African Animals Word Search

Words in the African Animals word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

lion

Big cat that lives in prides; males grow manes.

elephant

Largest land animal, with a trunk and big flapping ears.

giraffe

Tallest animal, browsing leaves with a long dark tongue.

zebra

Striped horse relative; every stripe pattern is slightly different.

hippo

Heavy river grazer that spends hot days in water.

rhino

Thick-skinned grazer with one or two horns of keratin.

cheetah

Fastest land animal over short distances, built for sprinting.

monkey

Agile primate; vervets and colobus are common in Africa.

crocodile

The Nile crocodile is Africa's largest freshwater reptile hunter.

ostrich

Tallest and heaviest bird, laying the largest eggs of any.

gorilla

Mountain and lowland gorillas both live in African forests.

hyena

Clan-living hunter known for its whooping call at night.

leopard

Secretive spotted cat that hauls its prey into trees.

baboon

Ground-living monkey with a dog-like face and strong jaws.

meerkat

Lives in groups; one stands guard while the others dig.

warthog

Wild pig that kneels to graze and backs into burrows.

gazelle

Slender antelope that bounces stiff-legged to warn the herd.

buffalo

Heavy horned grazer that stays in large protective herds.

wildebeest

Grazer that migrates in vast herds across the Serengeti.

mongoose

Quick small hunter that will take on venomous snakes.

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