Animals (2)

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  2. 4. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)
  3. 6. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (5)
  4. 9. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region (8)
  5. 10. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  6. 12. Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair (6)
  7. 14. Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species (3)
  8. 15. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)

Down

  1. 1. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  2. 2. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  3. 5. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  4. 7. Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class ___ including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards (7)
  5. 8. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  6. 10. A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit (5)
  7. 11. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  8. 13. Any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all (3)