Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
m o k y
Playful animal that swings through trees
2.
w l f
Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt
3.
c e e t h
Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws
4.
l o n
A cut of meat taken from the side and back of an animal between the ribs and the rump
5.
h w k
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
6.
e e p n t
7.
t i e
Big cat with orange and black stripes
8.
j a g r
A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard
9.
p m a
Large American feline resembling a lion
10.
p n g u i
Short-legged flightless birds of cold southern especially Antarctic regions having webbed feet
11.
l e r d
12.
u r t e
Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
13.
e a g
A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
14.
a k e
Long legless reptile that slithers