Weird Animals: Top 50 Weirdest Animals You've Probably Never Heard of

Weird animals!!! We’ve collated a fascinating selection of 50 unique animals you probably haven’t seen. Check out our list to discover these animals!

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Weird Animals

Common Names of Weird Animals

Here is the list of weird animals you probably don’t know existed.

Alligator Gar
Ankole Watusi
Axolotl
Aye-aye
Babirusa
Bilby
Capybara
Coatimundi
Dugong
Echidna
Fainting Goat
Fossa
Gerenuk
Gharial
Glass Frog
Harpy Eagle
Hawk Moth
Jabiru Stork
Jerboa
Kinkajou
Leafy Seadragon
Lyrebird
Maned wolf
Marabou Stork
Markhor
Mata Mata
Narwhal
Okapi
Panda Ant
Pangolin
Parrotfish
Poodle Moth
Proboscis Monkey
Scorpionfly
Sea Pen
Shoebill
Sloth
Sparklemuffin
Stick Insect
Stoat
Sun Bear
Sunda Colugo
Sunfish
Surinam Toad
Tarsier
Tenrec
Thorn Bug
Vampire Bat
Velvet ant
Wombat

Weird Animals with Examples

Alligator Gar

Barrier cells in gills of the alligator gar.

Axolotl

The axolotl is an amphibian – one of a group of animals that spend their lives both on land and in water.

Aye-aye

The Aye-aye is a native of eastern Madagascar. It is the only mammal known to use echolocation.

Babirusa

Another theory was that the tusks protect the eyes when the babirusa is hunting for food among thorny undergrowth.

Capybara

They reach their monumental size on a diet of wild pigs, deer, birds, turtles, capybara, caimans, and even jaguars.

Dugong

A young dugong remains close to its mother for about 18 months, sometimes catching a ride on her broad back.

Echidna

The platypus, along with its cousins the echidnas, is an egg-laying mammal yet suckles its young on milk!

Gerenuk

Long ears and an almost giraffe-like neck identify this gerenuk, or Waller’s gazelle, standing in a clearing in Marsabit National Reserve in northern Kenya.

Gharial

Gharial females bury up to forty eggs, usually in two tiers separated from each other by a thick layer of sand.

Harpy Eagle

The documentary took Seymour into Venezuela’s treetops for 21 weeks to follow a nesting harpy eagle.

Jerboa

The long-eared jerboa can be distinguished from other jerboas by its enormous ears, which are about a third larger than its head.

Kinkajou

The creatures at Villa Lorena range from the tiny kinkajou to baboons born across the Atlantic in Africa.

Lyrebird

My guess, there are lots of contenders, but this bird must be one of them – the Superb Lyrebird.

Maned wolf

These canids were certainly attractive, but we wanted the red fox on stilts, the maned wolf.

Marabou Stork

A marabou stork was poking about nearby in a pile of rubbish, and I gave it a wide berth.

Narwhal

Other mammals are believed to contribute to the myth of the unicorn, including the narwhal, a whale with a long, spiraling tusk.

Okapi

The okapi was the symbol of the now-defunct International Society of Cryptozoology and remains a persisting icon of Cryptozoology to this day.

Pangolin

African tree pangolin has white skin and hair, lacking an external ear and a scaly tail.

Parrotfish

Carpenter says he looks forward to the day when both urchins and parrotfish share the task of clearing the way for baby coral.

Proboscis Monkey

Distinguished by its prominent nose, the endangered proboscis monkey lives only on the island of Borneo, where deforestation threatens its continued existence in the wild.

Sea Pen

Their spacing is regular, a telltale mark that the flow field around each sea pen defines the optimum spacing of neighbors.

Shoebill

This African-themed exhibit with African huts and a body of water, houses endangered birds like the Shoebill, the African Crowned Crane, the Saddle- Billed Stork, and more.

Sloth