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Chausie, a hybrid between a jungle cat and domestic cat. Subfamily Pantherinae. Genus Panthera. Ligers and tigons (crosses between a lion and a tiger) and other Panthera hybrids such as the lijagulep. Species P. tigris. A hybrid between a Bengal tiger and a Siberian tiger is an example of an intra-specific hybrid. Family Canidae
Horns of a goat and a ram, goat's fur and ears, nose and canines of a pig, and mouth of a dog, a typical depiction of the devil in Christian art. The goat, ram, dog and pig are animals consistently associated with the Devil. [17] Detail of a 16th-century painting by Jacob de Backer in the National Museum in Warsaw.
A sheep–goat chimera (sometimes called a geep in popular media [13]) is a chimera produced by combining the embryos of a goat and a sheep; the resulting animal has cells of both sheep and goat origin. A sheep–goat chimera should not be confused with a sheep–goat hybrid, which can result when a goat mates with a sheep.
Hippalectryon – a horse-rooster hybrid; Hippocamp (Etruscan, Greek and Phoenician) – horse-fish hybrid; Hippogriff (Medieval Bestiaries) – hybrid of a griffin and horse; a lion-eagle-horse hybrid; Hippopodes (Medieval Bestiary) – horse-hoofed humanoid; Hircocervus (Medieval Bestiary) – deer-goat hybrid
The most prominent hybrid in Hindu iconography is elephant-headed Ganesha, god of wisdom, knowledge and new beginnings. Both Nāga and Garuda are non-hybrid mythical animals ( snake and bird, respectively) in their early attestations, but become partly human hybrids in later iconography.
'she-goat') [2] was a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature from Lycia, Asia Minor, composed of different animal parts. Typically, it is depicted as a lion with a goat's head protruding from its back and a tail ending with a snake's head. Some representations also include dragon's wings. [3]
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The Japanese serow (氈鹿, kamoshika, lit. "coarse pelt deer") (Capricornis crispus) [a] is a Japanese goat-antelope, an even-toed ungulate. It is found in dense woodland in Japan, primarily in northern and central Honshu. The serow is seen as a national symbol of Japan, and is subject to protection in conservation areas.