Crossword for Animals and Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Domestic swine (3)
  2. 5. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 6. Swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs (4)
  4. 7. Stout-bodied nearly tailless domesticated cavy (plural) (10)
  5. 9. Someone who works during a strike (plural) (4)
  6. 12. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (plural) (8)

Down

  1. 1. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)
  2. 3. Long-eared animal that hops (plural) (7)
  3. 4. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  4. 7. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)
  5. 8. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (8)
  6. 10. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  7. 11. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)