what kind of animal is hopper
â Picture quote, Wild World. 1  Hopper (ãã«ãã³,, Dalman) is a cranky penguin villager in the Animal Crossing series. He is a crested penguin, and named after the Rockhopper penguin, even while his design is based off a Macaroni Penguin (the two look quite similar to the untrained eye. However, they're both crested penguins).