Different animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)
  2. 3. Domestic swine (3)
  3. 5. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  4. 7. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  5. 8. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (7)
  6. 10. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (plural) (10)
  7. 13. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  8. 15. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)

Down

  1. 1. Black birds having a raucous call (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  3. 4. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  4. 6. Small lynx of North America (6)
  5. 9. Leather made from ___'s hide (9)
  6. 11. Animal you can ride that gallops (plural) (6)
  7. 12. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  8. 14. Large American feline resembling a lion (4)