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| Elderly female blue monkey. With those pudgy cheeks, which spot on the list do you think this gal landed? CREDIT: © Science/AAAS |
When it comes to looks, the animal kingdom has some cuties (and some not-so cuties). So the TechMediaNetwork editorial team decided to take on the challenge of ranking them, after extensive debate, in reverse order of cuteness. Here are the top 500 that made the Cute Animals list. You may be surprised at which furry creature came in at #1 and which snagged the last spot. Let us know what you think.
500. Red Uakari
Red Uakari monkey.
CREDIT: © Luis Louro | Dreamstime.com
CREDIT: © Luis Louro | Dreamstime.com
499. Narwhal
498. Nudibranch (No two alike!)
497. Horseshoe Crab
496. Coelacanth
Living coelacanth.
CREDIT: Hans Fricke/Max-Planck Institute
CREDIT: Hans Fricke/Max-Planck Institute
495. Giant Clam
494. Chicken
493. Flying Fish
492. Eastern Mole
491. Marine Iguana
490. Pallid Sturgeon
489. Opossum
488. Snail
487. Damselfish
486. Pygmy Octopus
485. Barramundi
484. Giant Squid
483. Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat
482. June Bug
481. Maned Wolf
480. Genet
479. Horned Lizard
478. Box Jellyfish
Tropical-dwelling box jellyfish have a cube-shaped body, and four different types of special-purpose eyes.
CREDIT: Anders Garm
CREDIT: Anders Garm
477. Cantor's Giant Softshell Turtle
476. Cormorant
475. Starfish
474. Hawksbill Sea Turtle
473. Swordfish
472. Star-nosed Mole
471. Gecko (Just look at their eyes.)
The gecko can scamper across sheer surfaces, even when those surfaces are vertical walls.
CREDIT: Ali Dhinojwala, The University of Akron
CREDIT: Ali Dhinojwala, The University of Akron
470. Poison Dart Frog
469. Red-footed Booby
468. Starry Smooth-hound Shark
467. Turkey
466. Vietnamese Long-nosed Snake
465. Whale Shark
464. Wolverine
463. Cattle
462. Warthog
461. Red-eyed Tree Frog
460. Walrus
459. Ostrich
458. Piglet Squid
457. Humpback Whale
456. Ladybug
455. Butterfly
454. Glass Frog
Glass frog.
CREDIT: © Conservation International-Colombia/Photo by Marco Rada
CREDIT: © Conservation International-Colombia/Photo by Marco Rada
453. Western Long-nosed Snakes
452. Elephants (African & Asian)
451. Pill Bug, a.k.a. Roly-Poly
450. Toucan
449. Elephant Seal
448. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle
447. Burton's Legless Lizard
446. Teacup Pig
445. Octopus
444. Seahorse
443. Firefly (Its butt glows!)
442. Leafy Seadragon
Leafy seadragon.
CREDIT: Greg Rouse, UC San Diego
CREDIT: Greg Rouse, UC San Diego
441. Musk Ox
440. Chameleon
439. Green Sea Turtle
438. Cuttlefish
437. Puffer Fish
436. Zebra Finch
435. Kuhli Loach
434. Lionfish
432. Naked Mole Rat
431. Dingo
430. Quetzal
429. Skunk (Stinky, but cute.)
428. White-crested Laughingthrush
427. Butterflyfish
426. Yoda Fruit Bat
425. Caribbean Reef Octopus
424. Hippopotamus
423. Impala
422. White Rhinoceros
421. Visayan Warty Pig
420. Proboscis Monkey
419. Snowy Owl (Hedwig.)
Snowy owls, like Harry Potter's Hedwig, have wingspans of about 5 feet and they are known to swallow prey, such as lemmings, whole.
CREDIT: Dreamstime.
CREDIT: Dreamstime.
418. Peacock
417. Llama
416. Domesticated Duck
415. Grizzly Bear
414. Kangaroo Rat
413. Tawny Frogmouth
Australian Tawny Frogmouth.
