Daily Challenge · Friday

Challenge of September 18, 2026

Photos: Skullbase, Skull Index, Wikipedia

ClassicEasier than 83% of days

African Wild Dogs

Lycaon pictus

Mammalia/Carnivora/Canidae/Lycaon/Lycaon pictus

Players
19
Median time
7 sec

Solved on try

  1. 174%
  2. 221%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%
  5. ×5%

Most confused with

  • Kit FoxVulpes macrotis1 of 19
  • DholesCuon alpinus1 of 19
  • Southern Three-Banded ArmadilloTolypeutes matacus1 of 19

Photos: Slow Cheetah Skeletons, Wikipedia

TaxonomyHarder than 59% of days

Hoffmann’S Two-Toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Where the community fell · players: 18

  1. ClassMammalia100%
  2. OrderPilosa67%

    33% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Struthioniformes (2 of 18)

  3. FamilyCholoepodidae44%
  4. GenusCholoepus44%
  5. SpeciesCholoepus hoffmanni44%

44% reached the species

Skull Match

The skulls

  • Ferruginous duckAythya nyroca
  • Great Blue TuracosCorythaeola cristata
  • Common BuzzardsButeo buteo
  • OstrichStruthio camelus

Decoy namesWhite-throated toucan, Razorbills

Players
16
Matched them all
88%
Mistakes on average
1.4

Most common swap

  • Great Blue Turacos taken for Common Buzzards×5
  • Great Blue Turacos taken for Razorbills×4
  • Common Buzzards taken for Razorbills×3