Daily Challenge · Thursday
Challenge of September 17, 2026
Photos: Slow Cheetah Skeletons, Wikipedia
ClassicHarder than 93% of days
Franklin’S Ground Squirrel
Poliocitellus franklinii
Mammalia/Rodentia/Sciuridae/Poliocitellus/Poliocitellus franklinii
- Players
- 26
- Median time
- 6 sec
Solved on try
- 142%
- 242%
- 30%
- 40%
- ×15%
Most confused with
- Cape Ground SquirrelXerus inauris3 of 26
- Yellow-Bellied MarmotMarmota flaviventris2 of 26
- Patagonian MarasDolichotis patagonum2 of 26
Photos: Discord - submited by "eaneul", Wikipedia
TaxonomyEasier than 66% of days
Emerald tree boa
Corallus caninus
Where the community fell · players: 26
- ClassReptilia92%
- OrderSquamata77%
15% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Cypriniformes (1 of 24)
- FamilyBoidae77%
- GenusCorallus65%
- SpeciesCorallus caninus62%
62% reached the species
Skull Match
The skulls
- Syrian HamsterMesocricetus auratus
- Meadow VoleMicrotus pennsylvanicus
- Eastern WoodratNeotoma floridana
- MuskratsOndatra zibethicus
Decoy namesNaked Mole-Rat, Crested Porcupine
- Players
- 32
- Matched them all
- 50%
- Mistakes on average
- 3.3
Most common swap
- Meadow Vole taken for Crested Porcupine×12
- Meadow Vole taken for Muskrats×11
- Meadow Vole taken for Naked Mole-Rat×10