Lab Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)
  2. 3. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer (5)
  3. 4. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse. (3)
  4. 8. An adult female of domestic cattle. (3)
  5. 9. Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates (9)
  6. 11. Any of numerous small pigeons (4)
  7. 12. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  8. 13. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States (6)
  9. 14. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming (6)

Down

  1. 1. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (6)
  2. 2. Wild or domesticated South American cud-chewing animal related to camels but smaller and lacking (5)
  3. 5. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  4. 6. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  5. 7. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  6. 10. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (7)
  7. 12. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)