Printable Mexican Animals Lotería

A Mexican lotería game, like bingo with pictures, for family or classroom play, with 18 animals from Mexico illustrated in full color. The PDF includes 12 different boards and the calling cards, ready to print and cut.

Download the lotería PDF 5.5 MB

12 boards 18 cards Letter-size PDF

Mexican Animals Lotería board with 9 full-color animal cards

The 18 lotería cards

Each card shows its number and the animal’s name. Hover over a card to flip it and discover a fun fact.Each card shows its number and the animal’s name. Below each one there is a fun fact to learn while you play.

The Axolotl
It only lives in the canals of Xochimilco, in Mexico City. If it loses a leg, it grows back.
The Xolo Dog
A hairless dog from Mexico. People here have raised it for more than 3,000 years.
The Golden Eagle
It is the bird on Mexico’s flag. Its sharp eyes spot prey from high in the sky.
The Quetzal
It lives in the cloud forests of Chiapas. The male’s tail feathers are longer than its body.
The Jaguar
It is the largest wild cat in the Americas. Unlike most cats, it loves to swim.
The Ocelot
A wild cat that hunts at night. Every ocelot has its own pattern of spots.
The Volcano Rabbit
One of the smallest rabbits in the world. It only lives on the volcanoes of central Mexico.
The Vaquita
The smallest porpoise in the world, found only in the Gulf of California. Very few are left.
The Coati
It walks with its ringed tail held up and uses its long snout to find insects and fruit.
The Mexican Wolf
The smallest wolf in North America. It almost disappeared, and today it lives in the wild again.
The Iguana
It basks in the sun to warm up. It climbs trees and is a good swimmer too.
The Hummingbird
It beats its wings so fast they hum. It is the only bird that can fly backward.
The Monarch Butterfly
Every fall it travels thousands of miles from Canada to spend the winter in the forests of Michoacán.
The Opossum
A marsupial, like the kangaroo: its babies grow in a pouch and then ride on their mother’s back.
The Skunk
Its white stripes warn others to stay away: it defends itself with a very smelly spray.
The Sea Turtle
Six of the world’s seven species of sea turtles lay their eggs on Mexico’s beaches.
The Flamingo
Its pink color comes from the shrimp and algae it eats. Large flocks live in Yucatán.
The Gray Whale
Every winter it swims from Alaska to the lagoons of Baja California to have its calves.

How to play lotería

Print the PDF. Cut out each board along the dotted line and cut out the calling cards.
Give each player a board and a handful of beans, pebbles or tokens to mark it.
The caller shuffles the cards and draws them one at a time, saying the animal’s name out loud.
If the animal is on your board, place a bean on it.
The first player to fill their board shouts “¡Lotería!” and wins. For quicker games, complete a row or the four corners.