answer help please all animals

[rosiechris]

1 create flat nut assortment (10,3)
2 reconstruct rainy pea tents (5,8)
3 creative work at the end of a short month (7)
4 legged on ale somehow (6,5)
5 say richard-richard (3,3)
6 strange clooted earlobe (8,6)
7 work hard (6)
8 but lady luck slipped around (4,6,8)
9 no water necessary for this ship (5)
10 it's a sin (5)
11 abnormal grim nasty pain (7,6)
12 one word title of a d h lawrence novel (8)
13 ill tempered support (7,4)
14 birds seen in subtitle (8)
15 discovered a deer in the car i brought (7)
16 I site val and man confused (9,5)

[shaneystar2]

1 Leafcutter ant
2 Spiny anteater
4 Golden Eagle
6 Colorado Beetle
11 Praying Mantis
12 kangaroo
14 Bluetits
16 Tasmanian Devil

That's as many as I can help you with at the moment ..but ..as this is a quiz of some sort post them in the Quizzes and Puzzles section where someone may be doing the same quiz and can give help

[shaneystar2]

Few more
8 Duck-billed Platypus
5 Dik Dik
9 Could be Camel (ship of the desert)

[bensmum]

10 sloth
12 kangaroo
15 caribou (?)

Number 12 is the only one I know for certain though

[rosiechris]

for shaneystar2 a big thank you for your very quick answers chris

[Cetti]

7. Beaver.