Rainbow Quiz All Creatures Great & Small

[Ripper]

73 Small mammal emerging from tree throwing nuts (10)
I have the answer which is ten letters long...............
but, google and chambers have the answer as 5,5
Any bright ideas would be helpful!!
Thanks in advance

[bookbinder]

otter shrew

[bookbinder]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question708141.html

[Ripper]

So do I enter it as 10 letters, which is the amount of letters the quiz asks for, even though it is 5,5?

[dannyk13]

Ripper, if you check the link above it shows the correct clue and the answer as 5.5.

[teacher1]

The correct clue is ..... small mammal emerging from tree THROWS nuts .... (10)

[Raebet]

My 94 year old mother got the answer Otter Shrew as an anagram of throwing nuts but can see how it ties in with the rest of the clue, any ideas?

[Raebet]

Otter Shrew cannot be the answer as it is not a small mammal and it has no relationship with trees it lives in water!