Weird Animals – A List Of The World’s Strangest Species

Maned Wolf
Maned Wolf
Scientific name: Chrysocyon brachyurus

Type of animal: Mammal

Family: Canidae

Where found: South America

Conservation status: Near Threatened

The maned wolf is a type of canid (member of the dog family, Canidae) found in grasslands in South America. The species has long, slender legs, reddish-brown coat and shaggy mane, and is included in this list due to its weird, long-legged appearance.

Unlike its namesake the gray wolf, the maned wolf does not live in packs. It is an omnivore, hunting a variety of small to mid-sized animals and also eating plant matter, including a plant named the wolf apple Solanum lycocarpum – due to the maned wolf’s liking for its fruit.