Images or animations in which it isn't clear what species a character is intended to be. While the tag is intended to be temporary, replaced with the appropriate species tag once the truth is found out, there are a certain number of artists who draw fantasy creatures that they themselves are not sure what to call (or "generic furry characters"), particularly for one-off images or animations, without having any specific species in mind. There are also characters who are specifically designed to be one-of-a-kind or who officially have an "unknown" species (e.g. chip (sonic)).

If the species of the character is hard to identify due to a lack of recognizable features visible in the image, such as the case of extreme close-ups for example, use ambiguous_species instead.

See also

• anon
• anonymous_character
• ambiguous_gender
• source_request
• tagme
• translation request
• species_request
• unknown_artist
• unknown_artist_signature
• unknown_character
• unknown_species