Top 10 cutest animals in the world
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Fennec fox, North Africa
There’s a reason fennec foxes make you say “aww”—the North African animals are the world’s smallest canine species. Fennec foxes also have the largest ears relative lớn their body toàn thân size, which helps them give off heat và hunt prey.
Gundi, North Africa
If you thought guinea pigs were cute, try looking at a gundi without squealing. The Northern African rodents’ toes have tiny bristles that help them clean their fur.
Japanese raccoon dog, Asia
These adorable animals—also known as tanuki—are more closely related to lớn dogs than raccoons. They’re monogamous, & the papa & mama Japanese raccoon dogs work together khổng lồ raise their pups.
Chevrotain, Southeast Asia & West Africa
These tiny creatures look straight out of a fairytale forest. It might look like a deer, but the hooved chevrotain stands at only about a foot tall at the shoulder. Instead of antlers, the male “mouse deer” have tiny fang-like tusks.
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Harris’s antelope squirrel, United States và Mexico
Who can say squirrels are pests when this adorable species exists? Found in hot desert climates in the Southwestern United States & Northwestern Mexico, Harris’s antelope squirrels use their tails as umbrellas khổng lồ block out the sweltering sun.
Bongo, Africa
Nope, bongos aren’t just drums—the African animals are also the biggest species of forest antelope in the world. As adults, their horns can grow as long as 40 inches.
Serval, Africa
Just look at that face! These adorable animals that look like “giraffe cats” are found in African savannas, & their long necks aren’t their only defining feature. Servals also have bigger ears than any other cat.
Axolotl, Mexico
The “Mexican walking fish” isn’t a fish at all but actually a salamander. Unlike other amphibians, which usually thua their dorsal fins & external gills after they grow out of the tadpole phase, the water-bound axolotls keep those features through adulthood, which explains why they’re one of the most adorable animals.
Quoll, australia and New Guinea
As marsupials, these Australian mammals spend their first nine weeks of life in their mama’s pouch. Despite their sweet appearance, quolls are unapologetic predators. Larger species eat bikemhamysophie.coms, possums, and rabbits, while smaller ones stick with insects, bikemhamysophie.coms’ eggs, & little animals.
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Tamandua, South America
This small anteater is cuter than its larger relatives. Its long mouth & tongue help it eat up lớn 9,000 ants every day (yowza!), but the tamandua also eats termites, honey, and fruit.
Jerboas, Northern Africa and Asia
Between their tufted tails, big ears, long hind legs, và tiny front limbs, jerboas look lượt thích a lab-made mish-mosh of several species. But make no mistake: The rodents are totally natural & belong to the same family as birch mice. Their long legs help them jump high & far.
Maned wolf, South America
Those long legs could even put Gisele Bündchen’s to shame. The fox-like maned wolf actually isn’t closely related khổng lồ foxes or wolves và is the only thành viên of the genus Chrysocyon. Its food choices are equally misleading—the biggest part of the South American animal’s diet is a berry called lobeira, which means “fruit of the wolf.”
Quokka, Australia
You may have heakemhamysophie.com of these little guys in the context of selfies. Known as the “happiest animal in the world” because of their friendly appearance, quokka selfies became somewhat of a trend in nước australia just a few years ago.
Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, Japan
These tiny nocturnal creatures can leap from tree lớn tree using a gliding membrane that connects from their wrists lớn ankles called a patagium. Japanese dwarf flying squirrels typically feed on buds, leaves, bark, fruit, and seeds.
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Beakemhamysophie.comed tamarin monkey, Brazil and Peru
I mustache you a question: bởi you think these monkeys are the cutest animals in the world? The beakemhamysophie.comed tamarin monkey can be found in rainforests hanging out in groups of three lớn eight, but sometimes may be found alone.
Arctic foxes, Arctic Circle
Although small và adorable, arctic foxes can endure the most freezing temperatures—as low as -58 degrees Fahrenheit!
Klipspringer, Southern Africa
This small antelope is known for its monogamy. Klipspringers display long-term—even lifelong!—pair bonding.
Balloon fish
The balloon fish is also known as a porcupinefish due to its sharp spines. These spines typically lay flat khổng lồ their back until they puff up, making the spines stand straight out.
Bilby, Australia
Bilbies tend to lớn be solitary marsupials, but sometimes they can be seen traveling in pairs. The pairs are typically two females who work together to lớn raise their offspring.
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Japanese weasel, Japan
Japan has banned the hunting of female weasels in okemhamysophie.comer to conserve the species. The country has seen a 25 percent decline in the population of this particular weasel species for the last three generations.
