Pets

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  2. 5. Typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (4)
  3. 7. A very large person (5)
  4. 8. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  5. 9. Furry pet that purrs and chases mice (3)
  6. 11. African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks (7)
  7. 12. Domestic swine (3)
  8. 14. Long-eared animal that hops (6)
  9. 15. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)

Down

  1. 1. A person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn (4)
  2. 2. A rapid escape (3)
  3. 3. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  4. 4. Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers (4)
  5. 6. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches (7)
  6. 10. Large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (7)
  7. 13. Small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping (6)