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
- Mananara-Nord Sportive LemurDeep Cut85points
- Manavil Long-fingered BatDeep Cut85points
- Manchurian HareDeep Cut85points
- Manchurian PikaDeep Cut85points
- Manchurian ZokorDeep Cut85points
- Mandarin VoleDeep Cut85points
- Mandelli's MyotisDeep Cut85points
- Maned RatDeep Cut85points
- Manenguba White-toothed ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Manipur White-toothed RatDeep Cut85points
- Manitatra mouse lemurDeep Cut85points
- Mann's Soft-haired MouseDeep Cut85points
- Manombo Woolly LemurDeep Cut85points
- Mantled Giant Mastiff BatDeep Cut85points
- Manu Short-tailed BatDeep Cut85points
- Manus Island Mosaic-tailed RatDeep Cut85points
- Manus Island Spiny RatDeep Cut85points
- Manusela Mosaic-tailed RatDeep Cut85points
- Maracaju Rice RatDeep Cut85points
- Marajó Bristly MouseDeep Cut85points
- Marbled catDeep Cut85points
- Marbled PolecatDeep Cut85points
- Marc's Bristly MouseDeep Cut85points
- Marca's MarmosetDeep Cut85points
- Mareeba Rock WallabyDeep Cut85points
- Margaret's Brush-furred RatDeep Cut85points
- Margaret's Ranee MouseDeep Cut85points
- Margot Marsh's Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
- Marianas Flying FoxDeep Cut85points
- Marie's VoleDeep Cut85points
- Marinho's Rice RatDeep Cut85points
- Marinkelle's Sword-nosed BatDeep Cut85points
- Maritime ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Maritime Striped SquirrelDeep Cut85points
- Marley's Golden MoleDeep Cut85points
- Marmoset ratDeep Cut85points
- Marmoset Xanthurus RatDeep Cut85points
- Marovaza Yellow BatDeep Cut85points
- Marsh mongooseDeep Cut85points
- Marsh RabbitDeep Cut85points
- Marsh ratDeep Cut85points
- Marsh ShrewDeep Cut85points
- Marshall's Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
- Marsupial moleDeep Cut85points
- Marsupial mouseDeep Cut85points
- Marsupial shrewDeep Cut85points
- Martino's Dinaric VoleDeep Cut85points
- Martinos' MoleDeep Cut85points
- Martins's Bare-faced TamarinDeep Cut85points
- Mashona Mole-ratDeep 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.