Favourite (unpopular) animal.

FAV. POPULAR ANIMAL.
- river hippo
- pygmy hippo
- red panada
- elephant
- polar bears
- jaguars
A few more but its hard, those are off the top of my head.

FAV. UNPOPULAR ANIMAL.
- tamandua (my all time fav. animal)
- west african dwarf croc
- dhole
- guar
- snow geese
- red river hogs
Again more but to many to name...
 
I like your list quartz, espicially the dwarf croc, most people I know think that crocs these days actually grow to the size of their ancestors. ( T.V has clouded many of ours minds, inculding myself...... Though imagniation hasn't been repelled)
 
Personally, I have always loved Babirusa and Marabou Stork. These two species are generally unpopular animals in a zoo because of their appearance... How shallow are the general public?! And as far as animals that aren't really well known go (as far as the general public are aware), I absolutely love Scimitar Horned Oryx, Pere David's Deer, Touracos! Addax, Bongo, Congo Buffalo and many other bird species including Guira Cuckoo, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Temminck's Tragopan
 
Think my favourite has got to be Madagascan Hissing Cockroackes. Ok, I admit, not that well unheard of or unknown but certainly wins in the not appreciated by the general public category.
 
Unpopular: Without a doubt spiders. They're not on my top 20 of favourite animals, but nevertheless I find them interesting. I've NEVER talked with anybody in real life who liked spiders except for the zookeepers who work with them. I also like snakes, but they're more of a love-it-or-hate-it animals than spiders which seem universally despised.

Unknown: Tons. The amount of animals that the average guy knows can almost be counted on your hands. However, after I visited Planckendael and saw my first echidna, which was quite active, I fell in love with it. I don't quite know if gibbons - my favourite not-domestic animal - count. Most people know they're monkeys (okay, they're apes but monkeys is not extremely wrong) or primates when they see them, but that's all.
 
Hmmm.....

My favourite obscure to the public animals have to be...
Fossa
White-nosed Coati (couldn't pull myself away once they got stuck into a dead baby chick!!!)
Chinese Water Dragon (have one at home)
Fulvous whistling duck (Belfast have some of these in the rainforest house and they are beautiful little ducks)
Socorro Dove
Great White Pelican (not sure if these are that obscure but Pelicans have always been one of my favourite species of bird)
Ocelot
Aardvark
African Wild Dog (yet again not sure if these are that obscure)

I agree with you Hvedekorn that spider are very interesting and fascinating to watch however I dislike them so much and quite terrfied of them. Nonetheless they are very cool to watch up close.
 
Mine are...............

Gaur
Gemsbok (any antelope really)
Onager
Visayan warty pig
Brow-antlered deer
Pallas' cat
 
As a few of you will know, my favourite animal family is Rodents. So Squirrels, Jerboa, Cavies etc. None of them are popular animals. But I love all of them! :D:D:D
 
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