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Half a century ago, Belgian Zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans first codified cryptozoology in his book On the Track of Unknown Animals.

The Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ) are still on the track, and have been since 1992. But as if chasing unknown animals wasn't enough, we are involved in education, conservation, and good old-fashioned natural history! We already have three journals, the largest cryptozoological publishing house in the world, CFZtv, and the largest cryptozoological conference in the English-speaking world, but in January 2009 someone suggested that we started a daily online magazine! The CFZ bloggo is a collaborative effort by a coalition of members, friends, and supporters of the CFZ, and covers all the subjects with which we deal, with a smattering of music, high strangeness and surreal humour to make up the mix.

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Friday, December 20, 2013

CARL MARSHALL'S HORNED HARE

After arranging the manufacture of Dr Karl Shuker's horned hare back in September I am now very pleased to announce that my very own example of this composite cryptid arrived this morning!

Known as a Jackolope in the US, the European horned hare actually has a rich history with many cryptozoological reports coming from the forests of Bavaria in Germany; and this atypical form, being so readily excepted by naturalists up until the late 18th century, was actually assigned its own parataxonomic name - Lepus cornutus, the Horned Hare, until various taxidermy specimens previously considered genuine were investigated more closely and conclusively proven to be fraudulent.   


This most recent horned hare was created utilising the remains of a mountain hare L. timidus and a roe deer Capreolus capreolus with neither animal being killed for the purpose of creating this cryptozoological curiosity.

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