Desert Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  2. 4. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards (5)
  3. 8. Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that ___ when shaken (11)
  4. 9. Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates (9)
  5. 10. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  6. 12. A person who is born while the sun is in ___ (8)
  7. 13. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong (plural) (6)
  8. 14. Large American feline resembling a lion (6)

Down

  1. 1. Agile grizzled Old World viverrine (8)
  2. 2. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  3. 3. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  4. 5. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (plural) (4)
  5. 6. Someone who attacks in search of booty (7)
  6. 7. Speedy largely terrestrial bird found from California and Mexico to Texas (10)
  7. 10. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions (5)
  8. 11. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia (5)