Animals and Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  2. 5. Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America (5)
  3. 6. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  4. 10. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  5. 11. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  6. 12. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  7. 13. A large white-furred mammal native to the Arctic. (9)
  8. 15. An adult female of domestic cattle. (3)

Down

  1. 1. A domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement (plural) (4)
  2. 2. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  3. 3. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  4. 4. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  5. 7. Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long (8)
  6. 8. Living things like dogs and birds (7)
  7. 9. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  8. 14. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)