CREDIT: © Countedsorrow2 | Dreamstime.com
CREDIT: © Countedsorrow2 | Dreamstime.com
412. Aardvark
411. Axolotl
410. Plover
409. Boar
408. Black Rhinoceros
407. Bison (They are also tasty.)
406. Somali Wild Ass
405. Arabian camel
404. Emu
403. Vole
402. Panther
401. Malagasy Jumping Rat
400. Reindeer aka Caribou
399. Banteng
398. Echidna
397. Tapir (Sadly, they lose their stripes as adults. Still cute though.)
396. Flamingo
395. Takin
394. Okapi
393. Cape Buffalo
392. Bengal Tiger
391. Galapagos Tortoise
390. Great Egret (Only cute when hunkered down.)
389. Addax
388. Wildebeest
387. Sumatran Tiger
386. Snares Penguin
385. Pangolin
The endangered Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), native to central and SoutheastAsia
, is covered with scales made from keratin.
CREDIT: © AMNH/D. Finnin
CREDIT: © AMNH/D. Finnin
384. European Wolf
383. Oryx
382. Dwarf Zebu
381. Northern Fur Seal
380. Nine-banded Armadillo
379. Lion
378. Serow
377. Bactrian Camel
376. Sloth
375. Jaguarundi
Jaguarundi.
CREDIT: Halvorsen, Gary/USFWS
CREDIT: Halvorsen, Gary/USFWS
374. Weasel
373. Cougars
372. Kudu
371. Aldabra Flying Fox (A bat, not a fox.)
370. Donkey
369. Smooth-coated Otter
368. Baboon
367. Rockhopper Penguin
Rockhopper penguin.
366. Coyote
365. Alpaca
364. Mole rat (The non-naked variety, but still blind as can be.)
363. Domestic goat
362. Topi
361. Moose
360. Golden Mole
359. Transcaspian Urial
358. Long-nosed Bandicoot
357. Eland
356. Marbled Polecat
355. Ross Seal
354. Cheetah
353. Spectacled Bear
352. Red Fox
351. Pronghorn
350. Bobcat
349. Horse
348. Tenrec
347. Black Bear (Much cuter than grizzlies.)
346. Sifaka
Coquerel's Sifaka and baby at the Bronx Zoo.
CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher
CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher
345. Mountain Beaver (Not a beaver.)
344. Pig
343. Bearded Pig
342. Puma
341. Manatee (Our resident manatee expert says: They fart a lot. Don't ask how I know this.)
340. Lemming
339. Gorilla
338. Iberian Mole
337. Polar Bear
336. Mallard
335. Mountain Bongo
334. River Dolphin aka Baiji
333. Spotted Hyena
332. Galapagos Sea Lion
331. African Barred Owlet
330. Stellar Sea Lion
329. Musk Deer
328. American Wolf
327. Liger
Killer whale and Weddell seal.
CREDIT: Robert Pitman/NOAA
CREDIT: Robert Pitman/NOAA
326. Orca aka Killer Whale (Shamu! Free Willy!)
325. Mountain Goat
324. Spotted Seal
323. Onager
322. Sitatunga
321. Olingo
320. Colugo
319. African Linsang
318. Numbat
317. Coypu
316. Spinner Dolphin
A newly discovered wild peccary.
CREDIT: © NDR Naturfilm/Roland Gockel; © Frieder Salm
CREDIT: © NDR Naturfilm/Roland Gockel; © Frieder Salm
315. Peccary
314. Dugong
313. Elephant Shrew
312. Barbirusa Pig
311. Muntjac
310. Nyala
309. Sclater's Lemur
308. Owl
307. Chuditch
306. Springhaas
305. Porcupine
304. Kouprey
303. Sloth Bear
302. Dibbler
301. Robin
300. Nilgai
299. Hairy-nosed Otter
298. Gerenuk
297. Scottish Highland Cow
296. Subantarctic Fur Seal
294. Yak
293. Tamandua
292. Cuban Screech Owl
291. Klipspringer
290. Southern Viscacha
289. South American Fur Seal
288. Tahr
287. Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
286. Mouflon
285. Flamarion's Tuco-tuco
284. Weddell Seal
283. Miniature Horse (But not ponies.)
282. Badger
281. Blackbuck
280. Goral
279. Black-backed Jackal
278. Sandpipers
277. Cameroon Scaly-tail
276. New Zealand Fur Seal aka Southern Fur Seal
275. Argali
274. Quoll
273. Amazon River Dolphin
272. Baikal Seal
271. Pademelon
270. Dibatag aka Clarke's Gazelle
269. Giant Forest Hog
268. Vicuña
267. Brocket Deer
266. Emperor Tamarin
265. Bighorn Sheep
264. South Andean Deer aka Huemul
262. Hartebeest
261. Aoudad aka Barbary Sheep
An adult yellow-bellied marmot. These rodents live in Western North America.
