The eight species of ____ are the only old-world mammals with keratin scales covering their skin Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The eight species of ____ are the only old-world mammals with keratin scales covering their skin last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 8 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PANGOLIN.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PANGOLIN The eight species of ____ are the only old-world mammals with keratin scales covering their skin (8) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 10, 2019
3% GALE Eight on the Beaufort scale (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 4, 2025
2% NAURU Third-smallest country in the world (eight square miles) (5) New York Times Dec 1, 2025
2% TARE Scale button (4) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
2% SHALLOT Species of onion (7) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 25, 2025
2% TEAL Species of duck (4) (4) Puzzler Nov 25, 2025
2% LACERATED Tore (the skin) (9) Puzzler Backwords Nov 24, 2025
2% SCAR Skin mark (4) Universal Nov 24, 2025
2% NEPAL Home of eight of the world's 10 tallest mountains (5) New York Times Nov 23, 2025
2% OCTET Band of eight (5) Newsday Nov 23, 2025

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