"Red List. Least poorwill The least poorwill (""Siphonorhis brewsteri""), or least pauraque, is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae of birds. It is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. As seen by the fact that it was only described in 1917, this is an enigmatic and little-known bird. It was listed as ""Near Threatened"" by the IUCN from 1988 on, but in 2000 its status was changed to ""Data Deficient"", owing to the continuing uncertainty. With more information available, it is again listed as ""Near Threatened"" in the"
"early morning or at night, usually nest on the ground, and feed predominantly on moths and other large flying insects. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is cryptically coloured to resemble bark or leaves. Some species, unusual for birds, perch along a branch, rather than across it. This helps to conceal them during the day. The common poorwill, ""Phalaenoptilus nuttallii"", is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for weeks or months, although other nightjars can enter a"
"weak willed, and are easily intimidated by Lord Foul into serving him (though they once traded openly with the humans of the Land). They are described as having ""long, scrawny limbs, hands as huge and heavy as shovels,"" plus ""a thin, hunched torso, and a head shaped like a battering ram."" Drool Rockworm is a cavewight. The Creator is the mysterious being who created the Land and the universe in which it exists. This universe is referred to as ""the Land"" but is clearly a different reality than Covenant's world. The fundamental structure of the universe, the Arch of Time,"
"Absol Absol is a Dark-type Pokémon with a felid appearance. It is known as the ""Disaster Pokémon"" because it can predict natural disasters such as earthquakes and tidal waves with its sickle-like horn, and appears before such disasters happen. It lives in the rugged mountains, and only leaves to warn people of natural disasters with its innate ability to sense them through subtle changes in the environment. People often accuse Absol of causing the disasters themselves, resulting in its reputation as a doom-bringer. Absol has white fur with a dark blue face, tail, and a scythe-like growth on the right"
"a shy, nocturnal creature with a smooth, pale grey body, bulging eyes and four spindly legs with large flat feet. Mooncalves perform dances in the moonlight, and are apparently responsible for crop circles. In the film of the same name, Newt Scamander's collection of creatures in his suitcase includes a herd of Mooncalves. Wilfred Maxwell, narrator and protagonist of occultist Dion Fortune’s 1938 novel, ""The Sea Priestess"", refers several times to a mentally handicapped character who falls into the sea and disappears as a ""mooncalf"". Mooncalf A mooncalf (or moon-calf, calvaluna) is a monstrous birth, the abortive fetus of a"
"Puk-Wudjies, They the envious Little People, They the fairies and the pygmies, Plotted and conspired against him. </poem> Pukwudgies have been identified by J. K. Rowling as magical creatures in the ""Harry Potter"" universe. In a description of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowling describes the creatures as follows:–– The Pukwudgie is also native to America: a short, grey-faced, large-eared creature distantly related to the European goblin. Fiercely independent, tricky and not over-fond of humankind (whether magical or mundane), it possesses its own powerful magic. Pukwudgies hunt with deadly, poisonous arrows and enjoy playing tricks on humans.Pukwudgie is"
"পাতিয়াল গিরিগিটি (Patial girigiti), হার্ডউইকের গিরিগিটি। English: Dwarf rock agama, Hardwicke's bloodsucker, Hardwicke's short-tail agama and Lesser agama. Hindi & Indian other Languages: ? Urdu & Sindhi: ? This lizard is Terrestrial & sometimes arboreal; inhabits in frequently fragmented dry forest, arid environments, barren desert and desolate areas across the Indo-Gangetic plains. This lizard is diurnal & crepuscular. It shelters in burrows close to the roots of thorny bushes. Generally it is found sitting on stones, but it can climb up shrubby vegetation. It is sluggish in movements, often not attempting to escape when approached. It is a docile species."
