Nocturnal Animals
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching item on the line next to each number.
1. Raccoon
A. Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans
2. Opossum
B. Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects
3. Mosquito
C. The fur of the North American racoon
4. Firefly
D. Small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
5. Hamster
E. Short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
6. Cockroach
F. Leaping insect
7. Bat
G. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled
8. Owl
H. Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical
9. Cricket
I. Largest North American frog
10. Bullfrog
J. Nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs
11. Skunk
K. Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes