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