Amazing Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  2. 4. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  3. 5. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  4. 7. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes (7)
  5. 9. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  6. 10. A city in northern Mexico in the state of ___ (9)
  7. 11. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (6)
  8. 12. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  9. 13. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)

Down

  1. 1. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  2. 2. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)
  3. 4. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  4. 6. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  5. 8. The soft brown fur of the ___ (6)
  6. 11. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  7. 12. Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" (plural) (4)