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Animal Blanks Crossword Puzzle

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The crossword clues list the partial names and/or brief descriptions of various animals. Fill in the blanks.
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      1. Sandhill ___ (Antigone canadensis), long-necked and leggy bird (5)
      4. ___ frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), SE Asian bird (5)
      7. Common vampire ___ (Desmodus rotundus), haematophagous mammal (3)
      8. Golden ___ (Mesocricetus auratus), common pet (7)
      9. ___ antshrike (Thamnophilus divisorius), bird discovered in western Brazil in 1996 (4)
      10. ___ kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), N. American perching fisher (6)
      13. ___ tiger, (Panthera tigris tigris), large Asian wild cat (6)
      14. Alaskan king ___ (Paralithodes camtschaticus), food species (4)
      17. Blackfin ___ (Chaenocephalus aceratus), found in Antarctic waters, lacks haemoglobin (7)
      19. ___ crawler (Grylloblatta campodeiformis), insect found on glaciers (3)
      20. Head ___ (Pediculus humanus capitis), wingless parasitic insect (5)
      21. ___'s tiger parrot (Psittacell spp.), species named after a German collector (5)

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      1. King ___ (Ophiophagus hannah), Asian snake (5)
      2. Ancient ___ (Herpsilochmus gentry), tropical Peruvian bird, one of 200 species in the family (7)
      3. ___ parrot (Psittacula eques), found on Mauritius (4)
      4. Black-footed ___ (Patella depressa), clinging marine snail (6)
      5. Ord's kangaroo ___ (Dipodomys ordii), bouncing around western N. America (3)
      6. Bony-___ assfish (Acanthonus armatus), a deep-sea species of cusk-eel (5)
      11. Eastern subterranean ___ (Reticulitermes flavipes), makes its presence felt in the US (7)
      12. ___ otter (Lontra felina), rare S. American member of the weasel family (6)
      13. ___ (Scophthalmus rhombus), flatfish in the turbot family (5)
      15. Gilt-head ___ (Sparus aurata), widely-farmed, prized in Mediterranean cooking (5)
      16. European ___ (Squalius cephalus), popular freshwater angling fish (4)
      18. ___ (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Australian flightless bird (3)