Uric the Oddball attempted at one time to prove that Fwooper song was actually beneficial to the health and listened to it for three months on end without a break. Unfortunately teh Wizards' Council to which he reported his findings were unconvinced, as he had arrived at the meeting wearing nothing but a toupee that on closer inspection proved to be a dead badger.
A rogue Welsh Green dragon swooped down upon a crosded beach full of sunbathing Muggles. Fatalities were mercifully prevented by the brave actions of a holidaying wizarding family (subsequently awarded Order of Merlin, First Class), when they immediately performed the largest batch of Memory Charms this century on the inhabitants of the Ilfracombe, thus narrowly averting catastrophy.
In his 1972 book Muggles Who Notice, Blenheim Stalk asserts that some residents of Ilfracombe escaped the Mass Memory Charm. 'To this day, a Muggle bearing the nickname "Dodgy Dirk" holds forth in bars along the south coast on the subject of a "dirty great flying lizard" that punctured his lilo.'
| Creature | Ministry Rating | Location/Creation | Key Facts |
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| Acromantula |
XXXXX |
Borneo |
- Capable of human Speech
- inhabits dense jungles
- thick black hair that covers its body, legspan and it's pincers
- It's pincers produce distinctive clicking sounds when excited or angry; and a poisonous secretion
- Carnivorous- prefers large prey
- females are bigger, and can lay up to 100 eggs at a time.
- Eggs hatch in six to eight weeks; They are defined as Class A Non-Tradeable Goods by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
- Possibly bred to guard wizard dwellings or treasure.
- Acromantula is untrainable and highly dangerous to wizard and muggle alike
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| Ashwinder |
XXX |
any unchecked magical fire |
- A magical fire is any fire to which a magical substance (i.e. floo powder) has been added
- Thin, pale-grey serpent with glowing red eyes, will rise out of the embers of an unsupervised magical fire.
- Ashwinders only live for an hour, during which they must find a dark and secluded spot to lay their eggs; after which it'll collapse into dust
- The eggs are brilliant red and give off immense heat.
- They will ignite any dwelling they may be in, if they are not found and frozen with a suitable charm within minutes.
- Ashwinder eggs are of much use in love potions and may be eaten whole as a cure for ague
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| Augurey (a.k.a. Irish Phoenix) |
XX |
Britain & Ireland |
- a thin and mournful looking bird, somewhat like a small and underfed vulture; but Green and black
- intensely shy
- nests in bramble and thorn and eats large insects and fairies.
- Flies only in heavy rain, and otherwise remains hidden in its tear-shaped nest.
- Distinctive low and throbbing cry, which was once believed to foretell death
- Actually only cries out when rain is approaching
- Augurey feathers are useless as quills as they repell ink
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| Basilisk |
XXXXX |
Bred by Herpo the Foul/ hatch chicken egg underneath a toad |
- Brilliant green serpent that can reach up to fifty feet in length
- Male has a scarlet plume upon its head
- exceptionally venemous fangs
- The gaze of its large yellow eyes will cause death upon anyone who looks directly into them
- If a food source is sufficient a basilisk has been known to lived for close to 900 years
- The creation of a basilisk has been illegal sice medieval times. Though the practice is easily concealed by simply removing the chicken egg from beneath the toad when the Department for the Regulatio and Control of Magical Creatures comes around
- Though since the basilisk is uncontrollable except by parselmouths, it is a danger to dark wizards as well.
- According to Newt Scamander, a basilisk hasn't been seen for over 400 years
- Harry thinks otherwise.
