| ACOUCHI | South American rodent with a white-tipped tail related to the agouti |
| OTTERS | Furry, flesh-eating water mammals with webbed feet and flattened tail related to the weasels and mink |
| BRUSH | Twiggy lopping of trees; a besom, broom or whisk; or, a white-tipped tail of a fox, named for its resemblance to an artist's traditional filbert, rigger or other paint applicator of the same name (5) |
| CAVY | Small, South American rodent with a thickset body and short tail (4) |
| STERN | The white-tipped tail of the beagle or English foxhound; or, the aft-most part of a ship (5) |
| GOPHER | Burrowing American rodent with a short tail and fur-lined cheek pouches; family Geomyidae, several genera and species (6) |
| PACA | Animal akin to the agouti |
| WAXWING | Winter bird visitor to the UK with a yellow-tipped tail and a crested head (7) |
| AGUTI | South American rodent with black-rumped and red-rumped varieties (5) |
| ERMINE | The stoat in northern regions, where it has a white winter coat with a black-tipped tail (6) |
| UTILITY | The agouti lit your imagination with its usefulness (7) |
| CHINCHILLA | South American rodent with highly valued fur |
| AGOUTIS | Central and South American rodents with hoof-like claws |
| STOAT | Small weasel-like mammal with a brown coat and black-tipped tail (5) |
| STOATS | Mustelids with black-tipped tails and, in cold climates in the winter, white "ermine" coats (6) |
| HAMSTER | A burrowing rodent with a stocky body and cheek pouches; a popular pet (7) |
| DORMOUSE | A small, agile nocturnal rodent with a bushy or hairy tail (8) |
| RAPIDS | White-tipped parts of a flower? |
| CAUDAL | Tail-related |
| REDSQUIRREL | Arboreal rodent with a bushy tail, inhabiting woodlands of Europe and parts of Asia (3,8) |
