Animal Frenzy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria (5)
  2. 7. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  3. 8. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  4. 9. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (4)
  5. 10. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (3)
  6. 12. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail (6)
  7. 13. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  8. 15. Big cat with orange and black stripes (5)

Down

  1. 1. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  2. 3. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia (5)
  3. 4. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  4. 5. Striped African relative of the horse (5)
  5. 6. Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet (7)
  6. 11. A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard (6)
  7. 14. Social insect living in organized colonies (3)