Animal World

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This is a drag and drop shadow matching game themed after nature. Match each of the animals with their shadows to complete the level.

• Each level is designed after a specific area of Earth.
• The animals are native to the general area represented by the level.
• Play through 9 levels representing the continents, the polar regions, and the oceans.

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Children and parents can play this animal shadow matching game by clicking in the window below.

Alternatively kids and adults can play this animal outline match video game for free as a web application here.

Animal World Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions

How to Play

Drag and drop the animals to their shadows.

• Starting the Game
  • The welcome screen acts as a level selection screen.
    • Select the buttons on the center left and center right edges to browse through the levels.
    • Select the question mark button on the top row to learn more about the game.
    • Select Start at the bottom center to start the level.
• Game Controls
  • Desktop
    • With your mouse, left click on an animal to select it.
  • Touchscreen devices
    • With your fingers, tap on an animal to select it.
  • Controls and indicators (top row, left to right)
    • Grid button: Quits the level and returns you to the welcome screen
    • Level name
    • Speaker button: Turns the game’s sounds on and off
• Game Play
  • Basic rules
    • Match each of the animals to their shadows.
      • Select an animal on the bottom of the screen.
      • Drag and drop it to the shadow that matches its outline.
      • In crowded levels, some of the animals may have already been matched with their shadows.
    • Match all the animals to finish the level.
  • Levels
    • Each of the levels is patterned after a geographic region (all 7 continents, the polar regions, and the oceans)
    • All levels are playable at the start of the game. Choose any one you like
  • Featured animals
    • Note
      • Sometimes the game reuses the graphics of animals that appear in various places.
      • The guide below gives the scientific names of the versions of those animals native to the region depicted in the level.
    • North America
      • Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
      • American Badger (Taxidea taxus)
      • Eastern Moose (Alces alces americana)
      • Elk (Cervus canadensis)
      • Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
      • American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
      • American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
    • South America
      • Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
      • Brown-throated Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
      • Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
      • Parrot (Family Psittacidae, several species)
      • Llama (Lama glama)
    • Africa
      • African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
      • Monkey (Cercopithecidae, several species)
      • Common Zebra (Equus quagga)
      • Lion (Panthera leo)
      • Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
      • Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
    • Europe
      • Cow (Bos taurus)
      • Goat (Capra hircus)
      • Pig (Sus domesticus)
      • European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
      • European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
    • Asia
      • Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
      • Central Asian Deer (Cervus hanglu)
      • Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
      • Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
      • Ussuri Brown Bear (Ursus arctos lasiotus)
      • Siberian Moose (Alces alces pfizenmayeri)
      • Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
      • Horse (Equus ferus)
      • Red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
      • Tiger (Panthera tigris)
      • Yak (Bos grunniens)
    • Australia
      • Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
      • Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
      • Eastern Gray Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
      • Silver Seagull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
    • Polar regions
      • North pole
        • Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
        • Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)
        • Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
        • Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
        • Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)
      • South pole
        • Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
    • Oceans
      • Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
      • Porcupine Fish (Family Diodontidae, several species)
      • Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
      • Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
      • Great White Shark (Carcharodon carchias)
      • Octopus (Order Octopoda, several species)
      • Jellyfish (Subphylum Medusozoa, several species)
      • Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
      • Manta Ray (Mobula birostris)
• Target Audience
  • The game is suited for players who like shadow match games.
  • The game has no adult themed content.

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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support

This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.