Animal Species
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
B
I
T
Long-eared animal that hops
2.
K
U
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
3.
J
G
A
A large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard
4.
L
G
T
R
Leather made from ___'s hide
5.
C
D
I
L
Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body
6.
F
R
Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
8.
S
E
Woolly farm animal that says baa
9.
G
A
A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
10.
B
R
Large furry animal that hibernates in winter
11.
G
E
Big cat with orange and black stripes
12.
P
O
I
E
Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
13.
A
R
I
L
Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
14.
O
P
A
Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
15.
I
P
O
T
A
M
Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
16.
O
W
Black birds having a raucous call
17.
G
E
A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
18.
A
T
E
Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
19.
G
D
F
S
Small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes