Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  2. 4. Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles (6)
  3. 6. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  4. 7. African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks (7)
  5. 9. A device to help you walk on deep snow (8)
  6. 10. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  7. 13. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria (5)
  8. 14. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)

Down

  1. 1. Small gallinaceous game birds (5)
  2. 2. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  3. 4. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  4. 5. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  5. 8. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  6. 11. Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin (5)
  7. 12. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  8. 14. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)