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

  1. 142%
  2. 242%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%
  5. ×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

  1. ClassReptilia92%
  2. OrderSquamata77%

    15% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Cypriniformes (1 of 24)

  3. FamilyBoidae77%
  4. GenusCorallus65%
  5. 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