My favorite animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  2. 6. Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest (9)
  3. 7. Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt (4)
  4. 8. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  5. 11. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  6. 12. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  7. 14. A creature of Teutonic mythology (6)

Down

  1. 1. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes (7)
  2. 2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  3. 3. A young waitress in a nightclub whose costume includes the tail and ears of a rabbit (5)
  4. 5. A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (6)
  5. 6. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  6. 9. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet (5)
  7. 10. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  8. 12. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  9. 13. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)