weight of a substance expressed in grams (4)
  4. 5. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia (8)
  5. 7. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  6. 8. An intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped (6)
  7. 12. Small mouselike mammal with a long snout (5)