"deposits of the pauraque and other contemporary fauna were the prey of barn owls and were of Holocene age. Because of the cryptic nature of parauques and other nightjars, Olson considered it possible that the species might not be extinct, though there have been no confirmed records of living birds. Cuban pauraque The Cuban pauraque (""Siphonorhis daiquiri""), also known as the Cuban poorwill, is an extinct species of nightjar from the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It was described by Storrs Olson in 1985 from subfossil material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and"
"a dense moustache, which makes him the object of mocking abuse by his underlings as a human walrus. He is very short-tempered and usually gets angry with Mort and Phil because they fail in their missions, leaving a spectacular mess - occasionally at the expense of his own possessions. Just as often, however, he ends up as the one being chased by his underlings, as his frequently short-sighted assignments cause them no end of grief. He owns a variety of wild animals that he uses to coerce the pair, including tigers, crocodiles and he apparently has a soft spot for"
"Aardvark The aardvark ( ; ""Orycteropus afer"") is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food. It roams over most of the southern two-thirds of the African continent, avoiding areas that are mainly rocky. A nocturnal feeder, it subsists on ants and termites, which it will dig out of their hills using its sharp claws and powerful legs. It also digs to create burrows"
"Aardwolf The aardwolf (""Proteles cristata"") is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means ""earth-wolf"" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called ""maanhaar-jackal"" (Afrikaans for ""mane-jackal"") or ""civet hyena"", based on its habit of secreting substances from its anal gland, a characteristic shared with the African civet. The aardwolf is in the same family as the hyena. Unlike many of its relatives in the order Carnivora, the aardwolf does not hunt large animals. It eats insects and their larvae, mainly termites; one aardwolf can lap up as many as 250,000 termites during a single"
"a ""wanka"". He enjoys sexuality (unlike Foamy), although he is willing to help Foamy commit acts of mischief. He backpacked to Germaine's new home in Connecticut, angry at her for leaving him behind in New York with Anchovy. He appears infrequently in the series, sometimes breaking the fourth wall to ask for more episodes. Roswell is Jack Partfine's dog. He believes Foamy is an old evil cult leader bent on world domination, or possibly the mythical squirrel Ratatoskr or a descendant. He serves as a foil to Foamy; one of the few characters who does not underestimate him in any"
"Snotling A Snotling is a fantasy creature from the universe of the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 books and games. Snotlings are greenskins, and are cousins of Goblins (Gretchin) and Orcs (Orks), smaller than the former and dumber than the latter, often used by them as cannon fodder, food or even cannon missiles. They are on the lowest rung of greenskin society and are bullied by all including grots. Snotlings often wield mushrooms or sticks into battle. Snotlings are small, green creatures that often accompany orcs or orks and goblins in raids, WAAAGHs! or defense battles. They either fight in"
"the underworld. These creatures, later known as the ""dark elvenfolk"" or drow, grew strong in the arcane arts over the centuries and content with their gloomy fairyland beneath the earth, though they still bear enmity towards and seek revenge against their distant kin, the elves and faeries who drove them down. They are described as chaotic evil in alignment, and highly intelligent. They are described as black-skinned and pale haired in appearance, around 5-feet tall and slight of build with somewhat sharp features, with large eyes and large pointed ears. Their equipment (magical boots and cloaks, and fine mesh armor"
"Wolverine The wolverine () (also spelled wolverene), ""Gulo gulo"" (""Gulo"" is Latin for ""glutton""), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. A solitary animal, it has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself. The wolverine is found primarily in remote reaches of the Northern boreal forests and subarctic and alpine tundra of the Northern"
"larger number of branches to 72 and al-Mustawfi made shadhavar a ferocious carnivore. The change can be explained as a result of merging its description with another creature from Qazwini, the ""Sirânis"" (سيرانس), a predator that plays music to lure its victims. G. Jacob pointed out similarities between the ""Sirânis"" and the sirens from Greek mythology. Shadhavar Shâd'havâr (Arabic: شادهوار) or Âras (آرس), is a legendary creature from medieval Muslim bestiaries resembling a unicorn. Al-Qazwini said that it lives in the country of ""Rūm"" (Byzantium) and that it has one horn with 42 hollow branches which, when the wind passes"
