List of most popular species

2016-07-06T02:43:05Z

Mewies: Popular Furry Species

This is a list of the most popular [[species]] ([[phenotype]]s) in the [[furry fandom]], according to various sources. This data is by no means authoritative or complete, and should be used as a guideline only. The lists have been cropped to the top 30 results for brevity.

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|+ Pounced.org data
<BR>(August 2006)
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!Rank
!Species
|-
!1
|[[Wolf (species)|Wolf]]
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!2
|[[Fox]]
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!3
|''Other''
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!4
|[[Dragon]]
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!5
|[[Cat]]
|-
!6
|[[Tiger]]
|-
!7
|[[Dog]]
|-
!8
|[[Lion]]
|-
!9
|[[Rabbit (species)|Rabbit]]
|-
!10
|[[Raccoon]]
|-
!11
|[[Leopard]]
|-
!12
|[[Bear (species)|Bear]]
|-
!13
|[[Panther]]
|-
!14
|[[Otter]]
|-
!15
|[[Skunk (species)|Skunk]]
|-
!16
|[[Horse]]
|-
!17
|[[Cheetah (species)|Cheetah]]
|-
!18
|[[Were]]
|-
!19
|[[Coyote (species)|Coyote]]
|-
!20 (tie)
|[[Kangaroo]]
|-
!20 (tie)
|[[Cougar]]
|-
!22
|[[Gryphon]]
|-
!23
|[[Bat]]
|-
!24
|[[Ferret]]
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!25
|[[Hyena]]
|-
!26 (tie)
|[[Dinosaur]]
|-
!26 (tie)
|[[Jackal (species)|Jackal]]
|-
!28
|[[Rat (species)|Rat]]
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!29
|[[Squirrel (species)|Squirrel]]
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!30
|[[Mouse]]
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|+ WikiFur category data
<BR>(November 2007)
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!Rank
!Species
|-
!1
|Wolf
|-
!2
|Fox
|-
!3
|Dragon
|-
!4
|Cat
|-
!5
|Lion
|-
!6
|Tiger
|-
!7
|Rabbit
|-
!8
|Raccoon
|-
!9
|Dog
|-
!10
|Skunk
|-
!11
|Kangaroo
|-
!12
|Otter
|-
!13
|Bear
|-
!14
|Horse
|-
!15
|Cheetah
|-
!16
|Mouse
|-
!17
|Squirrel
|-
!18
|Rat
|-
!19 (tie)
|Ferret
|-
!19 (tie)
|[[Snow Leopard]]
|-
!21 (tie)
|Coyote
|-
!21 (tie)
|Cougar
|-
!21 (tie)
|Gryphon
|-
!24
|Hyena
|-
!25 (tie)
|Leopard
|-
!25 (tie)
|Bird
|-
!27
|[[Unicorn]]
|-
!28
|[[Orca (species)|Orca]]
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!29 (tie)
|Dinosaur
|-
!29 (tie)
|[[Lynx (species)|Lynx]]
|-
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|+ Furry Research Center
<BR>(June 2008)
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!Rank
!Species
|-
!1
|Wolf
|-
!2
|Fox
|-
!3
|Domestic cat
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!4
|Dragon
|-
!5
|Tiger
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!6
|[[dog|Unspecified domestic dog]]
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!7
|Lion
|-
!8
|Rabbit
|-
!9
|[[Husky]]
|-
!10
|Raccoon
|-
!11
|Horse
|-
!12
|Coyote
|-
!13
|Otter
|-
!14
|Cheetah
|-
!15
|Snow Leopard
|-
!16
|Bear
|-
!17
|Skunk
|-
!18
|Cougar
|-
!19
|[[Arctic fox]]
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!20
|Panther
|-
!21
|Other domestic dog
|-
!22
|[[Hybrid]] (excluding [[folf]])
|-
!23 (tie)
|[[Kitsune (mythology)|Kitsune]]
|-
!23 (tie)
|Rat
|-
!23 (tie)
|Hyena
|-
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:15em;"
|+ WikiFur category data (February 2011)
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!Rank
!Species
|-
!1
|Fox
|-
!2
|Wolf
|-
!3
|Dog
|-
!4
|Dragon
|-
!5
|Cat
|-
!6
|Tiger
|-
!7
|Lion
|-
!8
|Raccoon
|-
!9
|Rabbit
|-
!10
|Skunk
|-
!11
|Bear
|-
!12
|Otter
|-
!13
|Horse
|-
!14
|Coyote
|-
!15
|Cheetah
|-
!16
|Hyena
|-
!17
|Snow Leopard
|-
!18
|Kangaroo
|-
!19
|Bird
|-
!20
|Rat
|-
!21
|Gryphon
|-
!22
|Leopard
|-
!23
|Lynx
|-
!24
|Ferret
|-
!25 (tie)
|Cougar
|-
!25 (tie)
|Dinosaur
|-
!27
|Squirrel
|-
!28
|Jackal
|-
!29
|[[Deer]]
|-
!30
|Bat
|-
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:15em;"
|+ WikiFur category data (July 2016)
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!Rank
!Species
|-
!1
|Fox
|-
!2
|Wolf
|-
!3
|Dog (Any Breed)
|-
!4
|Dragon
|-
!5
|Cat
|-
!6
|Big Cats
|-
!7
|Rabbit
|-
!8
|Horse
|-
!9
|Skunk
|-
!10
|Otter
|-
!11
|Bear
|-
!12
|Coyote
|-
!13
|Hyena
|-
!14
|Bird
|-
!15
|Rat
|-
!16
|Kangaroo
|-
!17
|Gryphon
|-
!18
|Ferret
|-
!19
|Dinosaur
|-
!20
|Squirrel
|-
!21
|Jackal
|-
!22
|[[Deer]]
|-
!23
|Bat
|-
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==Notes and sources==
===WikiFur data===
The February 2011 count uses WikiFur's [[:Category:Characters|species categorisation]] system to find which species are most popular amongst people who have WikiFur articles, under the assumption that it is a representative cross-section of the [[furry fandom]] at large. They are cross-referenced with the [[:Category:People|people]] category so that non-[[fursona]] characters are filtered out.

This study counts hybrid characters and groups similar species and sub-species together to get a more accurate number (e.g. species in the [[:Category:Husky_characters|husky category]] are counted within the [[:Category:Dog_characters|dog category]] instead as a standalone group).

The November 2007 count was conducted differently and is derived from [[Special:Mostlinkedcategories|the list of most linked to categories]] according to which character categories contain the most articles. It does not take into account hybrids and does not group related species (e.g. snowshoe hares are counted as a different species than hares, they are '''not''' grouped together).

===Furry Research Center data===
Data provided by the Furry Research Center was sampled from the first 5000 respondents to the 2008 version of the [[Furry Survey]]. Of those, 3785 provided an answer for the question "If you identify with a particular animal, which one is it?"

Some species were split into subcategories. Dogs, for example, could be selected by particular breed; this division leading to an under-representation of dogs in general in the results.

The published results are available on the [http://www.furcenter.org/pubs/Furry_Species.pdf Furry Research Center website].

===Pounced.org data===
This information is derived from [[Pounced.org]]'s [http://www.pounced.org/stats/stats.html statistics page] before it was removed ([http://web.archive.org/web/20060710062553/http://www.pounced.org/stats/stats.html archive]). Pounced.org uses a set species list which users choose from, thus the presence of "Other" on the results.

==See also==

* [[W:Phenotype|Phenotype]] on [[Wikipedia]]
* [[:Category:Characters]]

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