Wildlife Matching Crossword
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
 
 
Down: 1) Olive-yellow in color with a long tail and large hind feet. Tiny tuft of black hair at the tip of the tail.2) Uniformly dull brown except for a bi-colored tail that is yellowish below and brown above. Its feet are pale in color.3) Uniformly yellowish or reddish coat and a whitish belly. The tail is bushy.4) Has a brown coat in the summer and white coat in the winter. They are small, measuring 7-13 inches in length.5) Uniformly medium to dark brown on the upper parts, with slightly paler under parts. Fur is relatively long and silky in appearance.7) Has two seasonal coats; a reddish tan spring and/or summer coat and a grayish winter coat.9) An adult is about the size of a house cat, with coarse, grizzled, grayish fur.11) Dark brown in color with a silvery to slightly buffy or dark gray belly and bi-colored tail. The fur is long and soft.15) A slender animal, very similar in appearance to a medium-sized dog and much smaller than a wolf.17) Has a long narrow body with a bushy tail. Fur is usually rich chocolate brown, but can look almost black.18) Most commonly a rusty-red or reddish yellow color from its face down its back and sides. Its undersides, throat area, and cheeks are white. Across: 6) The coat color varies to include light gray, yellowish brown, buff, brown, and reddish brown. The ear tufts are short and the tail is bobbed.8) Highly adapted for swimming, with a long tapered body and short, dense fur. Their large feet are completely webbed. The tail is flattened and muscular.10) Brownish gray upper parts and a grayish belly. Its tail is extremely short and its ears are nearly concealed by hair.12) Gray or black in color with a pale gray underneath. 4-6 rings of black on tail.13) Looks much like the Eastern mole, except it is smaller and has a distinctly hairy tail.14) Appears in a rangle of color phases that include black, chocolate brown, cinnamon brown, blue-black, and even white.16) Tiny animal with a pointed nose and narrow head. The hair is gray brown to gray with a lighter colored underbelly.19) A stocky animal with a white stripe that extends back over the head from the nose.20) Hair is long and black, with a broad patch of white on its head and shoulders. Two white lines forming a V from the shoulder area may extend part way or all of the way to the base of the bushy tail.
 

 

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