CREDIT: Ben Hulsey
CREDIT: Ben Hulsey
260. Marmot
259. Hog Deer
258. Norway Rat aka Brown Rat
257. Gaur
256. Caspian Seal
255. Iriomote Cat
254. Anoa
253. Hutia
252. Ibex
251. Ocelot
250. Rhebok
249. Fishing Cat
248. Markhor
247. Kinkajou
246. Père David's Deer aka Milu
245. Paca (Also considered a gourmet meat.)
244. Caracal
243. Bearded Seal
242. Tayra
241. Pudu
240. Pampas Cat
239. Guanaco
238. Anteater
237. Yellow-eyed Penguin
236. Wallaroo
235. Taruca
234. Lesser Grison
233. Spotted-necked Otter
232. Chiru aka Tibetan Antelope
231. Sable
Zebra in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
CREDIT: Tudorish, Dreamstime.com
CREDIT: Tudorish, Dreamstime.com
230. Zebra
229. Pygmy Anteater (Pygmy things are cuter than regular-size things. This is one of the principles of cuteness theory.)
228. Cuscus
227. Common Seal
226. Saola
225. Oncilla
224. Sunda Stink Badger
223. Snow Leopard
222. Suni
221. Lynx
220. Goeldi's Marmoset or Goeldi's Monkey
219. Bat-eared Fox
218. Brush-tailed Bettong
217. African Clawless Otter
216. Antelope
215. King Penguin
214. Muskrat
213. Mini Nubian Goat
212. Mouse Lemur
211. Greater Bilby
One of 2,500 yellow-cheeked crested gibbons counted in the recent WCS survey.
CREDIT: Matt Hunt.
CREDIT: Matt Hunt.
210. Mink
209. Black Squirrel
208. Ribbon Seal
207. Gibbon
206. Zorilla
205. Agouti
204. Kha-nyou
203. Springbok
202. Andean Bear
201. Fiordland Penguin
The platypus sports a patchwork of features from mammals, reptiles and birds.
CREDIT: Zina Deretsky,National ScienceFoundation .
CREDIT: Zina Deretsky,National Science
200. Platypus
199. Patgonian Cavy aka Mara
198. African Wild Dog
197. Giant Otter
196. Macaroni Penguin
195. Mediterranean Monk Seal
194. Woodchuck
193. Aardwolf
192. Bush Dog
191. Margay
190. Kob
189. South American Sea Lion
188. Dhole
187. Crabeater Seal
186. Saiga
185. Ringed Seal
184. African Hunting Dog
183. Lechwe
182. Australian Sea Lion
181. Beira
180. Tasmanian Devil
179. Elk
178. Southern River Otter
177. Humboldt Penguin
176. Puku
175. Galapagos Fur Seal
174. Galago
173. Gazelle (all species apart from Thomson's Gazelle)
172. Thomson's Gazelle
171. Magellanic Penguin
170. Przewalski's Horse
169. African Buffalo
168. Galápagos Penguin
167. Brown Fur Seal
166. Crab-eating Fox
165. Eurasian Otter
164. Raccoon Dog
163. Tarsier
This California sea lion and the pup resting beside her are not related. A new study has documented evidence of adoption among California sea lions for the first time.
CREDIT: Misuzu Toyama
CREDIT: Misuzu Toyama
161. California Sea Lion
160. Kowari
159. Fallow Deer
158. Royal Penguin
157. Andean Mountain Cat
156. Agile Mangabey
155. Snow Leopard
154. Suslik
153. Blue Monkey
152. Beaver
151. Prevosts's Squirrel
150. Solenodon
149. Potto
148. North American Raccoon
147. Long-tailed Tit
146. Jerboa
145. Juan Fernández Fur Seal
144. Pine Marten aka American Marten
143. Golden Lion Tamarin
142. Chevrotain aka Mouse Deer
141. Arctic Fox
140. Sun Bear
139. Pocket Gopher
138. Fisher
137. Hawaiian Monk Seal
136. Orangutan
135. Stoat aka Ermine
134. Patagonian Opossum
133. Bushy-tailed Jird
132. Chickadee (Even the name sounds cute.)
131. Langur
130. Gelada Baboon
129. Emperor Penguin
128. Leopard Seal
Research flock at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho.
