Animals

1. Small, delicate pigeon, usually white and associated with love and peace (4)
4. Spotted cat, fastest land animal (7)
9. Largest living land animal (8)
12. Domesticated small animal, bigger than a hamster (6,3)
13. Antlered deer associated with Christmas (8)
14. Small antelope with curved horns found in Africa (7)
15. Offspring of a horse and a donkey (4)
16. Sociable and intelligent sea mammal (7)
18. Primate that lives in trees with long tails (6)
22. "laughing" carnivore in Africa (5)
23. Burrowing herbivorous mammal with white tail, long ears and buck teeth (6)
24. Desert humped mammal (5)

2. Flightless, long necked bird. Largest living bird (7)
3. Small southern African mongoose, lives underground and very sociable (7)
4. Clawed crustacean, dwells on seabed and on shores (4)
5. Tree dwelling rodent, feeds on nuts and seeds (8)
6. Flying insect, usually beautifully coloured wings (9)
7. Large semiaquatic reptile, similar to a crocodile (9)
8. Horned plant eating mammal, seen as dangerous and endangered from Africa (9)
10. First animal in the dictionary, Feeds on ants and termites (8)
11. Spiked mammal, curls into a ball when attacked (8)
17. Black and white flightless seabird (7)
19. Large bird of pray, comes in many species such as golden, bald and little (5)
20. Typically white long necked water bird, can be mute (4)
21. Black and white bear (5)