North American Wildlife

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

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

1.
R a c o o
The fur of the North American racoon
2.
D e e
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
3.
B i g h r n h p
4.
O p o s m
Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
5.
P o c u p n
Relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
6.
W l f
Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt
7.
B i s
Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns
8.
M a t n
9.
B d e r
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws
10.
C y o t
A forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires
11.
C a i
12.
B o c a
Small lynx of North America
13.
M o o
Large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male
14.
S q u i r
A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
15.
C g a r
Large American feline resembling a lion
16.
L y n
Short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears
17.
B l d a l e
18.
A i g a t o
Leather made from ___'s hide
19.
S k k
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
20.
P r i e d g
21.
g i l y b e a
22.
A r m a d i
Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
23.
P r o g o r
24.
D l l h e e