Daily Challenge · Tuesday

Challenge of September 29, 2026

Photos: Skull Index, Wikipedia

ClassicEasier than 84% of days

Indian Leopards

Panthera pardus fusca

Mammalia/Carnivora/Felidae/Panthera/Panthera pardus fusca

Players
30
Median time
9 sec

Solved on try

  1. 160%
  2. 240%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%

Most confused with

  • Tigers [Siberian ssp.]Panthera tigris altaica3 of 30
  • JaguarPanthera onca3 of 30
  • LeopardPanthera pardus1 of 30

Photos: Skull Index, Wikipedia

TaxonomyHarder than 74% of days

Asiatic Brush-Tailed Porcupine

Atherurus macrourus

Where the community fell · players: 27

  1. ClassMammalia100%
  2. OrderRodentia96%
  3. FamilyHystricidae78%
  4. GenusAtherurus48%

    30% fell here · Most picked wrong answer: Chelonia (1 of 21)

  5. SpeciesAtherurus macrourus37%

37% reached the species

Skull Match

The skulls

  • JaguarundiHerpailurus yagouaroundi
  • African Lions (Northern/Western Clade)Panthera leo leo
  • Honey badgerMellivora capensis
  • Tigers [Unknown ssp.]Panthera tigris

Decoy namesOcelot, Jaguar

Players
29
Matched them all
79%
Mistakes on average
2.2

Most common swap

  • Jaguarundi taken for Ocelot×19
  • African Lions (Northern/Western Clade) taken for Jaguar×9
  • Tigers [Unknown ssp.] taken for Jaguar×9