Animals

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail (3)
  2. 3. Animal you can ride that gallops (5)
  3. 5. Long legless reptile that slithers (5)
  4. 6. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter (4)
  5. 7. Long-eared animal related to the horse (6)
  6. 10. Farm bird that lays eggs (7)
  7. 12. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa (5)
  8. 15. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans (8)

Down

  1. 1. Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills (4)
  2. 2. Playful animal that swings through trees (6)
  3. 4. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (4)
  4. 8. Huge gray animal with a trunk (8)
  5. 9. Woolly farm animal that says baa (5)
  6. 11. Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster (3)
  7. 13. Big cat known as king of the jungle (4)
  8. 14. Quacking water bird (4)