Endangered Species
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
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Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping (plural)
2.
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Sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America
3.
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Largest anthropoid ape (plural)
4.
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Massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin
5.
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Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws
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Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
8.
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Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (plural)
9.
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Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt
10.
E
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Huge gray animal with a trunk (plural)
11.
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a
Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm (plural)
12.
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Large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
14.
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s
Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (plural)