What is the most uncommon/rare animal you have ever heard of???

Question

Name
Any animal.
Out of the ordinary.
Something that most of us had never heard of.
DO NOT MAKE UP

thanks

Answer 1

the liger. And YES it REALLY is an animal:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger

http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/animals/liger.htm

http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/about/liger/liger.html

Answer 2

I dont know if a bird counts, but the Jocotoco Antpitta in Ecuador is extremely rare. It was discovered by Robert Ridgely a few years ago in the southern Andes. A foundation was set up to protect this bird and other rare animals in Ecuador, setting up reserves all across the country ; http://www.fjocotoco.org/

Here are some photographs of the bird that my husband took in December. http://www.martinreid.com/Misc%20website/EC200612Jocotoco.html

Answer 3

The Tasmanian Tiger which has been extinct for about 60 years(although some still claim to see it). It is a marsupial with the head of a dog and the body has tiger stripes. Check out the pics, they really were cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
http://www.tasmanian-tiger.com/

Answer 4

Pink fairy armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus), if just for the name alone. They are headed towards extinction though.

This is the only picture I've ever been able to find of one:
http://www.cricyt.edu.ar/INSTITUTOS/iadiza/ojeda/Edentados/pichi%20foto.jpg


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Answer 5

Giant Isopod.

..Creepy science fiction lookin' things.

Answer 6

a tuatara, because they are the closest relatives to the ancient dinosaurs and they only live in one place

Answer 7

tasmanian tigre

Answer 8

squirrel