I'm talking about animals we can pet and cuddle with.
Dictyostelium discoideum (AKA slime mold). Cute and cuddly is in the eye of the beholder. Dictyostelium discoideum can aggregate and move around like a tank tread.
Birds, Bats, flying insects don't have propellers, but when is the last time you saw an airplane alight on a tree twig or electric wire?
Saurischian dinosaurs have an axle-in-casing hip joint structure - the legs can swing front-to-back but not side-to-side or twist like our ball-in-socket hip joints. You couldn't outrun a T-Rex but you could outmaneuver him/her/it.