Top Ten Unknown Animals

What are rare animals that many people don't know about?
The Top Ten
1 Nene (Hawaiian Goose)

Never heard of them and I consider myself animal expert. How ironic...

That is the best you can do try tenrec ha

2 Himalayan Monal
3 Cassowary The cassowaries are ratites in the genus Casuarius and are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea, nearby islands, and northeastern Australia.

I know these, I saw them at the zoo, they're actually the most dangerous bird in the world

Did you know that they are more or less the most dangerous bird? Their kicks are fatal.

These animals are common these days to be honest, you can see them at T.V. like every other day.

Heard of it. Most aggressive bird

4 Goblin Shark

I have not heard of this one

5 Bufflehead
6 Atlas Moth

Biggest moth

7 Bonobo

Bonobos are closely related to chimpanzees. They are the most closely related animals to humans, actually.

8 Tibetan Mastiff The Tibetan Mastiff is a type of large Tibetan dog breed. Originating with the nomadic cultures of China, India, Mongolia, Nepal and Tibet, its use by local tribes of Himachal Pradesh was to protect sheep from wolves, leopards, bears, large mustelids, and tigers.

Commonly known as the least known dog breed.

Heard of it. Most expensive dog

Now, that looks kind of scary!

They look dangerous

9 Goliath Beetle

Biggest beetle and heaviest insect

10 Naked Mole Rat 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.
The Contenders
11 Donkey The donkey or ass is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African wild ass, E. africanus. The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years.

I died so hard after seeing this on the list!

Is that a rip-off of a horse and a monkey?

Rarest farm animal ever existed.

12 Common Loon

I know these, that baby loon in the picture is cute

Lies. It's common. Know why? Look at its name.

13 Kea
14 Alligator An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. The two living species are the American alligator and the Chinese alligator. Additionally, several extinct species of alligator are known from fossil remains. Alligators have long existed since the Oligocene epoch 37 million ...read more.
15 Quokka

Cute yet unknown animal

16 Axolotl The axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, also known as the Mexican walking fish, is a neotenic salamander related to the tiger salamander. Although the axolotl is colloquially known as a "walking fish", it is not a fish, but an amphibian. The axolotl is only native to Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in Mexico. Axolotls in the wild are mostly grassy brown or black, but in captivity, they can even glow in blue light.
17 Cheetah The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, estimated to be capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph) with the fastest reliably recorded speeds being 93 and 98 km/h (58 and 61 mph), and as such has several adaptations ...read more.
18 Water Deer
19 Ermine

They look quite cute.

20 Pygmy Hippo
21 Red Panda The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), or also known as the red bear-cat or the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the Eastern Himalayas and Southwestern China. It's the only animal that belongs to the Aliuridae family. Despite having the word "panda" in its name, it's not a panda. It's closely related to raccoons, weasels, and skunks as they all belong to the musteloidea superfamily.
22 Chimpanzee Chimpanzees are primates of the genus Pan which consists of the common chimpanzee and the bonobo. They are a part of the tribe Hominini, which also includes humans, and the family Hominidae where all great apes are included. Like their closest living relatives the modern humans, chimpanzees are social ...read more.
23 Goliath Birdeater The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass and size, but it is second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span.
24 Orangutan Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species. ...read more.
25 Tuatara
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