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| BillyWig |
XXX |
Australia |
- Insect around half an inch long
- vivid sapphire blue
- spins so fast that it is rarely noticed by muggles, and not often by wizards until they've been stung
- wings are attached to the top of its head, rotating so fast it flies as it spins
- those who have been stung by a Billywig suffer giddiness followed by levitation
- Many young australian witches and wizards have attempted to catch billywigs and provoke them into stinging, so they can enjoy these side effects
- too much exposure to billywig stings can result in the victim hovering for days on end, and where a person is severly allergic, permanent floating may ensue
- Dried billywig stings are used in several potions and are believed to be a component in the popular sweet Fizzing Whizzbees
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| Bowtruckle |
XX |
West of England, Southern Germany and certain Scandinavian forests |
- tree guardian
- immensely difficult to spot, (maximum 8 inches in height)
- apparently made of bark and twigs with two small brown eyes
- eat insects
- peacable and intensely shy creatures, but if the tree they guard is threatened, it has been known to leap down upon the woodcutter or tree-surgeon attempting to harm its home and gouge at their eyes with its long, sharp fingers
- an offering of woodlice will placate the bowtruckle long enough to let a witch or wizard remove wand-wood from the tree
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| Bundimun |
XXX |
worldwide |
- skilled at creeping under flooboards and behind skirting boards, they infest houses
- presence of a bundimun is announced by a foul stench of decay, when it oozes a secretion which rots away the very foundations of the dwelling in which it is found
- the bundimun at rest, resembles a patch of greenish fungus with eyes, though when alarmed it will scuttle away on its numerous spindly legs
- feeds on dirt
- Scouring charms will rid a house off a bundimun infestation, though if they have been allowed to grow too large, the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures (Pest-Sub devision) should be contacted before the house collapses
- Diluted Bundimun secretion is used in certain magical cleaning fluids
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| Centaur |
XXXX |
Greece, but many communities throughout Europe |
- The centaur is given an XXXX classification not because of its unduly aggressive, but because it should be treated with great respect. The same applies to merpeoples and unicorns
- human head, torso, and arms, joined to a horses body which can be many colors
- Being intelligent and capable of speech, it should not strictkly speaking be termed a beast, but by its own request it has been classified as such by the Ministry of Magic
- forest-dwelling
- Centaurs need little wizard protection as they have their own way of protecting and hiding themselves from humans
- They live in herds ranging in size from ten to fifty members.
- Well versed in/;
- Magical Healing
- divination
- archery
- astronomy
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| Chimaera |
XXXXX |
Greece |
- lion's head, goast's body, dragon's tail
- Viscious and bloodthirsty, is extremely dangerous
- Only one known instance of the successful slaying of a Chimaera and the unlucky wizard concerned fell to his death from his winged horse shortly afterwards, exhausted by his efforts
- Chimaera eggs are classified as Grade A Non-Tradeable Goods
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| Chizpurfle |
XX |
attracted to magical objects (wand cores, dirty cauldrons etc..) |
- small parasites up to a twentieth of an inch high, crab-like in appearance with large fangs.
- Are easy to destroy with any of a number of patented potions on the market, severe infestation may require a visit fromthe Pest-Sub Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.
- Chizpurlfes swollen with magial substances will prove very hard to fight
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| Clabbert |
XX |
Southern States of America, but exported worldwide |
- tree-dwelling creature
- cross between a monkey and a frog
- smooth and hairless skin is a mottled green.
- hands and feet are webbed, and the arms and legs are long and supple, enabling the Clabbert to swing between branches with the agility of an orang-utan
- Head has short horns, and wide mouth, which appears to be grinning, is full of razor-sharp teeth
- Large pustule in the middle of its forhead which turns scarlet and flashes when it sense danger
- American Wizards once kept Clabberts in their gardens to give early warning of approaching Muggle, but the International Confederation of Wizards has introduced fines which have largely ended thsi practice
- The sigh of a tree at night full of glowing Clabbert pustules, while decorative, attracted too many Muggles wishing to ask why their neighbors still had their Christmas lights up in June.
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| Crup |
XXX |
Southeast of England |
- resembles a Jack Russell terrier, except for the forked tail
- wizard-created dog
- great scavenger, eating anything from gnomes to old tyres.
- Crup licenses may be obtained from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical creratures on completion of a simple test to prove that the applicatn wizard is capable of controlling the Crup in Muggle-inhabited areas.
- Crup owners are legally obliged to remove the Crup's tail with a painless Severing Charm while the Crup is six to eight weeks old, lest Muggles notice it.
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| Demiguise |
XXXX |
Far East |
- Difficult to spot, even more difficult to capture
- can make itself invisible when threatened and can be seen only by wizards skilled in its capture
- peaceful herbivorous beast, something like a graceful ape in appearance with large, black, doleful eyes more often than not hidden by its hair.
- the whole body is covered with long, fine, silky, silvery hair.
- Demiguise pelts are highly valued as the hair may be spun into Invisibility Coaks
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| Diricawl |
XX |
Mauritius |
- plump-bodied, fluffy-feathered, flightless bird, the Diricawl is remarkable for its method of escaping danger
- can vanish in a puff of feathers and reappear elsewhere (much the same as the phoenix)
- Muggles were once fully aware of the existence of the Diricawl, though they knew it by the name of 'dodo'. Unaware that the Diricawl could vanish at will, Muggles believe they have hunted the species to extinction. As this seems to have raised Muggle awareness of the dangers of slyingg their fellow creatures indiscriminately, the International Confederation of Wizards has never deemed it appropriate that the Muggles should be made aware of the continued existence of the Diricawl.
