Tired of listening to all your uncultured peers gush over cat videos? Do you think that cats and puppies were cuter before they got so popular? Ashamed when a friend catches you with a Grumpy Cat tab open? Then get ready to apathetically shrug your shoulders with delight, because this article is for you. Below, your favorite millennial hipster will find a complete guide to cute animals that haven't been tainted by the mainstream.
1. Kinkajou
(Mostly) vegetarian and nocturnal, this creature will align perfectly with your lifestyle.
2. Jerboa
Prove to your friends that a Fennec Fox was yesterday's Buzzfeed craze by announcing your obsession with the Jerboa, an animal that's just the right amount of sultry and refined.
3. Wallaroo
Behind those glassy eyes, you can see that he questions his role in the world.
4. Sunda Colugo
Admittedly less cute, but it's quirky and will prove your tastes differ from the capitalist driven, leggy-blonde aesthetic.
5. The Dumbo Octopus
It's the deepest living octopus, you're the deepest PhD candidate in your university's philosophy department.
6. Red Panda
Like a regular panda, only communist.
7. Pink Fairy Armadillo
Adorable, exotic, elusive. Just like you.
8. Patagonian Mara
Now that everyone's gotten savvy to the world's original hipster, the Capybara, it's time to name drop another South American rodent that will leave your friends scratching their heads. Preferably one that shares the name of the brand that rolls out your favorite 70s-hiker-dad aesthetic.
9. Maned Wolf
The ambiguity of this canine (is it a wolf? is it a fox?) will help remind others that you, too, resist labels.
P.S. the puppies are less scary:
10. The Common Genet
Have you heard of this cat? I didn't think so. Its ironic name will have your American Apparel coworkers grimacing with pleasure.
11. Shoebill
Like you, the Shoebill seems to know something that everybody else doesn't.