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Challenge of September 25, 2026

Photos: Slow Cheetah Skeletons, Wikipedia

ClassicEasier than 83% of days

Mountain Beaver

Aplodontia rufa

Mammalia/Rodentia/Aplodontiidae/Aplodontia/Aplodontia rufa

Players
22
Median time
6 sec

Solved on try

  1. 173%
  2. 223%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%
  5. ×5%

Most confused with

  • Forest Giant SquirrelProtoxerus stangeri1 of 22
  • Abert’S SquirrelSciurus aberti1 of 22
  • Monk SakiPithecia monachus1 of 22

Photos: Skullbase, Wikipedia

TaxonomyHarder than 59% of days

Prussian carp

Carassius gibelio

Where the community fell · players: 22

  1. ClassActinopterygii86%
  2. OrderCypriniformes50%

    36% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Procellariiformes (4 of 19)

  3. FamilyCyprinidae50%
  4. GenusCarassius45%
  5. SpeciesCarassius gibelio45%

45% reached the species

Skull Match

The skulls

  • Fennec foxVulpes zerda
  • Domestic DogCanis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris
  • Grey FoxUrocyon cinereoargenteus
  • American Red FoxesVulpes vulpes fulva

Decoy namesArabian Red Foxes, Kit Fox

Players
24
Matched them all
67%
Mistakes on average
3

Most common swap

  • Grey Fox taken for Kit Fox×13
  • Grey Fox taken for Arabian Red Foxes×11
  • American Red Foxes taken for Arabian Red Foxes×8