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| Doxy |
XXX |
Northern Europe and America |
- Also known as the Biting
- often mistaken for a fairy, though quite different species
- has a minute human form, though in the Doxy's case this is covered in thick black hair, and has an extra pair of arms and legs
- wings are thick, curved and shiny, much like a beetle's
- Prefer cold climates
- Lay up to 500 eggs at a time and bury them. Eggs hatch in two to three weeks
- Doxies have double rows of sharp, venemous teeth. An antidote should be taken if bitten
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| Antipodean Opaleye |
XXXXX |
New Zealand (known to migrate to Australia) |
- dwells in valleys rather than mountains
- medium size, between two and three tonnes
- perhaps most beautiful type of dragon
- iridescent, pearly scales
- glittering, multi-coloured, pupil-less eyes
- produces very vivid scarlet flame
- Will rarely kill unless hungry - prefers sheep but have been known to eat larger prey
- A spate of Kangaroo killings in the late 1970's were attributed to a male Opaleye ousted from his homeland by a dominant female.
- Opaleye eggs are pale grey and may be mistaken for fossils by unwary Muggles
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| Chinese Fireball |
XXXXX |
China |
- only Oriental Dragon
- Scarlet, smooth-scaled. Fring of golden spikes around its snub-snouted face and extremely protuberant eyes.
- Fireball gained its name for the mushroom-shaped flame that bursts from its nostrils when it is angered
- weighs between 2 and 4 tonnes, the female being larger than the male.
- Eggs are a vivid crimson speckled with gold and the shells are much prized for use in Chinese wizardry
- Aggressive but more tolerant of its own species than most dragons, sometimes consenting to share its territory with up to two others.
- The Fireball will feast on most mammals, though it prefers pigs and humans.
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| Common Welsh Green |
XXXXX |
lush grass of its homeland- Wales |
- Nests in the higher mountains, where a reservation has been established for its preservation.
- the Ilfracombe Incident notwithstanding, this breed is among the least troublesome of the dragons, preferring, like the Opaleye, to prey on sheep and actively avoid humans unless provoked.
- Eggs are an earthy brown, flecked with green
- the Welsh Green has an easily recognisable and surprisingly melodious roar
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| Hebridean Black |
XXXXX |
Britain |
- more aggressive than the Welsh
- requires territory of as much as 100sq miles per dragon
- up to 30 feet in length
- rough scaled, with brilliant purple eyes and a line of shallow but razor-sharp ridges along it's back. Tail is tipped by an arrow-shaped spike and it has bat-like wings.
- feeds mostly on deer, though it has been known to carry off large dogs and even cattle
- the Wizard Clan MacFusty, who have dwelled in the Hebrides for centuries, have traditionally taken responsibility for the management of their native dragons.
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| Hungarian Horntail |
XXXXX |
Hungary |
- Most dangerous of all dragon breeds
- black scales, lizard like in appearance. Yellow eyes, bronze horns and similarly colured spikes that protrude from its long tail.
- Has one of the longest fire breathing ranges (up to 50 feet)
- Eggs are cement-colored and particularly hard-shelled
- Young club their way out using their tails, whose spikes are well developed at birth.
- Feeds on goats, sheep, and whenever possible, humans.
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| Norwegian Ridgeback |
XXXXX | Norway |
- Resembles the Horntail in most respects except instead of tail spies it sports particularly prominent jet-0black ridges along its back.
- Exceptionally aggressive to it's own kind; one of the rarer dragon breeds
- Been known to attack most kinds of large land mammals, and unusual for a dragon, the Ridgeback will also feed on water-dwelling creatures.
- Unsubstantiated report alleges that a Ridgeback carried off a whale calf off the coast of Norway in 1802.
- Eggs are black adn the young develop fire-breathing abilities than other breeds (at between one and three months).
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| Peruvian Vipertooth |
XXXXX | Peru |
- smallest of all known dragon breeds, swiftest in flight
- 15ft or so in length
- smooth scalled, copper-coloured with black ridge markings
- horns are short and the fangs are particularly venemous
- feed readily on goats and cows, but has such a liking for humans, that the International Confederation of Wizards was forced to send in exterminators in the late nineteenth century to reduce Vipertooth numbers which has been increasing with alarming rapidity.
