Daily Challenge · Sunday

Challenge of September 27, 2026

Photos: Slow Cheetah Skeletons, Wikipedia

ClassicHarder than 100% of days

Meadow Vole

Microtus pennsylvanicus

Mammalia/Rodentia/Cricetidae/Microtus/Microtus pennsylvanicus

Players
24
Median time
6 sec

Solved on try

  1. 129%
  2. 250%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%
  5. ×21%

Most confused with

  • Eastern WoodratNeotoma floridana5 of 24
  • MuskratsOndatra zibethicus3 of 24
  • European water voleArvicola amphibius3 of 24

Photos: Slow Cheetah Skeletons, Wikipedia

TaxonomyHarder than 71% of days

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Urocitellus parryii

Where the community fell · players: 18

  1. ClassMammalia100%
  2. OrderRodentia100%
  3. FamilySciuridae89%
  4. GenusUrocitellus67%
  5. SpeciesUrocitellus parryii39%

    28% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Northern Flying Squirrel (2 of 12)

39% reached the species

Skull Match

The skulls

  • Gambian Pouched RatsCricetomys gambianus
  • Eastern CottontailSylvilagus floridanus
  • White-Fronted SuriliPresbytis frontata
  • Coast moleScapanus orarius

Decoy namesJavan Rhinoceros, Plains Zebra

Players
17
Matched them all
94%
Mistakes on average
0.6

Most common swap

  • Eastern Cottontail taken for Gambian Pouched Rats×4
  • Eastern Cottontail taken for Coast mole×2
  • Coast mole taken for Gambian Pouched Rats×1