Unusual animals

Like Gizmo from the Gremlins: the Philippine Tarsier. Bohol, Philippines 2013 © Sabrina Iovino

This American leaf-nosed bat, which was found at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica, shows off the folded, spearhead muzzle for which it is named.

70 Cool & Weird Animals Around the World, including unique mammals, strange amphibians, unusual nocturnal animals, weird birds, & more!

Okapi - resembles a zebra, but its closest relative is a giraffe. Okapis are native to the Congo. photo by Steve J

Some sites list just 5 ugly African animals, but there are (many) more. My picks for the ugliest animals in Africa are: warthogs, hyenas, vultures (2 types), okapi, wildebeests, buffalo, and aardvarks.

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Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus) Also known as the yapok, the water opossum is aspecies of semi-aquatic marsupial found in Mexico and parts of Central and South America. Like most opossums this species does have a pouch, but the pouch is found in both sexes a trait only found in the extinct thylacine. As its name suggests this opossum is mainly aquatic, living near riverbanks and swimming at night to catch fish and crustaceans. They are the only known extant marsupial to live this…

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Horsfield's Tarsier by Joel Sartore

Coati Arenal Area, Costa Rica Coatis are also known as Coatimundi, Brazilian Aardvarks, Mexican Tejón or Moncún, Hog-Nosed Coons, Pizotes, Panamanian Gatosolos, Crackoons and Snookum Bears and they are members of the raccoon family (Procyonidae). They are diurnal mammals native to South America, Central America, and South-Western North America.