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