The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMUR , but the solution may also be BAT which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in USA Today).
Nocturnal mammal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMUR | 33 % | 5 |
| BAT | 25 % | 3 |
| TAPIR | 17 % | 5 |
| LORI | 8 % | 4 |
| RACCOON | 8 % | 7 |
| LORIS | 8 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nocturnal mammal
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- bat
- vampire bat
- raccoon
- lemur
- tapir
- lori
- aardvark
- armadillo
- hedgehog
- hyena
- kinkajou
- racoon
Crossword Answer definitions
LEMUR noun- Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
- Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
- A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LEMUR
- Madagascar primate
- Madagascar tree-dweller
- Aye-aye
- "Madagascar" creature
- Monkey's uncle?
- Malagasy primate
- Large-eyed primate of Madagascar
- Nocturnal mammal whose name means "ghost"
- Wide-eyed primate
- Endangered mammal of Madagascar
More clues leading to the result BAT
- Be up
- Flying mammal
- Night flier
- Nocturnal flying mammal
- Fenway Park club?
- Fledermaus
- Red Sox article
- Slugger's best agent?
- Carlsbad Caverns dweller
- Animal symbol that strikes fear into some fictional criminals (a superstitious, cowardly lot)
More clues leading to the result TAPIR
- Long-snouted mammal
- Rhino relative
- Odd-toed ungulate
- Piglike beast
- Jungle ungulate
- Long-lipped mammal
- Snouted mammal
- Mammal with a prehensile snout
- Long-snouted creature
- Hippo's cousin
More clues leading to the result LORI
- Singer of "Short Cuts"
- Singer of the cinema
- Singer who acts
- Actress Singer
- Singer of the screen
- "Walking Dead" survivor Grimes
- Singer the actress
- Actress Petty
- Actress Loughlin
- Petty of "Point Break"
More clues leading to the result RACCOON
- Coati cousin
- Okefenokee denizen
- Masked omnivore
- "Masked" scavenger
- Origin of Daniel Boone's cap
- Critter with a mask
- Bandit, whom Steven Tyler would likely feed fruits, vegetables, poultry, and fish
- Rocky of song
- Masked critter
- Rocky in a Beatles title