Platypuses!

As you should remember from the South Park episode, Craig's original show that was taking television by storm was "Animals Close-Up With a Wide Angled Lens." Only after Cartman's news show beat "Animals Close-Up..." did Craig throw hats into the mix. I tried to select pictures in this tradition, with the final photo being devoted to a close up animal wearing headgear. I don't think that "Catman's" headgear could be described as a cowl, as a cowl involves more than just a hood and a cape. Sleeves, a necessary component of a cowl, are conspicuously absent. I appreciate the vigilance, however, and would tend to agree with you on the sloths v. platypuses debate.

Firstly, this is an extremely misleading title, as only one of those three pictures features an animal wearing a hat, and even that one could be more accurately characterized as a "cowl". Secondly, sloths.