Can an Animagus be any animal?

Animagi can only take on the form of one specific animal. This animal form is not chosen by the wizard, but determined by their personality and inner traits. It may also be that the full-bodied patronus may reveal what a witch or wizard would turn into if they were an animagus.
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What Animals Can an Animagus be?

However, we know of four unregistered Animagi: Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail), who can transform into a rat, Sirius Black, who can turn into a large, black dog, James Potter, who transformed into a stag, and Rita Skeeter, who becomes a beetle.
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Can an Animagus transform into any animal?

The difference between Transfiguration and the Animagus transformation ability was that an Animagus could change into an animal whenever they want, without a wand or an incantation. Being an Animagus was an ability, and Transfiguring required a spell.
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Can Animagus be magical animals?

Yeah, it can be any animal real or magical, Dumbledore's Patronus is a Phoenix which is magical and your patronus is your animagus so...
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Who are the 7 Animagus in Harry Potter?

There were only seven Animagi registered in the twentieth century, one being Minerva McGonagall and the other six unknown (PA19). However, there were at least four more that went unregistered by the Ministry: James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and Rita Skeeter.
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Can your Animagus be a hippogriff?

The short answer is simply NO, there aren't mentioned characters in canon which can take the form of a magical creature. The long answer is: I don't think this is accidental. In the series we see the Patronuses of only two people who are known Animagi: Minerva MacGonagall and James Potter.
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Was Lily Potter an Animagus?

James Potter

James's Animagus form was that of a stag, which earned him his nickname, Prongs. Strikingly, Harry's Patronus was a stag and his mother Lily's was a doe, a female deer, showing that the family's characters were in harmony and formed part of the same animal group.
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What would Hermiones Animagus be?

Hermione is the brightest witch of her age, and she would be the first in the group to successfully transform into her Animagus form, a rather fitting fox.
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Does becoming an Animagus hurt?

The (many) things to be wary of…

When the process of becoming an Animagus goes wrong, it often goes seriously wrong. We're talking horrible half-human, half-animal mutations here, with no known cure. The first transformation is usually 'uncomfortable and frightening.
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Can Dumbledore transfigure?

While Dumbledore was a transfiguration teacher prior to becoming headmaster and tutored McGonagall, there is simply no evidence of him having become one. Dumbledore was a transfiguration teacher for many years so it is possible that he would know how.
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Can your Animagus be different from your Patronus?

Animagus form and patronus are the same but sometimes the patronus can change(like Nymphadora's) so yes,it is possible. :Animagi can only take on the form of one specific animal. This animal form is not chosen by the wizard, but determined by their personality and inner traits.
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Why is Sirius Black a dog?

Sirius Black can turn into a Dog because he was an “Animagus”. An Animagus is a witch or wizard who could transform themselves into an animal and back again as per their choice.
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Can a werewolf be an Animagus?

Werewolf will be rejected to become an Animagus, because becoming an Animagus must have undergone a long process to achieve, since in Harry Potter World, Werewolf would be forced to transform once a month during the full moon, it doesn't meet the requirements of transforming into a Animagus.
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Can an Animagus have multiple forms?

No, an animagi can only attain one animal form, and if they could attain more than one, than Pettigrew would probably have tried to change into a different animal after Sirius was after him so that he wouldn't know it was Pettigrew, since Pettigrew is recognizable as a rat without one of its front fingers.
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Who has a fox Patronus?

Seamus' Patronus is revealed to be a fox during the Battle of Hogwarts: "And then a silver hare, a boar, and a fox soared past Harry, Ron, and Hermione's heads: The dementors fell back before the creatures' approach.
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Can a Metamorphmagus become an Animagus?

In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Jacob's sibling will jokingly suggest that they may be a Metamorphmagus to distract Nymphadora Tonks when playing Gobstones with her. During the game, however, the character uses Polyjuice Potion and may become an Animagus, indicating that this is not the case.
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Is Runcorn a Death Eater?

Death Eater control of the Ministry

During Pius Thicknesse's administration of the Ministry of Magic, Runcorn informed on Muggle-borns to the Ministry of Magic, subsequently leading to their arrest and imprisonment.
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What are the rarest Patronuses?

The albatross is the rarest Patronus on our list; the one belonging to the lowest number of Wizarding World fans. With the longest wingspan of any bird – up to 11 feet – the albatross surfs the ocean winds for hours, hardly even needing to flap.
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How many OWLs did Hermione obtain?

According to Half-Blood Prince, Hermione achieved eleven OWLs: 'Oh, come off it,' said Ron, striding over to her and whipping her results out of her hand. 'Yep - ten "Outstandings" and one "Exceeds Expectations" in Defence Against the Dark Arts. '
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Is Tonks an Animagus?

Nymphadora Tonks, who we first meet in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is a Metamorphmagus.
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Can a Patronus be a dragon?

Most uncommon of all possible Patronuses are magical creatures such as dragons, Thestrals and phoenixes.
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Do Wizards choose their Animagus?

Animagi can only take on the form of one specific animal. This animal form is not chosen by the wizard, but determined by their personality and inner traits. It may also be that the full-bodied patronus may reveal what a witch or wizard would turn into if they were an animagus.
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Can you choose your Patronus?

Now it's time to discover yours. Summon up your happiest memory, and the Patronus experience will take you through a beautiful forest where you'll be asked to make a series of choices, based on a set of cryptic prompts written by J.K. Rowling. Your answers will be timed and you can only discover your Patronus once.
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