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| Romanian Longhorn |
XXXXX | Romania |
- dark green scales and long, glittering golden horns with which it gores its prey before roastin git.
- When powdered, these horns are highly valuable as potion ingredients.
- Native territory off the Longhorn has now become the world's most important dragon reservatio, where wizards of all nationalities study a variety of dragons at close range.
- the subject of an intensive breeding programme because its numbers have fallen so low in recent years, largely because of the trade in its horns, which are now defined as Class B Tradeable Materials
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| Swedish Short-Snout |
XXXXX | Sweden |
- attractive-silvery-blue dragon, whose skin is sought after for the manufacture of protective gloves and shields.
- Flame that issues from its nostrils is a brilliant blue and can reduce timber and bone to ash in a matter of seconds.
- Has fewer human killings to its name than most dragons, though as it prefers to live in wild and uninhabited mountainous areas, this is not much to its credit
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| Ukranian Ironbelly |
XXXXX | Ukraine |
- Largest breed of Dragon
- Known to achieve a weight of six tonnes
- Rotund and slower in flight that the Vipertooth or the Longhorn, the Ironbelly is nevertheless extremely dangerous, capable of crushing dwellings on which it lands
- Scales are metallic grey, eyes are deep red and the talons are particularly long and vicious
- have been subject to constant observation by the Ukranian wizarding authorities ever since an Ironbelly carried off a (mercifully empty) sailing boat from the Black Sea in 1799
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| Dugbog |
XXX | marsh-dwelling creature found in Europe and North and South America |
- resembles a piece of dead wood while stationary, but upon closer examination will reveal finned paws and very sharp teeth
- glides and slithers through marshland, feeding mainly on small mammals, and will do severe injury to the ankles of human walkers.
- Favorite food, is mandrake
- Mandrake growers have been known to seize the leaves of one of their prize plants only to find a bloody manged mess below owing to the attentions of a Dugbog
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| Erkling |
XXXX |
Black Forest in Germany |
- elfish creature, larger than a gnome (3 feet high on average), pointed face and high pitched cackle
- Will attempt to lure children away from their parents by using their cackle in order to eat them
- the German Ministry of Magic, however have reduced Erkling killings dramatically over the last few centuries and the last known Erkling attack was upon six-year-old wizard Bruno Schmidt. It ended when Master Schmidt hit the erkling over the head with his father's collapsable cauldron and killed the erkling.
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| Erumpent | XXXX |
Africa |
- large grey African beast of great power
- Weighing up to a tonne, the Erumpent may have mistaken for a rhinoceros at a distance.
- Has a thick hide that repels most charms and curses
- Has a large, sharp horn upon its nose and a long, rope-like tail.
- Give birth to one calf at a time
- Will not attack unless provoked, but should it charge the results are usually catastrophic.
- The erumpent's horn can pierce everything from skin to metal, and contain a deadly fluid which will cause whatever is injected with it to explode
- Males frequently explode each other during the mating seasons, thus causing low population numbers
- Are treated with great caution by African wizards.
- Erumpent Horns, tails, and the Exploding Fluid are all used in potions, though classified as Class B Tradeable Materials (Dangerous and Subject to Strict Control)
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| Fairy |
XX | Probably Britain&Ireland; one of its predators is an Augurey |
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| Fire Crab |
XXX |
Fiji |
- Resembles a large tortoise with a heavily jewelled shell
- a stretch of coast in Fiji has been turned into a reservation for its protection, not only against Muggles, who might be tempted by its valuable shell, but also against unscrupulous wizards who use the shells as highly prized cauldrons.
- Fire Crab does however have its own defence mechanism: it shoots flames from it's rear end when attacked.
- Fire Crabs are exported as pets, but a special license is required.
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| Flobberworm |
X | damp ditches |
- thick brown worm reaching up to 10 inches in length
- moves very little
- One end is indistinguishable from the other; both producing the mucus from which its name is derived and which is sometimes used to thicken potions.
- Preferred food is lettuce, though it will eat almost any vegetable
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| Fwooper |
XXX | Africa |
- Fwoopers may be Orange, pink, lime green, or yellow.
