Krillion Recorded answers
6,515 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 6,515
- Japanese Shrew MoleDeep Cut85points
- Japanese SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Japanese Water ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Japanese WeaselDeep Cut85points
- Jatna's TarsierDeep Cut85points
- Jaú Bristly MouseDeep Cut85points
- Java Giant Mastiff BatDeep Cut85points
- Javan Bamboo RatDeep Cut85points
- Javan ChevrotainDeep Cut85points
- Javan Ferret-badgerDeep Cut85points
- Javan Ghost White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Javan Long-tailed White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Javan MongooseDeep Cut85points
- Javan PipistrelleDeep Cut85points
- Javan Short-tailed GymnureDeep Cut85points
- Javan Shrew-like MouseDeep Cut85points
- Javan Slit-faced BatDeep Cut85points
- Javan Slow LorisDeep Cut85points
- Javan Tailless Fruit BatDeep Cut85points
- Javan Thick-thumbed BatDeep Cut85points
- Javan TreeshrewDeep Cut85points
- Javan White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Javanese Flying SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Jayat's Mountain CavyDeep Cut85points
- Jenkins's Shrew TenrecDeep Cut85points
- Jenkins's White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Jentink's Flying SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Jentink's SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Jequitibá Arboreal MouseDeep Cut85points
- Jersey shrewDeep Cut85points
- Jinchu's Tube-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- João Oliveira’s Bristly MouseDeep Cut85points
- Joffre's BatDeep Cut85points
- John's Spiny MouseDeep Cut85points
- Johnston's African DormouseDeep Cut85points
- Johnston's Forest ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Johnston's GenetDeep Cut85points
- Johnstone's Giant Mastiff BatDeep Cut85points
- Jolly's Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
- Jonah's Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
- Jones's Pocket GopherDeep Cut85points
- Jones's Roundleaf BatDeep Cut85points
- Jouvenet's White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Judean mountains blind mole ratDeep Cut85points
- Jujuy Tuco-tucoDeep Cut85points
- Julia Creek DunnartDeep Cut85points
- Juliana's Golden MoleDeep Cut85points
- Jumandi Mountain MouseDeep Cut85points
- Jumping mouseDeep Cut85points
- Jungle Palm SquirrelDeep 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.