This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Animals (General) has 18 clues. Answers range from 4 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
a cold-blooded, smooth-skinned vertebrae such as a frog or salamander that hatches from an egg with gills then transforms into an adult with air-breathing lungs
any action performed by a living thing; anything that an organism does involving an action or response to stimulation
the color and patterns of animals’ skin, feathers, or fur which makes them harder to see when in their natural surroundings
feeding on other animals; flesh-eating
a careful preservation and protection of something, especially planned management of a natural resource to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect
the methods or characteristics a living thing has to protect itself
the man-made habitat of an animal in captivity
in peril or danger of extinction as a species
the total conditions in which an organism exists (climate, terrain, food, light, presence of other living organisms)
plant or animal species that no longer exists
a place that contains all the nutrients, water, shelter, and resources that an individual needs to survive; the place in which an animal or plant normally eats, drinks, sleeps, and moves around
eating plants, leaves, and vegetation
a class of warm-blooded, usually hairy animals, that feed their young with milk secreted by the mammary glands of females
performing most actions (feeding, breeding, etc.) at night
feeding on a variety of different foodstuffs, both animal and vegetable
an animal which must hunt other animals for food
an animal which is hunted by other animals for food
the space within an animal’s habitat that it actively defends