The Wolpertinger (also called Wolperdinger) is a fictitious animal supposedly living in the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. It has body parts of various animals - generally wings, antlers and fangs, all attached to the body of a small mammal. The most widespread description is that of a horned bunny or horned squirrel.
Stuffed Wolpertingers, composed of parts of real stuffed animals, are often displayed or sold as tourist souvenirs in their "native regions". Each village has its own set of tales about sightings of the wolpertinger in the nearby countryside.
In medieval European heraldry, the image of the musimon is used to symbolize one in authority who leads with strength. Used in this sense, the musimon, also known as "tityrus" or "tytron", is a cross between a goat and a sheep; it has the feet and body of a goat, the head and beard of a ram, and two horns from each for a total of four -- two curved and two straight.
Musimon can also refer to the real animal also known as the mouflon (ovis musimon), a wild short-fleeced mountain sheep found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and parts of mainland Europe.
Megatheria were a group of elephant-size giant sloths that became extinct about 10,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age during the on-going Holocene extinction event. Their smaller giant sloth cousins were the Mylodon.
Some cryptozoologists have investigated reports of megatheria surviving in South America, with little result.
The Kongamato is a reported pterosaur-like creature from the Jiundu swamps area of Zambia. Suggested identities include a rhamphorhynchid, a misidentified bird or a giant bat.
A bunyip ("devil" or "spirit") is a mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology. According to this legend, bunyips are said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. At night their blood-curdling cries can be heard as they devour any animal or human that venture near their abodes. Their favourite prey is human women. They also bring diseases.
Descriptions of bunyips vary wildly. Common features in Aboriginal drawings include a horse-like tail, flippers, and walrus-like tusks.
Although no documented physical evidence of bunyips has been found, it has been suggested that tales of bunyips could be Aboriginal memories of the diprotodon, which became extinct some 20,000 years ago.