"to a golem. However, their descriptions in the official source materials are sometimes unprecise and even conflicting; in the 2nd edition ""Monstrous Compendium"", for instance, their stats summary lists their diet as carnivorous, while the description of their ecology explains that a gargoyle requires neither food or water to survive. In some ""D&D""-related works, gargoyles and their kin (see ""Variants"", below) are even erroneously depicted as biological creatures capable of natural reproduction. A gargoyle is usually chaotic evil. Gargoyles are sentient, cunning, and malevolent to the extreme. Their favorite sport is to capture intelligent beings and slowly torture them to"
"Lavellan A Lavellan, làbh-allan, la-mhalan or la-bhallan etc. is a mythological/cryptozoological creature from northern Scotland. It was generally considered to be a kind of rodent, and the name """"làbh-allan"""" is also used for a water shrew or water vole in Scottish Gaelic. It was however, reportedly larger than a rat, very noxious, and lived in deep pools in rivers. Its poisonous abilities were legendary, and it was said to be able to injure cattle over a hundred feet away. Fleming, describing the Ermine, compared the prejudice against the animal to Sibbald's account of the country people's dislike of the Lavellan;"
"or more ""monsters,"" but these are not mythical creatures, rather being some type of ferocious predator. Monsters have included snakes, and adders (from ""Redwall"", ""Doomwyte"", and ""Triss""), large carnivorous fish such as pike, and sharks (from ""Marlfox"", ""The Bellmaker"", ""Triss"", ""Lord Brocktree"", and ""Mossflower""), a plesiosaur-type creature (from ""High Rhulain""), a wolverine (from ""Rakkety Tam""), a scorpion (from ""Mariel of Redwall"") and a giant sea serpent (from ""Salamandastron"" and ""High Rhulain"" though mentioned very very briefly in the latter), along with an eel (from ""Mossflower"", ""The Taggerung"", ""The Long Patrol"", ""Outcast of Redwall"", and ""The Sable Quean""), a giant lobster"
"she imitates the child's grandmother's voice. Children frequently outwit her, sometimes killing her and taking her treasures without being eaten. Bakwas is king of the ghosts. He is a small green spirit whose face looks emaciated like a skeleton, but has a long curving nose. He haunts the forests and tries to bring the living over to the world of the dead. In some myths Bakwas is the husband of Dzunukwa. U'melth is the Raven, who brought the Kwakwaka'wakw people the moon, fire, salmon, the sun and the tides. ""Pugwis"" is a sort of aquatic creature with fish-like face and"
"old woman or youngest child. It is believed the creature moves its business elsewhere, probably to torment the peoples downstream at the next popular river crossing. Nguruvilu The Nguruvilu ""fox snake"" (""also: Guirivilo, Guruvilu, Ñuruvilu, Ñirivilu, Ñivivilu, Ñirivilo o Nirivilo""; from Mapudungun ""ngürü"" ""fox"" and ""filu"" ""snake"") is a creature found in the Mapuche religion of Chile. The nguruvilu originates from the ethnic religion of the Mapuche. It is a river-dwelling creature and looks much like a strange fox, with a long body, similar to a snake, and a long tail with fingernails that it uses like a claw; but"
"Nguruvilu The Nguruvilu ""fox snake"" (""also: Guirivilo, Guruvilu, Ñuruvilu, Ñirivilu, Ñivivilu, Ñirivilo o Nirivilo""; from Mapudungun ""ngürü"" ""fox"" and ""filu"" ""snake"") is a creature found in the Mapuche religion of Chile. The nguruvilu originates from the ethnic religion of the Mapuche. It is a river-dwelling creature and looks much like a strange fox, with a long body, similar to a snake, and a long tail with fingernails that it uses like a claw; but it is a water-being. Nguruvilus live in and are the cause of dangerous whirlpools which kill people who try to cross rivers. The creatures make the"
"the archetype of Asgard's Ten Realms alongside the Angels, Asgardian Gods, Dwarves, Elves, Giants, and Men. A race of Goblins reside in Weirdworld and are known to devour the flesh of Dwarves, Elves, Gnomes, and other humanoid creatures. Many of them were in the services of a wizard named Lord Raven where some of them would be transformed to make the pillars in his castle. A race of Goblins are a type of demon that reside in Limbo. Goblin (Marvel Comics) Goblins are goblin-themed fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are usually depicted as"
"Cuban pauraque The Cuban pauraque (""Siphonorhis daiquiri""), also known as the Cuban poorwill, is an extinct species of nightjar from the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It was described by Storrs Olson in 1985 from subfossil material he collected in 1980 from a hillside cave overlooking the village, and former historic port, of Daiquirí, about 20 km east of the city of Santiago de Cuba. The specific epithet refers to the type locality. The species was intermediate in size between its two known congeners, being larger than ""S. brewsteri"" and smaller than ""S. americana"". Olson considered that the cave"
"Fiendish creature In the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game, fiendish creatures are magical versions of regular creatures (such as wolves, bears, horses, elks, badgers and so on) which live in the Lower planes. The fiendish creature template first appeared in the third edition ""Monster Manual"" (2000), and the revised 3.5 ""Monster Manual"" (2003). Fiendish creatures fairly closely resemble their normal-plane counterparts but typically have a more evil, if not demonic and prehistoric, appearance. They also have considerably increased intelligence. Many fiendish creatures are pets or servants or spies or such of demons and devils. Fiendish creatures cannot speak, but"
