The Skvader is a taxidermist’s chimera found in Sundsvall, in the Swedish province of Medelpad. It is a winged hare, combining the skins of a European hare and a capercaillie.
The original skvader was made by Rudolf Granberg in 1918, based on an illustration of a hunter’s tall tale from 1874. It was preserved in a museum in Sundsvall and has since then become an unofficial symbol of Medelpad.
References
Fraser, M. (1947) In Praise of Sweden. Methuen and Co. Ltd., London.
Panafieu, J. and Renversade, C. (2014) Créatures fantastiques Deyrolle. Plume De Carotte, Toulouse.
A Book of Creatures 
Do you get a wolpertinger from crossing this and a jackalope, I wonder?
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Jackalopes are American, too far away. More likely a cross between this and a rasselbock or an oibadrischl, the ranges are closer :p
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Wow, I didn’t even know about those two!
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Speaking of antler hares I remember stumbling upon a creature called the Hasenbock. I keep hearing two stories and I can’t figure out which one is right, that it’s ether the German name of the American Jackalope or that it’s the Austrian name of the antler hare.
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Or perhaps even both!
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Is this your first “symbol” creature (a creature that lacks little to no lore and solely used as a symbol or decoration)? Because I would really like to see the Distelfink of the Pennsylvania Dutch, but then again it is just the German name of the European goldfinch.
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Somebody once made a Venn diagram with a rabbit, a deer and a bird. You had the Skvader, Jackalope and Peryton in between, and the Wolpertinger in the middle. XD Very informative!
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Can we see a Christian creature this Easter Monday?
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Such as? 😮
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Leviathan, the ziz, the beast, etc. (since you’ve already covered Behemoth).
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The first two and Behemoth are Jewish, not Christian :p
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