The Al mi-ràj /Almiraj .

 The Almiraj is another jackalope like rabbit cryptid. 

It's described as a small rabbit like animal usually said to have yellow fur and a long black unicorn like horn growing from the top of it's head.

According to Arabic lore, unlike a standard herbivore dite of a typical rabbit the Almiraj   is a fearsome carnivores animal  that can be found on Dragon Island / Sea serpents island (Jazirat al Tinnin located in the Indian Ocean .

It's mentioned in in Qazwin's The Wonders of Creation... Marvel's of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing from 1260 AD. Tough the oldest copy of Qazwini in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) currently located in Munich is dated a 464

 It shows a miniature painting of the dragon and a horned rabbit 

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 The dragon is shown eating bull's filled  with, sulfur left as a trap by Alexander the great as a means of killing the dragon.

It was successful and as a reward he was gifted a horned rabbit as thanks.

This little bunny has also been featured in several videogames, anime and DnD.

Wolpertinger: German Jackalope

  

 

Wolpertinger

    
The Wolperdinger is the German equivalent of the American jackalope.


Wolperdinger also sometimes called wolperdinger or woiperdinger) is a rabbit like i that lives in the alpine forests of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

It's a rabbit like  chimera and usually said to have a  body made up of various animal parts – ...wings, antlers, a tail, and fangs; all attached to the body of a small mammal.

The most will know version of the Wolpertinger had the head of a rabbit, the body of a squirrel, the antlers of a deer, and the wings and occasionally the legs of a pheasant.

 

Stuffed "wolpertingers", made of parts of actual taxidermy animals, can be found  in pubs and inns or sold to tourists as souvenirs in the animal's .

The Deutsches Jagd- und Fischereimuseum in Munich, Germany features a permanent exhibit on the Cryptid.

Its similar to  other creatures from German mythology like the Rasselbock of the Thuringian Forest, the Dilldapp of the Alemannic region, and the Elwedritsche of the Palatinate region, this one is usually describe as a chicken-like creature with antlers; other similar Cryptids are  the American Jackalope (see previous post) other well Known horned hares are the Swedish Skvader and the  raurakl from Australia.

 Wolpertingers can be found in the forests of Bavaria. 

It has slightly different  names depending on the region.....most common are  Wolperdinger, Woipertingers, and Volpertinger. They are part of a larger family of horned mammals that exist throughout the Germanic regions of Europe, such as the  Raurackl / Rosselbock , which is nearly identical to the  Wolpertinger.