More sea creatures would be really awesome, also ive heard people talk about bat villagers and i loooove that idea! I also like the idea of owls or giraffes or different breeds of dogs.
They really cant do villagers that already have a special character. The best part about the special characters is that they are unique to their species. So... Foxes, giraffes, hedgehogs, skunks, raccoons, chameleons, walrus', different dog breeds, ect probably wont happen.
And they should choose a specie that has many variation options.
Whales - they could have belugas, orcas, humpbacks, and might even be able to add a dolphin or manatee. Since they have zebras and unicorns as horses, that could work.
Bats were what I was thinking, too.
Maybe snakes even? I don't know how they'd make them, but it's just a thought.
AC does a good job of incorporating a lot of different animals, whether they'd be villagers (like cats) or normal characters (like the alpacas).
They even give some animals special skins to make them look like another, like how Julian's a unicorn, Bianca's a snow leopard, Kyle's an African wild dog, and so on.
It's hard to find what animals they haven't done ^^;
You know what I think Animal Crossing could benefit from? Meerkats! They're already tall and slim and made popular thanks to those crazy Russian ones on the Compare the Market ads; plus they'd lean their way to some cute and adorable designs that cater well to most if not all the personalities available. x)
Also, I'd love to see bandicoots in AC at some point (hehe, I just love Crash too much!) but I feel if there is to be any, they're most likely going to adapt a design like that into one of the mice, like a moose into the deer (Erik), a zebra into the horses (Savannah) or even a panda into the cubs (Chester). I'd love to see more animals like that come into fruition!
I'd love to see a sloth villager, I mean they already made Leif so it's possible. Also definitely bat villagers, I think it'd be so cute having a species be awake at night. They could wake up at 6 in the afternoon the same time that PWPS light up and mail gets delivered, and stay awake until 6 in the morning.
I second all the bat, otter, ferret, and skunk comments- especially bats, they are my favourite animal! On top of those, I'd really like to see some pangolins.
Also foxes. I wish my town name of Foxwood could actually be applicable to my villagers. :U
And this isn't really a species, but...I'd like to see more female rabbit villagers that DON'T have the peppy personality. I currently have 3 and tbh it's kinda ridiculous.
Humans would be nice. Because humans are already the biggest animal group in AC, we might as well have a new system in which our friends can temporarily move into vacation houses of our towns and have limited options so that they can't destroy it, but rather live like a normal villager for awhile. There could also be a neat feature of personalized human villager pictures that we can give to others and change appearance if we update our figures.Jackrabbits, actual pelican neighbors and not trust mail employees. Raccoons would be cool too!! Basically all the main characters but in villager form. I think it'd be cool if they made kittens too, kind of like the concept of how they have big bears (like Paula) and small bears (like Bluebear).