CREDIT: USDA ARS
CREDIT: USDA ARS
126. Domestic Sheep
125. Wildcat
124. Tree Hyrax
123. Antarctic Fur Seal
122. Black-footed Ferret
121. Pallas' Cat
120. Dik-dik
119. Feather-tail Glider
118. Lemur!
117. Pygmy Marmoset
116. Kodkod
115. Gundi
114. Zokor
113. Geoffroy's Cat
112. Titi
111. Grivet
110. Bearded Saki
109. Pygmy Hog
108. Gelada Monkey
107. Phascogale
Here’s a Royle’s pika,Ochotona roylei, sunning itself on a rock in Nepal. When they sense that a predator is sneaking up, the let out a shrill warning call and their bodies jerk forward and up with each bark and whistle. At nighttime they eat their own feces to maximize the nutrients they get from food.
CREDIT: © David Emmett
CREDIT: © David Emmett
106. Pika (They're tiny, squeaky things that gather flowers, beat that.)
105. Mandrill
104. Squirrel Monkey
103. Culpeo
102. Vervet
101. Pygmy Hippopotamus
100. Gerbil
99. Verreaux's Sifaka
98. Coati
97. Tur
96. Black Stork
95. Giraffe
94. Wallace's Three-striped Dasyure
93. Surili
92. Guenon
91. Honey Badger (It doesn't care.)
90. Tree Squirrel
89. Hedgehog
88. Canary
87. Flying Squirrel
86. Hamster
85. Drill
84. Eastern Cottontail
83. Bonobo
82. White-faced Capuchin
81. Wombat
80. Saki Monkey
79. Jackrabbit
78. Malbrouck
77. New Zealand Sea Lion
76. Dwarf Mongoose
75. Chipmunk
74. Snowshoe Hare
73. Serval
72. Head-Bobbing Lemur
71. Deer
70. Hummingbird
69. Rabbit
White-tailed jack rabbits are disappearing from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
CREDIT: Joel Berger/Wildlife Conservation Society
CREDIT: Joel Berger/Wildlife Conservation Society
68. Quokka
67. Dwarf Rabbit
66. Aye Aye (Freaky, but cute.)
65. Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
64. Gray Seal
63. Chinchilla
62. Duiker
61. Mouse
60. Kangaroo
59. Puffin
58. Bush Baby
57. Sand Cat
56. Kultarr
55. Beluga Whale
54. Monkey
53. Koala
52. Slow Loris
51. Kiwi
50. Ring-tailed Cat (Not actually a cat, but very cute.)
48. Civet Cat
47. Degu
46. Oribi
45. Lutung
44. Chinstrap Penguin
43. Siamang
42. False Antechinus
41. Asian Small-clawed Otter
40. Elephant Seal
39. Talapoin
38. Gymnure aka Moonrat
37. Kipunji
The kipunji monkey is found only in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania.
CREDIT: T. Davenport/WCS.
CREDIT: T. Davenport/WCS.
36. Douc
35. Desman
34. Chimpanzee
33. Guinea Pig
32. Colubus
31. Blue Penguin
30. Gentoo Penguin
29. Common Planigale
28. Sugar Glider
27. Mulgara
26. Pink Fairy Armadillo
25. Little Red Kaluta
24. Northern River Otter
23. Blue-footed Booby
22. Dormouse
21. Wallaby
20. Clown Fish
19. Clouded Leopard
The binturong lives in the rain forests of Southeast Asia.
CREDIT: © Gary Unwin | Dreamstime.com
CREDIT: © Gary Unwin | Dreamstime.com
18. Frilled Neck Lizard
17. Prairie Dog
16. Antechinus
15. Capybara
14. Macaque
A red panda enjoys the snow at the Bronx Zoo.
CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society
CREDIT: Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society
13. Adelie Penguin
12. Harp Seal
11. Binturong aka Bearcat (It smells like buttered popcorn!)
10. Meerkat
9. Dunnart
8. Red Panda aka Firefox
7. Ring-tailed Lemur
6. Rock Hyrax
5. Dog
4. Fennec Fox
3. Giant Panda
2. Cat
These furry mammals swim around on their backs and balance snacks on their bellies.
CREDIT: Dreamstime
CREDIT: Dreamstime
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