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Mythological rabbits and hares

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Rabbit
4th sign of the Chinese zodiac
Moon rabbit
mythical creature in Asian folklore who lives on the Moon
jackalope
The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns. The word jackalope is a portmanteau of jackrabbit and antelope. Many jackalope taxidermy mounts, including the original, are made with deer antlers.
Tu Er Shen
Chinese deity of homosexual love and sex
Wolpertinger
thumb|A stuffed Wolpertinger on display in the Rheinfelder Beerhall, Zürich
Nanabozho
Nanabozho (in syllabics: , ), also known as Nanabush, is a spirit in Anishinaabe aadizookaan (traditional storytelling), particularly among the Ojibwe of North America. Nanabozho figures prominently in their storytelling, including the story of the world's creation. Nanabozho is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero (these two archetypes are often combined into a single figure in First Nations mythologies, among others).
Skvader
thumb|300px|Rudolf Granberg's prepared skvader The skvader () is a Swedish fictional creature that was constructed in 1918 by the taxidermist Rudolf Granberg and is permanently displayed at the museum at Norra Berget in Sundsvall. It has the head, forequarters and hindlegs of a European hare (Lepus europaeus), and the back, wings and tail of a female wood grouse (Tetrao urogallus). It was later jokingly given the Latin name Tetrao lepus pseudo-hybridus rarissimus L.
Hare of Inaba
Japanese folk story
Rabbits and hares in the arts
Presence of rabbits and hares in the visual arts
Al-Mi'raj
thumb|right|300px|A "yellow-colored beast which resembled a rabbit with a black horn".
Cabbit
thumb|An artist's impression of a cabbit. A cabbit is a fictional hybrid between a cat and a rabbit. They have appeared in fiction and fantasy stories and have also been dubiously claimed to have been observed in the wild. Most if not all observations are attributable to either misidentified Manx cats or outright hoaxes.