Zoo
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. gecko
A. Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
2. emu
B. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong
3. egret
C. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar
4. python
D. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
5. camel
E. Large Old World boas
6. macaw
F. Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
7. monkey
G. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
8. seal
H. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
9. eagle
I. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm
10. lizard
J. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
11. bird
K. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards
12. turtle
L. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
13. wallaby
M. Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of ___
14. tenrec
N. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
15. flamingo
O. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
16. cockroach
P. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
17. tarantula
Q. Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
18. meerkat
R. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
19. marmoset
S. Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America
20. frogmouth
T. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
21. goat
U. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America
22. sloth
V. Playful animal that swings through trees