Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Most people think they know all the animals in the world. We have been mesmerized by zoos and nature programs our entire lives. Have you ever heard of an okapi? How about a pygmy slow loris? A binturong, who smells like popcorn, or a possible chupacabra, which is probably a coatimundi? We try to keep our readers up to speed on new animals, but it seems we haven’t even scratched the surface!
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TikTok user Hallie Odell challenged her followers with a post discussing how she was not prepared to learn that she didn’t know all the types of animals. In the caption, she mentioned the tapir, which is a reasonably common critter. It did not take long for the comment section to explode.
Jaysh Allen mentioned a pudu, which was a new animal to us, too. The pudu is a type of small deer found in southern Chile and Argentina. They grow to around 24 inches tall and maintain their adorable, innocent-looking facial features.
It’s a bat! No, it’s a squirrel! No, it’s a Colugo, which is a flying lemur. However, it can’t really fly, and it’s not really a lemur. These little tree-dwellers from South Asia use their fleshy bodies to glide from tree to tree.
That brings us to the Patagonian Mara. This poor creature resembles a hybrid of dog, capybara, and jackrabbit, with its features fused into one goofy-looking rodent.
The comment section continues with many more, but we must stop here. If you are curious, you can research some of the other animals mentioned, including pangolins, jaguarundis, tenrecs, quokkas, and hyraxes.
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