Small Pet, Also Known as Desert Rat
This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from House of Horrors, Group 1110, Puzzle 2 (Rattling Chains).
Question is: Small Pet, Also Known as Desert Rat
and the answer is: GERBIL
Word Meaning:
GERBIL — A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Definitions from Wiktionary.