Noisy Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion (5)
  2. 4. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural) (5)
  3. 6. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  4. 8. Adult male chicken (7)
  5. 9. Huge gray animal with a trunk (plural) (9)
  6. 10. Quacking water bird (plural) (5)
  7. 13. Playful animal that swings through trees (plural) (7)

Down

  1. 1. Usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic (plural) (7)
  2. 3. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  3. 5. Animal you can ride that gallops (plural) (6)
  4. 7. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  5. 11. Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" (plural) (4)
  6. 12. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (plural) (5)
  7. 14. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)