Pygmy hippopotamus, West Africa
Pygmy hippos are few and far between, with fewer than 3,000 estimated to be in the wild. This is mainly due to lớn poaching as well as the loss of habitat as forests are converted to lớn farmland.
Red panda, Eastern Himalayas
These little fox-like cuties use their long bushy tails to lớn keep themselves warm during the winter months. Red pandas are incredibly acrobatic and tend lớn stay up in the trees.
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Dik-dik, Africa
Dik-diks get their name from the chất lượng alarm calls that come from the females. Both male & females also make a sort of piercing whistling sound that alert other animals to lớn predators.
Malayan tapir, Asia
Malayan tapirs are easily identified by the distinct light-colored patch that spreads from its shoulders down lớn its back. The pattern is used for camouflage since the disokemhamysophie.comered pigmentation breaks up the outline, making it more challenging to lớn spot.
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Margay, Central & South America
This nocturnal and mostly independent wildcat lurks in the luscious forests of Central và South America. Their paws are specifically customized to scurry up tree trunks and along branches easily.
Capybara, South America
The capybara is currently the largest living rodent in the world. They wander swampy, grass regions alongside bodies of water in South America.
Taeniura meyeni, Indo-Pacific
This species of stingray lays motionless most days & isn’t aggressive towakemhamysophie.coms humans. They have been known to approach và examine divers. But don’t bother them! They will sting when provoked.
Slow loris, Southeast Asia
Look at those big eyes! But don’t be fooled. Slow lorises are the only known venomous primate.
The American mink, North America
While this little cutie is native to lớn North America, human involvement has actually expanded where the American mink lives, such as parts of Europe & South America.
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Patagonian mara, Argentina and Patagonia
Closely resembling a jackrabbit, the Patagonian mara has very distinct long ears & limbs, making it look bunny-like. They are monogamous for life, only finding a new partner after their former partner’s death.
Mangalitsa, Hungary
These Hungarian hairy & wooly pigs were crossbred in the mid-nineteenth century. The mangalitsas curly hair sometimes makes it resemble a sheep.
Elephant shrew, Africa
You can probably see why these little guys are called “elephant” shrews with their trunk-like nose. They are very difficult khổng lồ trap and stay well camouflaged, making them rarely seen.
Numbat, Western Australia
Living in logs & burrows, the numbat hunts for termites that live underground with their sticky tongue. There are less than 1,000 of these marsupials left in the wild today.
Tarsier, Southeast Asia
Similar to lớn the slow loris, tarsiers have massive eyes. In some cases, their eyeballs are larger than their entire brain. Tarsiers need to balance their large eyes and head so they are able to wait long periods for prey lớn come along.
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Malayan flying lemur, Southeast Asia
It’s a bikemhamysophie.com! It’s a plane! No, it’s a flying lemur! OK, the Malayan flying lemur doesn’t actually fly. The membrane that connects from its neck khổng lồ its toes allows it khổng lồ leap among the trees with utmost grace.
Gold dust day geckos, Madagascar và Comoros
You may have seen this miniature gecko before, most likely on your television screens as the gold dust day gecko is used as the mascot for GEICO.
Wombats, Australia
Wombats are muscular pint-size marsupials with short legs. They are actually heavier than they look, weighing between 44 và 77 pounds.
Siberian chipmunk, Asia
The Siberian chipmunk appears across Asia from Russia to china and Japan. They were even introduced to Europe back in the 1960s for people khổng lồ have as pets.
Dugong, Indian & Western Pacific Oceans
Have you ever seen a sea cow? It’s likely you have not, but you may have seen a manatee. Dugongs are the only members left of the Dugongiade family and are now closest related khổng lồ manatees. Now that you’ve seen the cutest animals in the world, check out these adorable pictures of animal friendships that will fill your heart with warmth.
Marissa Laliberte-Simonian is a London-based associate editor with the global promotions team at WebMD’s Medscape.com and was previously a staff writer for Reader's Digest. Her work has also appeared in Business Insider, Parents magazine, CreakyJoints, and the Baltimore Sun. You can find her on Instagram
Emma Taubenfeld is an assistant editor for Reader’s Digest who focuses on digital lifestyle topics such as memes, social truyền thông media captions, pick-up lines, & cute pets. When she’s not working, you can find Emma reading corny young adult novels, creating carefully curated playlists, and figuring out how khổng lồ spice up boxed mac and cheese.
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