Pets Culture

Choose the most appropriate name for each of the dogs pictured.

a

b

c

d

e

Sol

Canela

Manchas

Chispa

Pelusa

Choose the most appropriate name for each of the cats pictured.

a

b

c

d

e

Chispa

Sol

Manchas

Pelusa

Canela

Match each of the animals pictured below with it's name.

• Tegu

• 
• Axolotl

• 
• Cuy

• 
• Capybara

• 
• Guanaco

• 

Match each of the animals pictured below with it's name.

• Xoloitzcuintli

• 
• Guanaco

• 
• Tegu

• 
• Dogo

• 
• Capybara

• 

Place each culture fact with the correct animal.

Groups:

(a) Dogo

,

(b) Axolotl

,

(c) Xoloitzcuintli

,

(d) Cuy

• Dog breed from Argentina

• A mostly hairless breed of dog

• Can regrow limbs and organs

• Aztecs believed that they helped their owners in their journey to the underworld

• Very powerful and protective guard dog

• Native to Lake Xochimilco in Mexico

• Raised for food in the Andes Mountain region of South America

• Considered sacred to the Aztecs

• The Inca were known to use them in healing rituals as well as sacrifices

• Bred to hunt big game animals such as boars