Across
- 2. A long-haired, short-legged oxlike mammal that was probably domesticated in Tibet
- 6. Bear species, endemic to China who eat a lot of bamboo and practice Kung Fu.
- 8. Lives year round in the artic waters around Greenland, Russia and Canada
- 11. Large semiaquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.
- 12. Paedomorphic salamander related to Tiger Salamander
- 15. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil.
- 17. Predatory arachnids who have a sting in their tail
- 18. Fastest land mammal
- 20. Timon, in the Lion King is one of these.
- 21. Famed scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other African predators.
- 23. I'm not sure if they are white with black stripes or black with white stripes
- 26. A constrictors, who kills their prey by wrapping around it and suffocating it.
- 27. Bengal, siberian or sumatran - what type was Shere Khan?
- 28. One of the world's oldest was killed in Kenya a fortnight ago - as per the BBC
- 30. Melman is one of these in Madagascar
- 31. The offspring of a male donkey and female horse
Down
- 1. Social birds that live in colonies and predominantly stand on one leg
- 3. An even-toed mammal bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back.
- 4. Large marsupial, carries their young in a special pouch
- 5. Largest living primates who are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling
- 7. Voted the World's Ugliest animal in 2013 this marine creature lives between 2000 and 4000 feet beneath sea level
- 9. An animal whose speech has been questioned for years. Also an American News station.
- 10. Man's best friend
- 13. A large, semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa whose name comes from the Greek for “river horse”
- 14. A hypercarnivorous species of bear living largely within the Arctic Circle.
- 16. Likes to chase mice, especially if feline hungry
- 19. Has a trunk, which they love to pack before going to the circus
- 22. Alcedo atthis, this typically blue and yellow bird is royalty alongside someone who hunts sealife
- 24. Flying mammal
- 25. A slender antelope with long legs and neck. Also the name given to someone who plays rugby for South Africa.
- 29. A group of aquatic flightless birds who live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere
