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Skvader

The Skvader is a Swedish fantasy creature made up by a taxidermist and displayed at the museum at Norra Berget in Sundsvall; it has the forequarters and hindlegs of a hare and the back, wings and tail of a female capercaillie. It orginates from a hunting story, were a man in 1874 claimed he had shoot this animal.

The Skvader was voted for by a lot of people during the election of the animal to be associated with the Swedish province of Medelpadia in 1987.

External link

  • The Skvader - Museum site (in Swedish)

Referenced By

Fictional national animals | List of fictional species | List of fictional species by type | Medelpadia

 

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