Nocturnal Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs (7)
  2. 3. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled (5)
  3. 5. Nocturnal or crepuscular ___ (10)
  4. 7. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (8)
  5. 10. The fur of the North American racoon (7)
  6. 11. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  7. 12. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes (3)

Down

  1. 1. Leaping insect (7)
  2. 4. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects (9)
  3. 6. Largest North American frog (8)
  4. 8. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (7)
  5. 9. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (3)