Name a mammal smaller than a house cat - Krillion Answers 2026-10-20

6,515 recorded names on October 20, 2026, 6,298 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

Aim for species-level names from the groups that pack the most tiny bodies per genus — the further you go down a field-guide index, the better the payoff. Any living mammal species whose adult body mass typically stays well under that of a domestic cat counts; single-word catch-all labels for whole groups score far less than a proper species name.

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

Northern Pale-faced BatDeep Cut85points
Northern Palm CivetDeep Cut85points
Northern Palm SquirrelDeep Cut85points
Northern Páramo HocicudoDeep Cut85points
Northern PikaDeep Cut85points
Northern PipistrelleDeep Cut85points
Northern Pocket GopherDeep Cut85points
Northern Pygmy MarmosetDeep Cut85points
Northern Pygmy MouseDeep Cut85points
Northern Pygmy Slow LorisDeep Cut85points
Northern QuollDeep Cut85points
Northern Red-backed VoleDeep Cut85points
Northern Rock DeermouseDeep Cut85points
Northern Roundleaf BatDeep Cut85points
Northern SerotineDeep Cut85points
Northern Short-furred DasyureDeep Cut85points
Northern Short-tailed GymnureDeep Cut85points
Northern Short-tailed MouseDeep Cut85points
Northern Short-tailed ShrewDeep Cut85points
Northern Silvery Mole-ratDeep Cut85points
Northern Sinaloan Pocket MouseDeep Cut85points
Northern Small Five-toed JerboaDeep Cut85points
Northern Smooth-tailed TreeshrewDeep Cut85points
Northern Stripe-headed Round-eared BatDeep Cut85points
Northern Sulawesi Spiny RatDeep Cut85points
Northern Talapoin MonkeyDeep Cut85points
Northern TamanduaDeep Cut85points
Northern TapetiDeep Cut85points
Northern Three-striped OpossumDeep Cut85points
Northern Three-toed JerboaDeep Cut85points
Northern TreeshrewDeep Cut85points
Northern Water RatDeep Cut85points
Northern White-ankled DeermouseDeep Cut85points
Northern White-breasted HedgehogDeep Cut85points
Northern Woolly Horseshoe BatDeep Cut85points
Northern Yellow BatDeep Cut85points
Northern Yellow-shouldered BatDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Arboreal Rice RatDeep Cut85points
Northwestern ConyratDeep Cut85points
Northwestern DeermouseDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Fat MouseDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Jumping MouseDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Marsh Rice RatDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Marsupial MoleDeep Cut85points
Northwestern Woolly Mouse OpossumDeep Cut85points
Nosy Be Mouse LemurDeep Cut85points
Nosy Be Sportive LemurDeep Cut85points
Novaes's Bald UacariDeep Cut85points
Nubra PikaDeep Cut85points
Nujiang Giant Flying 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.