Taxidermy hoaxes

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.

modified fish carcass to resemble fictional creature

fictional species of mammal

thumb|A stuffed Wolpertinger on display in the Rheinfelder Beerhall, Zürich

fake mummified body of a half-mammal half-fish

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.

Legendary creature