Ugliest Vertebrate Land Animals
A sequel to my rather popular list of the ugliest underwater creatures. For the sake of making this list balanced, no invertebrae are going to be added. Hopefully. Also, flying creatures such as birds and bats are allowed.
The naked mole-rat, also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to parts of East Africa. It is closely related to the blesmols and is the only species in the genus Heterocephalus of the family Heterocephalidae. Look at it. It's hideous. It's hairless and even worse in person.
I do not hate creatures of the sky, but some are just hideous.
This bird is the spawn of nightmares. It looks like someone took a sparrow, added a frog, and didn't feed the weird amalgamation for a week.
The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose. It is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo. The males have huge noses. Apparently the females find it attractive somehow.
How ungrateful to his wonderful monkey.
The star-nosed mole is a small mole found in wet low areas in the northern parts of North America. It is the only member of the tribe Condylurini and the genus Condylura.
Ouch. You stepped on a corn. I love vultures.The turkey vulture is an elegant bird. I always enjoy seeing them gliding in the sky, or as a rare treat, perched in trees near my house.
I've seen it in person. It's ugly. The head looks shriveled and dried like packaged fruit.
Ouch. You stepped on a 2nd corn. Larger cousin of turkey vulture.
The head. Just the head. That's all that's ugly here.
Ouch. You stepped on a 3rd corn. The gharial is the most elegant crocodilian. I've always loved them.
A crocodilian with a long, slender snout.
Google it. That stare with those awful-looking eyes.
Even the NAME screams ugliness, and it's not wrong.
Actually, it's quite fancy-looking for a pig.
Humans (Homo sapiens) are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and large, complex brains. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, and language. Humans are highly social and tend to live in complex social structures composed of many cooperating... read more
It looks unattractive to look at in my opinion.
A mouse is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse. It is also a popular pet.
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus.
The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. Over thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, with gray wolves comprising the wild subspecies. As the largest extant member of the Canidae family, the wolf is distinguished... read more
The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal.It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family. A cat can either be a house cat, a farm cat or a feral cat; the latter... read more
Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera.
Elephant seals are large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. The two species, the northern elephant seal (M.