Australian Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with grey furry ears and coat (5)
  2. 6. Burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger (6)
  3. 8. Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry (10)
  4. 9. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful (8)
  5. 11. Long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call (6)
  6. 12. Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia (5)
  7. 13. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller (3)

Down

  1. 1. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails (6)
  2. 3. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region (8)
  3. 4. Large voracious aquatic reptile having a long snout with massive jaws and sharp teeth and a body (9)
  4. 5. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail (8)
  5. 6. Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos (7)
  6. 7. A burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants (7)
  7. 10. Bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit (5)