Krillion Recorded answers
6,514 recorded answers
How to approach it
Work from size classes instead of from memory of famous animals. Sketch the handful of mammalian orders in which adults commonly weigh under a few hundred grams, then walk each order's family list and pull one or two names per family. Field-guide indexes, national species checklists and museum collection catalogues are the richest sources, because they supply the long descriptive names that casual players never reach. Build a long list rather than a short one: quantity matters here, so aim for twenty or thirty candidates before you start judging them. Where a species has several common names, submit the most formal one. Finally, keep an eye on spelling, since hyphenated and transliterated forms are usually accepted.
Get a hint
Start from body mass rather than from familiarity: list the mammalian orders in which adults routinely weigh less than a few hundred grams, then work downward through them.
A little more
Harvest names from regional mammal checklists and museum species lists; long compound common names built from a place plus a body feature are a strong signal of a valid, rarely given entry.
One step further
Chase the oddities too: species known from a single mountain range, a cave survey or a recent taxonomic revision often carry the highest value, and hyphenated or transliterated forms are accepted.
Reveal answers 6,514
- Angolan Long-eared SerotineDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Multimammate MouseDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Shaggy RatDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Slender MongooseDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Soft-furred Fruit BatDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Vlei RatDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Wing-gland BatDeep Cut85points
- Angolan Wood MouseDeep Cut85points
- Angoni Vlei RatDeep Cut85points
- AngwantiboDeep Cut85points
- Anhui Short-tailed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Anhui White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Anita's Leaf-eared MouseDeep Cut85points
- Anjiahely Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
- Anjiamangirana Sportive LemurDeep Cut85points
- Anjouan MyotisDeep Cut85points
- Anjozorobe Naked-tail Forest MouseDeep Cut85points
- Ankarafantsika Big-footed MouseDeep Cut85points
- Ankarana Dwarf LemurDeep Cut85points
- Ankarana Sportive LemurDeep Cut85points
- Anna Tess's MyotisDeep Cut85points
- Annamite Striped RabbitDeep Cut85points
- Annamite Tube-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- Annamite White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Annandale's Sundaic RatDeep Cut85points
- Anosy Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
- Ansell's Epauletted Fruit BatDeep Cut85points
- Ansell's Mole-ratDeep Cut85points
- Ansell's Wood MouseDeep Cut85points
- Ansells' White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Ansorge's Brush-furred RatDeep Cut85points
- Ansorge's Free-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
- Antafia Sportive LemurDeep Cut85points
- AntechinusDeep Cut85points
- Antelope JackrabbitDeep Cut85points
- Antelope squirrelDeep Cut85points
- Anthony's Woolly Mouse OpossumDeep Cut85points
- Antillean Ghost-faced BatDeep Cut85points
- Antioquian Sac-winged BatDeep Cut85points
- Antonio Brack's Oldfield MouseDeep Cut85points
- Antsingy Tufted-tail RatDeep Cut85points
- Apeco Oldfield MouseDeep Cut85points
- Apennine ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Appalachian CottontailDeep Cut85points
- Apparent Climbing MouseDeep Cut85points
- Aquatic GenetDeep Cut85points
- Aquino's TitiDeep Cut85points
- Aquitanian MoleDeep Cut85points
- Arabian BarbastelleDeep Cut85points
- Arabian gerbilDeep Cut85points
Why these answers count
Almost every entry in the reveal lands in the same high band, which tells you the puzzle rewards reach rather than precision: 6,485 of the 6,514 recorded answers cleared sixty points, and 6,295 of those sat at eighty-five. That middle tier is where competent, well-read answers live — the long descriptive species names that fill a museum checklist, such as Abert's Squirrel or Aba Horseshoe Bat, both worth eighty-five. The hundred-point pair sit apart because they are nearly impossible to arrive at by brainstorming: a single-species family described from a very limited range, and a small animal whose spine is famously reinforced, each rewarding whoever had read up on a taxonomic curiosity. Only 188 answers fell to sixty, presumably the everyday small mammals most players produce first. The lesson is that obscurity, not correctness, moves the score: a household name is valid but cheap, while a name almost nobody else can recall pays the maximum.