Pets
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
1.
F
R
R
E
Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States
2.
H
A
K
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
3.
E
L
E
A former gold coin in the United States worth 10 dollars
4.
D
E
E
Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
7.
M
E
R
K
A
A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
8.
B
E
A
Large furry animal that hibernates in winter
9.
B
D
G
E
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws
11.
B
A
O
N
Large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
12.
C
A
L
Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
13.
C
I
M
P
N
Z
E
Intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests
14.
C
H
E
T
H
Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws
15.
C
C
K
E
N
Farm bird that lays eggs
16.
C
C
O
D
L
E
Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body
17.
D
O
L
P
H
Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas
18.
S
H
A
Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough
19.
D
K
E
Y
Long-eared animal related to the horse
20.
F
A
C
O
Diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight