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Anonymous10/18/26, 02:02No.5169175Obscure Animals Thread
Itt obscure animals that only (You) have heard of.
I'll start with the otter civet. Which is in fact not related to otters at all. But instead a member of the viverrid family, that is found in Southeast Asia. The reason it resembles an otter is due to something called convergent evolution
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Anon10/18/26, 02:12No.5169177
The sunda flying lemur is in fact not a lemur. Despite what it's name suggests, it is actually part of the colugo family and is found in Southeast Asia instead of Madagascar.Oh and one more thing. If someone posts an animal here that you have heard of, then don't be a dick about it. It's just for fun
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Anon10/18/26, 02:22No.5169180
The Guam Rail is a flightless bird found on the island of Guam that almost went extinct due to invasive snakes that were accidentally introduced on the island. It's estimated that the rail population plummeted from roughly 60,000–80,000 birds in the 1960s and 1970s, down to almost 0 by the early 80s. Fortunately do to conservation efforts there are now an estimated 400 of these birds left. Even though they are critically endangered.
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Anon10/18/26, 02:46No.5169184
Oops I forgot to mention that I'd prefer that the animals in the thread be LIVING animals, and not extinct animals.Anyway, this not a worm or a snake but instead an amphibian. It is called the Caecilian.
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Anon10/18/26, 02:49No.5169186
Moonrat. Not actually a rat, instead very closely related to hedgehogs.
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Anon10/18/26, 03:00No.5169187
The football fish.
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Anon10/18/26, 03:16No.5169192
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Anon10/18/26, 06:50No.5169234
the wrap around spider
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Anon10/18/26, 08:45No.5169243
Amphisbaenians are like cacelians but dryer and even more obscure.
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Anon10/18/26, 16:46No.5169312
Found out about these guys last month.
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Anon10/18/26, 16:52No.5169313
Only about 40 of these magnificent animals are estimated to be left in the wild. It's sad to see how rough birds have had it through human history.
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Anon10/18/26, 16:53No.5169314
Cycnorhamphus, a pterosaur with a retard face
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Anon10/18/26, 17:15No.5169318
Gladiators(Mantophasmatidae), a family of wingless predatory insects from Africa first discovered in 2001.
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Anon10/18/26, 17:26No.5169321
jw.org
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Anon10/18/26, 17:30No.5169323
Rambutanura sp. springtails that mainly eat slime molds.
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Anon10/18/26, 17:32No.5169324
pill millipedes
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Anon10/18/26, 17:44No.5169326
ghost pipefish
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Anon10/18/26, 17:48No.5169328
Elysia chlorotica, a sea slug that eats algae and then incorporates the chloroplasts into its own cells to perform photosynthesis.
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Anon10/18/26, 18:12No.5169334
The mythical-looking chiru, also known as the Tibetan antelope (despite being a member of the caprine subfamily). The saiga gets attention sometimes but I never see anyone bring up this thing.
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Anon10/18/26, 18:13No.5169335
>Adactylidium is a genus of mites known for its unusual life cycle. An impregnated female mite feeds upon a single egg of a thrips, rapidly growing five to eight female offspring and one male in her body. The single male mite mates with all his sisters when they are still inside their mother. The new females, now impregnated, eat their way out of their mother's body so that they can emerge to find new thrips eggs, killing their mother in the process (though the mother may be only 4 days old at the time), starting the cycle again.The male emerges as well, but does not look for food or new mates, and dies after a few hours.
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Anon10/18/26, 19:04No.5169341
It's sad how endangered the Saola is, with fewer than 50 left.
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Anon10/19/26, 12:45No.5169479
The Yapok
>Semi-aquatic marsupial
>Only extant species where both males and females have a pouch
>Special ring of muscles around the pouch to protect young while swimming
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Anon10/19/26, 16:04No.5169514
I like that these things resemble dinosaurs
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Anon10/19/26, 16:07No.5169516
Fun fact. This is the first photograph of a Ross Seal underwater, and it happened last year. Mostly due to their extreme isolated location in Antarctica.
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Anon10/19/26, 16:13No.5169519
They were rediscovered in the 1980s only to vanish for another 40 years, and then be rediscovered again in 2019. I believe they are only found on 3 islands and hide underground away from humans.Unfortunately they do struggle with poachers selling them on the black market.
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Anon10/19/26, 17:19No.5169529
The short eared dog (AKA the ghost dog) is an elusive wild canine found in the amazon rainforest. It is also the only member of the Atelocynus order. Meaning it doesn't share any close relatives.
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Anon10/19/26, 17:23No.5169531
It looks more like a large mongoose than a dog
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Anon10/19/26, 17:27No.5169532
Another weird canine from The Rainforest is the bush dog. They're usually found around rivers, making them the only aquatic canine in the world
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Anon10/19/26, 17:28No.5169533
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Anon10/19/26, 17:49No.5169536
I just think they're neat
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Anon10/19/26, 23:32No.5169587
This insect has an absolutely miraculous de-extinction story. I'd recommend giving it a read if you're into these kinds of things.>In 1918 the supply ship SS Makambo ran aground on Lord Howe Island during repairs and rats escaped onto shore. Within two years every stick insect on the island was gone. The species was declared extinct.>In 2001 two scientists climbed Ball’s Pyramid, a volcanic sea stack rising 562 meters straight out of the Tasman Sea, to confirm the insects were not there. On a narrow ledge 65 meters up, under a single wind-beaten tea tree bush, they found 24 of them. Two breeding pairs were collected. Melbourne Zoo bred them to over 9,000 individuals. Lord Howe Island was declared free of rats in 2023, and reintroduction to the island is now being planned for the first time in over a century
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Anon10/19/26, 23:55No.5169593
Ahaetulla prasina AKA green Asian vine snake.
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Anon10/20/26, 22:27No.5169800
Bro never skips leg day.
