Amazing Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A burrowing ground squirrel of western America and Asia (8)
  2. 5. A large white-furred mammal native to the Arctic. (9)
  3. 7. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (6)
  4. 8. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  5. 9. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking (5)
  6. 13. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)
  7. 14. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  8. 15. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  9. 16. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)

Down

  1. 1. Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male (5)
  2. 3. Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur (9)
  3. 4. Young domestic cat (6)
  4. 6. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  5. 10. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long (8)
  6. 11. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots (7)
  7. 12. Long-eared animal that hops (6)