Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes (8)
  2. 4. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria (5)
  3. 7. Large arboreal boa of tropical South America (8)
  4. 8. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  5. 9. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  6. 10. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (5)
  7. 11. Striped African relative of the horse (5)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  2. 2. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  3. 5. Largest anthropoid ape (7)
  4. 6. A column of light (3)
  5. 10. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (6)