Wild Animals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. tiger
A. Striped African relative of the horse
2. rabbit
B. Quacking water bird
3. elephant
C. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
4. cheetah
D. Big cat known as king of the jungle
5. duck
E. Big cat with orange and black stripes
6. lion
F. Large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots
7. frog
G. Animal you can ride that gallops
8. flamingo
H. Tallest living quadruped
9. monkey
I. Long-eared animal that hops
10. leopard
J. Huge gray animal with a trunk
11. hippo
K. Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping
12. gorilla
L. Domestic swine
13. bear
M. Playful animal that swings through trees
14. horse
N. Long-legged spotted cat of Africa and southwestern Asia having nonretractile claws
15. panda
O. Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer
16. yak
P. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
17. pig
Q. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical
18. kangaroo
R. Largest anthropoid ape
19. mouse
S. Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet
20. zebra
T. Large furry animal that hibernates in winter
21. camel
U. Large long-haired wild ox of Tibet often domesticated
22. bat
V. Massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa
23. giraffe
W. Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful