Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  2. 4. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  3. 5. Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight (6)
  4. 6. Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws (6)
  5. 8. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws (7)
  6. 9. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  7. 10. Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests (10)
  8. 11. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)

Down

  1. 1. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (3)
  2. 2. A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars (5)
  3. 4. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles (6)
  4. 5. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)
  5. 7. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  6. 8. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  7. 11. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  8. 12. Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail (4)