Rarely Talked about or seen Animals

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Almost all rodents and lagomorphs.

Stink badgers and ferret badgers. Pretty much everything from madagascar that isn't a meur or fossa. A lot of the "lesser" deer and antelope species. Beaked dolphins/whales.

I would say that even fossas are not often talked about (outside of Madagascar that is) and they are apparently very hard to see in the wild.

I've never heard of a meur so I would have to agree with you that it must be a very rare and forgotten beast indeed

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

As some of these lists specialise on the name as much as the animal, can I nominate the Bare-faced Go-away Bird?

 

[CheeseChameleon1945]

Oh yeah. The marl is another species.

 

[DaLilFishie]

Butterfly ray
Japanese armorhead
Barreleye/spookfish
Argonaut
Bobbit worm
Flying gurnard
Kawakawa
Irukandji jelly (only outside of Australia)
Longspine snipefish
Red indianfish
Snuffbox mussel
Arrow crab
Grooved razorfish
Clown frogfish
Splendid alfonsino
Plunderfish (all species)
Gunnel (all species)
Notothen (all species)
Spotted handfish
Wunderpus
Mouth almighty
and many others

 

[BerdNerd]

Sorry if mine are already on people's list. Let me know if one of them is.

- Tayra
- Albert's Lyrebird
- Helmet Vanga
- African Quailfinch
- Sarcastic Fringehead
- Trumpet Manucole
- Spotted Drumfish
- Thick-Billed Honeyguide
- Blue-Spotted Maskray
- West Indies Whistling Duck
- Stone Partridge
- Horned Parakeet
- Quokka

 

[DaLilFishie]

Any species from the genus Betta other than B. splendens
Asian Sheepshead
Stargazer
Fang Blenny
Any Knifefish species (only outside of the aquarium hobby)
Ramshorn Squid
Polar Cod (Boreogadus saida)
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (the Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, seems to get a lot of attention but many people don't realise there are several species!)
Kaluga Sturgeon
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Electric Catfish
Ribbon Eel
Many flatfish species (other than those found in seafood shops)
Leatherjackets
Grideye Fish (Genus Ipnops)
Grunt Sculpin
Most species of Dories (other than the John Dory and Marlin's friend Dory)
Black Swallower
All Viperfish species
Pearlfish
Japanese Huchen
Bumphead Parrotfish

 

[birdsandbats]

Any species from the genus Betta other than B. splendens
Asian Sheepshead
Stargazer
Fang Blenny
Any Knifefish species (only outside of the aquarium hobby)
Ramshorn Squid
Polar Cod (Boreogadus saida)
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (the Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, seems to get a lot of attention but many people don't realise there are several species!)
Kaluga Sturgeon
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Electric Catfish
Ribbon Eel
Many flatfish species (other than those found in seafood shops)
Leatherjackets
Grideye Fish (Genus Ipnops)
Grunt Sculpin
Most species of Dories (other than the John Dory and Marlin's friend Dory)
Black Swallower
All Viperfish species
Pearlfish
Japanese Huchen
Bumphead Parrotfish

Maybe it because I'm in their native range, but Shovelnose Sturgeon are fairly common in zoos in my area, though not quite as popular as Lake Sturgeon.

 

[DaLilFishie]

Maybe it because I'm in their native range, but Shovelnose Sturgeon are fairly common in zoos in my area, though not quite as popular as Lake Sturgeon.

Oh really? I wasn't aware that they are kept. Makes sense though, considering they are native to your area.

 

[imaginarius]

Coelacanths. Definitely underappreciated.

 

[CheeseChameleon1945]

I would say that even fossas are not often talked about (outside of Madagascar that is) and they are apparently very hard to see in the wild.

I've never heard of a meur so I would have to agree with you that it must be a very rare and forgotten beast indeed

Ah, the Meur. What a remarkable beast of Madagascar.

 

[TinoPup]

Any species from the genus Betta other than B. splendens
Asian Sheepshead
Stargazer
Fang Blenny
Any Knifefish species (only outside of the aquarium hobby)
Ramshorn Squid
Polar Cod (Boreogadus saida)
Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker (the Lumpsucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, seems to get a lot of attention but many people don't realise there are several species!)
Kaluga Sturgeon
Shovelnose Sturgeon
Electric Catfish
Ribbon Eel
Many flatfish species (other than those found in seafood shops)
Leatherjackets
Grideye Fish (Genus Ipnops)
Grunt Sculpin
Most species of Dories (other than the John Dory and Marlin's friend Dory)
Black Swallower
All Viperfish species
Pearlfish
Japanese Huchen
Bumphead Parrotfish

Smithsonian Zoo has a neat exhibit on knifefish They have elephant-nose knifefish, bluntnose knifefish, black ghost knifefish, and glass knifefish.

 

[CheeseChameleon1945]

Baked beans.

You'll get it if you do a little poking around.

 

[FBBird]

Baked beans.

You'll get it if you do a little poking around.

?

 

[FBBird]

Here’s a thing. Hume’s Bar-tailed Pheasant is not uncommon in private collections (we bred nine this year), but no U.K. zoo exhibits this Near Threatened species

 

[CheeseChameleon1945]

?

Ah, I knew I would get that reply.

WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Azygocypridina lowryi Kornicker, 1985

Azygocypridina lowryi - Wikipedia

 

[FBBird]

Ah, I knew I would get that reply.

WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Azygocypridina lowryi Kornicker, 1985

Azygocypridina lowryi - Wikipedia

Ah. Every day’s a schoolday

 

[Coelacanth18]

Coelacanths. Definitely underappreciated.

I'll say!

 

[CheeseChameleon1945]

Ah. Every day’s a schoolday

Haha!

 

[Noah Butas]

Tamaraw
Mesite
Sheltopusik
Tui
Degu

 

[Noah Butas]

Oh I though it would be non zoochat