| PANDA | The red ___, nicknamed 'fire fox,' is a mammal found in the Himalayas and adjacent areas in East Asia |
| GOBI | Desert plateau in East Asi, Chiefly in Mongolia |
| BAT | The flying fox is a type of one |
| FIELD | General name for the surface either inside the track's perimeter or in adjacent areas where jumping and throwing events are held. (5) |
| BOVID | Zoologically, what is a mammal of the cattle family? (5) |
| NAVEL | If your pet is a mammal, you can bet your belly button that he has a ___ (though it can be difficult to find because it's hidden beneath fur) |
| LAWNS | Grassy, house-adjacent areas similar to yards |
| BRAHMAPUTRA | River that rises in the Himalayas and joins the Ganges at its delta on the Bay of Bengal (11) |
| JUMNA | River in N. India which rises in the Himalayas and flows to join the Ganges just below Prayagraj (5) |
| GANGES | River that rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal (6) |
| CHENAB | Tributary of the Indus River that originates in the Himalayas and flows through India's Jammu region into Pakistan's Punjab. (6) |
| BELUGA | Also called white whale, this small, toothed whale is found mainly in the coastal waters of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas but also in rivers and deep offshore waters. It has also been referred to |
| TIRICHMIR | The world's highest peak outside the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan (6,3) |
| HEDGEHOG | What small mammal, found in Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand, is covered in both hair and protective spines? (8) |
| HARPSEAL | Earless aquatic mammal found in the northernmost Atlantic and Arctic Oceans (4,4) |
| CASSOWARY | A large flightless bird with a head 'casque', inhabiting forests in North East Australia, New Guinea and adjacent islands (9) |
| ARGALI | Largest species of wild sheep, found in the Himalayas, Tibet, and East Asia (6) |
| GREYSEAL | Species of marine mammal found in the North Atlantic (4,4) |
| COATI | Mammal found in the Andean cloud forest |
| ALLIGATOR | Genus of saurian reptile, common in the lower Mississippi and adjacent lakes and marshes (9) |
