Animal Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural) (5)
  2. 3. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (plural) (4)
  3. 5. Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough (plural) (6)
  4. 7. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (plural) (8)
  5. 8. Furry pet that barks and wags its tail (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. A mammal with wings formed from its forelimbs. (3)
  2. 2. Long legless reptile that slithers (plural) (6)
  3. 4. Freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral (plural) (6)
  4. 6. Young domestic cat (plural) (7)