August Animal Awareness

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Across
  1. 1. One of the most recognizable traits of an adult male lion
  2. 3. Along with forest, one of two living species of African elephant
  3. 5. All lions develop a dark tuft of fur on its end
  4. 9. Quality of an appendage/organ that has adapted for grasping/holding
  5. 10. Animal that is primarily active near twilight hours
  6. 12. The only population of lions outside of Africa is here
  7. 13. IUCN classification for the clouded leopard since 2008
  8. 14. Long, pointy teeth of some mammals...clouded leopards by body size have the longest
  9. 15. Number of finger-like processes on end of African elephant trunk
Down
  1. 2. Unlike most Great Apes, orangutans are relatively this, spending much of their time in trees
  2. 4. An animal with a diet of more than 70% meat
  3. 5. Deciduous teeth from which African elephant tusks grow/develop
  4. 6. African elephant genus which loosely means "lozenge teeth"
  5. 7. Not only thumbs, an orangutan's big toes are this too
  6. 8. The most recently (2017) identified species of living orangutan
  7. 11. Not often seen with others, orangutans are more this than other Great Apes