"Dreadful"" (a British-American TV-series based on many popular fictional and non-fictional stories of Victorian England), is a werewolf without control over his abilities who, among other characters, takes part in the fight against evil witches who serve Lucifer. In season 2 he is referred to as ""Lupus Dei"", which is Latin for ""Wolf of God"". Miss Lupescu, a werewolf character in Neil Gaiman's ""The Graveyard Book"", refers to herself as a ""hound of god"". The German power metal band Powerwolf, who sing about werewolves and vampires who serve the Catholic Church fighting enemies, may have been inspired by Thiess and"
"Vykkers, but have only two sets of limbs; and Big Bro Sligs are bigger and more powerful versions of the original Sligs. The Fuzzles are small, furry, spheroidal predator-scavengers; Meeps resemble sheep, but with only one limb and one eye; and the Gabbit is an amphibian species whose single hind leg serves as both foot and flukes. The GameSpeak feature was modified in ""Stranger's Wrath"", with a single talk button that caused the Stranger to say something appropriate to the situation. This context-sensitive GameSpeak also worked for questioning the Clakker and Grubb townsfolk. This change made the talk button more"
"quite comprehend but against which they must fight. Described as a mysterious, prehistoric entity from beyond time and space, It is a monster of unknown origin that preys on Derry's residents every twenty-seven years, stating It finds the fear in children akin to ""salt(ing) the meat"". Among It's powers is shapeshifting into a form that induces fear while killing the victim, normally assuming the form of a middle-aged man dressed in a clown costume, calling itself """"Pennywise the Dancing Clown"""" and occasionally Bob or Robert Gray, modeled after Bozo, Clarabell and Ronald McDonald. It can also manipulate people and use"
"However, she eventually appears as a second playable character in ""Wonderland Dizzy"". Other than the Yolkfolk, prominent recurring characters are the evil wizard Zaks, who was the primary antagonist in several games of the seris; and Dizzy's pet, Pogie, a small furry creature known as a Fluffle, who starred in the spin-off game ""Dreamworld Pogie"". The ""Dizzy"" games all take place in fantasy settings loosely based around fables and fairy tales. By alluding to other well known stories, the games are able to present scenarios and puzzles that are interesting and appealing, while also accessible even to a young audience."
"understand Common and Abyssal. They are regarded as neutral evil in alignment. Their goodly, Upper plane dwelling counterparts are celestial creatures. Fiendish creature In the ""Dungeons & Dragons"" fantasy role-playing game, fiendish creatures are magical versions of regular creatures (such as wolves, bears, horses, elks, badgers and so on) which live in the Lower planes. The fiendish creature template first appeared in the third edition ""Monster Manual"" (2000), and the revised 3.5 ""Monster Manual"" (2003). Fiendish creatures fairly closely resemble their normal-plane counterparts but typically have a more evil, if not demonic and prehistoric, appearance. They also have considerably increased"
"for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. Goblins are anthropoid, described as having long, thin fingers and feet, black eyes, and domed heads much larger than human heads in proportion to the body. Goblins eat a diet of largely raw meat, roots, and fungi and converse in a language known as Gobbledegook. They consider the true owner of an object to be its maker rather than its purchaser, and resent the passage of goblin-made heirlooms through Wizarding families without further payment. Wizarding Law prohibits the ownership of wands by goblins; but goblins are capable of a different magic of"
"are unintelligent and are about the size of a rabbit, covered in fur and have long legs and antenna like a cricket. They are only found on Corribus. Furry crickets are portrayed as being readily tamed and affectionate despite appearing to be the primary prey animal for the known local predators. They are edible by humans even though they apparently don't taste very good. Lowriders are carnivorous, crustaceans from the klikiss world of Corribus. They are described as having five eyes, a flattened spherical centre body and clockwork jaws. They live on furry cricket and flying creatures. They are noted"
"Parabuthus transvaalicus Parabuthus transvaalicus (known as the ""Transvaal thick-tailed scorpion"", ""dark scorpion"", ""giant deathstalker"", or ""South African flat tail"") is a species of venomous scorpion from dry parts of southern Africa. ""Parabuthus transvaalicus"" grows to a length of , and is dark brown or black in colour, so it is also known as the Black Thick-Tailed scorpion. Its pincers are thin, but its tail is thickened, with the sting segment being as wide as the rest of the tail. It is nocturnal, resting in a shallow burrow under rocks during the day. It resembles its congener ""P. villosus"", which is"