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arethuza
Also the wild haggis (Haggis scoticus) which notably comes in two different sub-species - clockwise and anti-clockwise:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_haggis

bristleworm
That's interesting. We have something similar in France: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahu
arethuza
I stayed in the Dahu hotel in Morzine and had no idea that's where the name came from! :-)
trailynx
Just wanted to write the same, but did not expect that this was already written, nice surprise. I stayed at le Dahu in morzine (for biking) last week and had no idea. Now their logo makes sense. Adding to the topic: I have a t-shirt with a Woipertinger, but had no idea about the “existence” of these animals until after I bought it and did some research. Since then I see stuffed ones all over the place in hotels and museums and so on (mainly in Austria).
agdpf
I have one in WoW, they gave it to me for doing the brewfest quests.
dividedbyzero
There are actual taxidermies of Wolpertinger at the Jagd und Fischereimuseum (hunting and fishing museum) in Munich.