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Metazooa

Find the mystery animal by making guesses and exploring how species are related through taxonomy.

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How to play Metazooa

  1. Enter an animal guess to start locating the mystery species in the animal family tree.
  2. Read the taxonomic relationships revealed by a wrong guess, such as its class or order in common with the answer.
  3. Use those branches to narrow the possibilities. The official instructions allow 20 guesses for one mystery animal each day.

Following branches of the animal family tree

A wrong animal can reveal a useful shared branch

If the game shows a shared mammal branch after a guess, use that taxonomic information to choose another candidate. The clue is about ancestry and classification, not simply whether two animals look alike.

Why try Metazooa?

Choose Metazooa if you are curious about how animals are related. A guess is a way to explore a branch of the animal family tree, not only to name a species.

Metazooa narrows a mystery animal through taxonomic relationships. Artle also rewards specialist knowledge, but asks you to identify an artist from successive artworks rather than place a species in a family tree.

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