Zoo
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. gecko
A. Cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions
2. emu
B. Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos
3. egret
C. Small soft-furred South American and Central American monkey with claws instead of nails
4. python
D. Relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail
5. camel
E. Large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill
6. macaw
F. Any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season
7. monkey
G. Any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns
8. seal
H. Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong
9. eagle
I. Playful animal that swings through trees
10. lizard
J. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
11. bird
K. Large Old World boas
12. turtle
L. A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes
13. wallaby
M. Long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America
14. tenrec
N. Insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth
15. flamingo
O. Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
16. cockroach
P. Fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm
17. tarantula
Q. Large southern European spider once thought to be the cause of ___
18. meerkat
R. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
19. marmoset
S. Any of various small chiefly tropical and usually nocturnal insectivorous terrestrial lizards
20. frogmouth
T. Any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America
21. goat
U. Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
22. sloth
V. Small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar