Nocturnal Animals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Draw a line from each item on the left to its match on the right.
1. Raccoon
A. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled
2. Opossum
B. Largest North American frog
3. Mosquito
C. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans
4. Firefly
D. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
5. Hamster
E. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical
6. Cockroach
F. Leaping insect
7. Bat
G. Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
8. Owl
H. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
9. Cricket
I. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
10. Bullfrog
J. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
11. Skunk
K. The fur of the North American racoon