- Provider of fancy quills
- Lays brilliantly pattered eggs
- At first enjoyable, the Fwooper's song will eventually drive the listener to insanity
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| Ghoul |
XX | N/A |
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| Glumbumble | XXX |
Northern Europe |
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| Gnome |
XX |
Northern Europe and North America |
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| Griffin |
XXXX |
Greece |
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| Grindylow |
XX |
Lakes throughout Britain and Ireland |
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| Hippocampus |
XXX |
Greece, mostly found in the Mediterranean; few have been found in the shores of Scotland |
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| Hippogriff |
XXX |
Native to Europe, but now found worldwide |
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| Horklump |
X |
Scandinavia |
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| Imp |
XX |
Britain and Ireland |
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| Jarvey |
XXX |
Britain, Ireland, and North America |
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| Jobberknoll |
XX | Northern Europe and America |
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| Kappa |
XXXX |
Japan |
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| Kelpie |
XXXX | Britain and Ireland |
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| Knarl |
XXX | Northern Europe and America |
- usually mistaken for a hedgehog
- both species are indistinguishabl except for one important behavioral difference, if a hedgehog finds food left out, it'll accept it and eat it. Knarls will assume the owner is trying to trap it, and savage the owner's gardens.
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| Kneazle |
XXX | Britain, but exported worldwide |
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| Leprechaun | XXX |
Ireland |
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| Lethifold | XXXXX |
Tropical regions |
- Has the appearance of a black cape
- Thin enough to fit under a door
- Only found in tropical locations
- Usually attacks while the victim is sleeping
- Suffocates the victim
- Leaves no trace of the victim behind
- Vulnerable to the patronus Charm
- Source of many practical jokes (Such as Janus thickey pretending to be killed by a lethifold to leave his wife)
- Only one known suvivor of a lethifold attack
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| Lobalug |
XXX | Bottom of the North Sea |
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| Mackled Malaclaw |
XXX | Rocky coastlines around Europe |
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| Manticore |
XXXXX | Greece |
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| Merpeople |
XXXX | Throughout the world |
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| Mokes |
XXX | Britain and Ireland |
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| Mooncalf |
XX | worldwide |
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| Murtlap | XXX |
Coastal areas of Britain |
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| Niffler | XXX |
Britain |
- Is fluffy and black
- Has a long snout
- Likes glittery things
- Burrows for treasures
- Can be both gentle and destructive
- Lives up to 20 feet under the ground
- Produces 6 to 8 young in a litter
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| Nogtail | XXX |
rural areas across Europe, Russia, and America |
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| Nundu | XXXXX |
Africa |
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| Occamy | XXXX |
Far East and India |
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| Phoenix | XXXX |
Egypt, India, and China |
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| Pixie | XXX |
Cornwall, England |
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| Plimpy | XXX |
Deep lakes |
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| Pogrebin | XXX |
Russia |
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| Porlock | XX |
Dorset, England |
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| Puffskein | XX |
worldwide |
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| Quintaped | XXXXX |
Isle of Drear |
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| Ramora | XX |
Indian Ocean |
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| Red Cap | XXX |
wherever human blood has been spilled |
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| Re'em | XXXX |
North America and the Far East |
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| Runespoor | XXXX |
Burkina Faso |
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| Salamander | XXX |
feeds on flames |
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| Sea Serpent | XXX |
Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean Seas |
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| Shrake | XXX |
Atlantic Ocean |
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| Snidget | XXXX |
Snidget sanctuaries exist worldwide |
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| Sphinx | XXXX |
Egypt |
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| Streeler | XXX |
Africa, but successfully raised by wizards in Europe, Asia and Americas |
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| Tebo | XXXX |
Congo and Zaire |
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| Troll | XXXX |
Scandinavia, but these days they may be found in Britain, Ireland and other areas of Europe |
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| Unicorn | XXXX |
Forests of Northern Europe |
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| Werewolf | XXXX |
worldwide, believed to originated in northern Europe |
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| Winged Horse | XX-XXXX |
worldwide |
- Abraxans are immensely powerful giant palomino horses
- Aethonan are chestnut, popular in Britain adn Ireland
- Granian are grey and particularly fast
- Thestrals are black and possessed of the pwoer of invisibility and considered unlucky by many wizards
- Owners of winged horses are required to perform a disillusionment Charm upont it at regular intervals
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| Yeti |
XXXX |
Tibet |
- A.K.A. Abominable Snowman, Bigfoot
- Believed to be related to the troll, but no one has gotten close enough to determine if it's true
- Up to 15 feet in height
- Devours anything that strays into it's path
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