Animal

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (5)
  2. 4. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  3. 6. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (3)
  4. 7. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  5. 8. A creature of Teutonic mythology (plural) (7)
  6. 9. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)

Down

  1. 1. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  2. 3. The facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition (3)
  3. 5. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (3)
  4. 7. Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America (7)