| First initial | Clue | Animal | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | South American insect-devouring mammal | Anteater | 100%
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| E | The biggest land animal | Elephant | 67%
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| G | Large, cuddly, much-loved, black and white Chinese mammal | Giant panda | 58%
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| P | Stick insect with a holy name, known for eating each others' heads | Praying mantis | 50%
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| Q | Royal member of an insect colony, the only one which can lay eggs | Queen ant | 50%
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| F | Rare big cat named after a US state | Florida panther | 42%
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| M | Graceful, gliding, flat-bodied sea creature | Manta ray | 42%
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| C | Fish thought to be long-extinct but rediscovered in 1938 | Coelacanth | 17%
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| B | Long-tailed game bird whose species name is the word for red body liquid | Blood pheasant | 17%
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| S | Fish whose name is a military rank (in fact, two ranks) | Sergeant major | 17%
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| D | Bird whose name means a dull H2O dictator | Drab water tyrant | 17%
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| H | This bird's name can be guessed from these clues: "Legendary archer Robin", "Insect" and "Pocket-shaped Middle Eastern bread" | Hooded antpitta | 17%
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| I | Black, long-necked, diving seabird of the S. Asian subcontinent | Indian cormorant | 17%
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| J | Bird whose name would indicate a young hen of a certain boxing weight from Honshu | Japanese bantam chicken | 17%
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| K | Huge scarlet bloodsucker from a mountain of Borneo | Kinabalu Giant Red Leech | 17%
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| L | Insect which severs the roundish green parts of plants | Leafcutter Ant | 17%
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| O | Amber-coloured mega-spider associated with a type of large monkey | Orange baboon tarantula | 17%
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| R | Tiny gazelle-like mammal with a noble, monarchical species name | Royal antelope | 17%
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| T | Songbird named after its fanned-out rear section, whose upper body is the same colour as an owl | Tawny-backed fantail | 17%
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| U | Small bird with a single colour, associated with a certain insect | Unicolored antwren | 17%
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| V | Hummingbird whose name means "excellent" or "very shiny", with a purple forward section | Violet-fronted brilliant | 17%
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| W | Bird known for munching a type of large banana, from the left (occidental) side of the map | Western plantain-eater | 17%
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| X | Insect-eating bird of an Amazon tributary, with an upper section like a reptile's skin | Xingu scale-backed antbird | 17%
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| Y | Sun-coloured, mad insect | Yellow crazy ant | 17%
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| Z | Bird whose name can be derived from the name of a great Brazilian striker (but with a different initial letter); a mafia boss; an insect; and a flying animal | Zeledon's antbird | 8%
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| N | Clues for this bird's name are "One who natters", "Slate-like", "Insect" and "Anagram of shriek" | Natterer's slaty antshrike | 0%
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