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35 Animals That You May Not Have Known Existed Before Now

Every time you think you’ve seen everything, new discoveries reveal how much there is left to learn about our planet. One intriguing Reddit group, “Animals I Didn’t Know Existed,” captures this sense of wonder, attracting around 29,000 visitors each week.

The page lives up to its name by posting rare photos of animals that are likely unfamiliar to most. Explore the collection below to see an array of strange and otherworldly mammals, birds, and reptiles that look as if they’ve leapt straight off the pages of a sci-fi novel.

#1 I’ve Know About Draco Lizards(Genus: Draco) For Awhile But I Wanted To Share

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#2 Nyala (Tragelaphus Angasii): Real-Life Forest Spirit?

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#4 Male Violet-Backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus Leucogaster)

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#5 Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus Maculatus)

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#6 The Rarely-Seen Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista Petaurista)

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#7 The Dik-Dik Antelope Refers To 4 Species Of The Genus Madoqua. This Is The Silver Dik-Dik (Madoqua Piacentinii), The Smallest Of The Genus, Native To Somalia And Ethiopia. Full Sized Ranges From 4-6.5 Pounds Max. They Have Sharp Hooves And Mark Their Territory With Their Tears!

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#8 Jaguarundi (Herpailurus Yagouaroundi) Closest Relative Of The Mountain Lion

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#9 Chrysina Limbata, A Species Of Scarab Beetle Found In Costa Rica And The Rainforests Of South America

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#10 Theloderma Corticale Also Know As Vietnamese Mossy Frog

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#11 Endangered Canid Native To Asia, The ‘Dhole’ (Cuon Alpinus)

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#12 South America Has Its Own, Much Smaller Version Of The Snow Leopard: Meet The Andean Mountain Cat (Leopardus Jacobita), A Close Relative Of The Jungle-Dwelling Ocelot

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#13 Striped Pyjama Squid (Sepioloidea Lineolata)

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#14 🔥 The Red-Shanked Douc Langur

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#15 These Prehistoric Looking Beetles

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#16 Cochranella Euknemos – Glass Frog

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#17 The Paradise Flying Snake (Chrysopelea Paradisi) Can Flatten Its Body To Glide Between Trees Like A Flying Squirrel

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#18 Bassariscus Astutus (Ringtail Cat)

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#19 The Black Serval (Leptailurus Serval)

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#20 Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Nesolagus Netscheri)

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#21 Roseate Spoonbill Aka Platalea Ajaja. I Prefer To Call It A Duckmingo Or A Fluck

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#22 Great Eared Nightjar (Lyncornis Macrotis) Recently Encountred In Thailand

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#23 The African Forest Buffalo (Syncerus Caffer Nanus) Is The Smallest Subspecies Of The African Buffalo, Weighing In At 550–705 Lbs

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#24 Pygmy Tufted Squirrel, (Exilisciurus Whiteheadi)

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#25 Galidia Elegans: Ring-Tailed Vontsira

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#26 The Spiny Flower Mantis (Pseudocreobotra Wahlbergii)

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#27 Goodfellow’s Tree-Kangaroo (Dendrolagus Goodfellowi)

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#28 The Short /Round Eared Elephant Shrew

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#29 Sulawesi Moon Moth ( Actias Isis )

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#30 Greater Lophorina (Lophorina Superba)

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#31 The Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon Megalotis)

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#32 Elephantfish (Campylomormyrus Sp.)

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#33 The King Bird Of Paradise,(Cicinnurus Regius)

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#34 🔥 Perfect Camouflage. Alaskan State Bird Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus Lagopus) Blending In With Winter Landscape

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#35 Secretary Birds Are Famous For Its Snake-Stomping Legs; A Single Kick Delivered Some 195 Newtons Of Force. They Are Also Famous For Their Long Eyelashes

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.