Land Animals Lesson 5 Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a term used to refer to many male animals, including male kangaroos
  2. 3. rat-sized macropods that have prehensile tails
  3. 5. The only North American marsupial.
  4. 9. All the animals in this order have two front teeth that stink almost straight out from their lower jaw.
  5. 10. These blind marsupials have for-claws that look like miniature spades.
  6. 13. The Australian name given to the mostly tree-dwelling marsupials of the land.
  7. 14. this describes mammals in which the baby develops inside its mother and gets everything it needs from her
  8. 15. Kangaroos form these large groups
  9. 16. This marsupial looks like a rat and lives alone, building its nest in shallow holes in the ground
  10. 18. marsupial babies
  11. 19. What the American version of a possum is called
  12. 21. This possum has fur on its tail.
  13. 25. many scientists put all marsupials into this single order
  14. 26. these animals have the appearance of extremely furry pigs
  15. 27. This fierce flesh-eater was once common in Australia, but it went extinct in the 1930's
Down
  1. 2. As pecies of possum that eats sugar, glides through the air and can be lured to feeding places.
  2. 4. Special milk a mother kangaroo makes
  3. 6. These "rat kangaroos" are becoming endangered in Australia.
  4. 7. Animals with round, fuzzy ears. They stay up in trees, rarely coming down to the ground.
  5. 8. What the koala eats
  6. 11. One of the two possums that are considered Australian pests, moving into attics and awakening sleepers with their raucous sounds.
  7. 12. Its name means "big foot." A kangaroo is considered one of these
  8. 17. A term used to refer to many female animals, including female kangaroos
  9. 20. Joeys develop and find protection inside this special pouch
  10. 22. Animals that look like kangaroos but are smaller in size
  11. 23. Wombat - shaped animals
  12. 24. A wombat-looking creature with jet-black fur. The name of its genus means "flesh lover," and it produces terrifying screams when defending its food.
  13. 25. Its name means "little mountain monkey," and it lives in the mountains of Chile and Argentia.