Name a mammal smaller than a house cat
"Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" is a animals prompt from the daily Krillion game that has appeared 1 time, most recently in dive #97 on October 20, 2026.
About 150 answers count for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" (fairly narrow), and the guide below is built from this prompt's own tier lists.
The rarest answer to "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat"
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Hero shrew
Kha-nyou
PearlHow to score on "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat"
- Short on time for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat": Surface picks such as Bat, Chipmunk and Guinea pig keep the round alive
- A solid step up on "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" is Chinchilla, Ferret and Field mouse
- For depth on "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat", rarer tiers include Aba Horseshoe Bat, Aba Roundleaf Bat and Aberdare Mole Shrew, with Pearl still above those
- "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" has no recorded answers in Shallows yet, so the jump from common names to rare ones is sharp
What the answers for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" look like
Of the 145 answers listed for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat", 41% sit in Abyss, which makes it the busiest tier on this prompt.
77% of the answers are two words or longer, and the typical answer is 16 characters long.
Among the rarer answers, the most common starting letters are A (69), B (18) and C (15), which is a quick way to narrow a guess when you are stuck.
It has been seen once so far, in dive #97; if it returns, this page will show how its answer pool changed.
Answers by tier
For "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" we currently track 145 answers across the tiers below (up to 40 shown per open list).
Abyss, 85 pts (60 recorded)
- Aba Horseshoe Bat
- Aba Roundleaf Bat
- Aberdare Mole Shrew
- Abert's Squirrel
- Abo Butterfly Bat
- Abyssinian Genet
- Abyssinian Grass Rat
- Abyssinian Hare
- Aceh Rat
- Aceramarca Opossum
- Acouchi
- Acrobatic Cavy
- Acuminate Horseshoe Bat
- Adam's Horseshoe Bat
- Adler's Woolly Mouse Opossum
- Admiralty Flying Fox
- Admiralty Spotted Cuscus
- Adriana's Yellow-shouldered Bat
- Aellen's Long-fingered Bat
- Aellen's Pipistrelle
- Aellen's Roundleaf Bat
- Afghan Five-toed Jerboa
- Afghan Pika
- Afghan Vole
- African Black White-toothed Shrew
- African Brush-tailed Porcupine
- African climbing mouse
- African Dusky White-toothed Shrew
- African Forest Horseshoe Bat
- African free-tailed bat
- African Giant Free-tailed Bat
- African Giant White-toothed Shrew
- African Grass Rat
- African ground squirrel
- African Hammada Jerboa
- African hare
- African long-eared bat
- African Long-fingered Bat
- African Palm Civet
- African Palm Squirrel
Midnight, 60 pts (60 recorded)
- African pygmy hedgehog
- Agouti
- American Marten
- American Mink
- American Pika
- Arctic fox
- Arctic Hare
- Asian small-clawed otter
- Aye-aye
- Banded mongoose
- Bandicoot
- Bat-eared fox
- Big Brown Bat
- Bilby
- Black lemur
- Black rat
- Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
- Black-footed cat
- Black-footed ferret
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog
- Brazilian Free-tailed Bat
- Brown bat
- Brown lemur
- Brown Rat
- Bumblebee bat
- Bushbaby
- California Ground Squirrel
- Campbell's dwarf hamster
- Capuchin
- Colugo
- Common Brush-tailed Possum
- Common Genet
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel
- Common Marmoset
- Common Pipistrelle
- Common Shrew
- Common Vampire Bat
- Common Vole
- Cotton rat
Twilight, 30 pts (15 recorded)
- Chinchilla
- Ferret
- Field mouse
- Gerbil
- Gopher
- Groundhog
- Hedgehog
- House Mouse
- Meerkat
- Mole
- Possum
- Prairie dog
- Shrew
- Skunk
- Weasel
Surface, 5 pts (8 recorded)
- Bat
- Chipmunk
- Guinea pig
- Hamster
- Mouse
- Rabbit
- Rat
- Squirrel
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Tips for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat"
- If your first typed answer for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" was Bat, Chipmunk and Guinea pig, treat that as the floor and spend the next seconds elsewhere
- Deeper players on "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" often land near Aba Horseshoe Bat and Aba Roundleaf Bat, which is a direction rather than a list to memorise
- Reveal the Pearl for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" above only after you have tried for depth yourself
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What is the rarest answer to "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" in Krillion?
The rarest answer to "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" is Hero shrew or Kha-nyou, in the Pearl tier for the full 100 points.
What are safe answers to "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" when time is short?
For "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat", Bat, Chipmunk and Guinea pig are recorded in Surface when you need a point quickly rather than depth.
How many answers does "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" have?
About 150 answers count for "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat"; if your guess is missing below, run it through the checker on this page.
When did "Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" appear in Krillion?
"Name a mammal smaller than a house cat" has appeared 1 time, most recently in dive #97 on October 20, 2026.