Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  2. 4. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  3. 5. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  4. 7. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  5. 8. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking (5)
  6. 11. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  7. 12. Large hare of western North America (10)
  8. 14. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  9. 15. Nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites (8)

Down

  1. 2. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  2. 3. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)
  3. 6. A large white-furred mammal native to the Arctic. (9)
  4. 9. Small lynx of North America (6)
  5. 10. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  6. 13. Someone who works during a strike (plural) (4)