Animal Homes

Animal Homes Beaver lodges. Prairie dog burrows. Rabbit warrens. Bee hives. These are all homes that animals build to protect themselves and their young from predators and the weather. In order for animals to survive, they need food, water, and a safe place to live and raise their young.

Using the following animal internet sites, match each animal to the kind of home in which it lives.

Each of the animals in the table below lives in one of these kinds of homes. Write the 10 kinds of homes on a piece of paper. Select 15 of the 30 animals from the table below and write it beside the home in which it lives.

Burrow
Water
Nest
Tree
Thicket
Rock crevices or openings
Cave
Den
Hollow log or hollow stump
Shallow indentation in the ground

Platypus	Nine-banded Armadillo	Chinchilla
Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "Australia" and then click on "Flying fox".	Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "South America" and then click on "Tamandua".	Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "Antarctica" and then click on "Albatross".
Mink	Snowshoe Rabbit	Chimpanzee
Warthogs	Lynx	Hawk Owl
Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "Australia" and then click on "Platypus".	Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "Oceans" and then click on "Stingray".	Kratt's Creatures From this page, click on "North America" and then click on "Prairie dog".
Wombat	Squirrel Monkey	Bobcat
Egyptian Fruit Bat	Grizzly Bears	West African Dwarf Crocodile
Sidewinder	Sun Bear	Koala
Bald Eagle	Polar Bear	Dingo
Cactus Wren	White-cheeked Gibbon	Round Island Day Gecko

Author: LINDA MOSBACKER - Email linda.mosbacker@slc.k12.ut.us