City Habitat Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The fur of the North American racoon (7)
  2. 7. A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail (8)
  3. 9. Wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs (6)
  4. 10. A game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players (7)
  5. 11. A long-tailed rodent, usually larger than a mouse. (3)
  6. 13. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping (11)
  7. 15. Quacking water bird (plural) (5)
  8. 16. Two-winged insects characterized by active flight (3)

Down

  1. 1. Long-tailed grey-and-white songbird of the southern United States able to mimic songs of other birds (11)
  2. 2. Black birds having a raucous call (plural) (5)
  3. 3. General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (plural) (4)
  4. 5. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  5. 6. Diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (9)
  6. 8. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil (9)
  7. 12. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (7)
  8. 14. Eight-legged creature that spins webs (plural) (7)