Cabbit

They have appeared in fiction and fantasy stories and have also been dubiously claimed to have been observed in the wild.

A cat–rabbit hybrid creature was first incorrectly documented in 1845 by Joseph Train of Castle Douglas, Galloway, Scotland, in his An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man, where he opined that the local Manx cat, a breed typified by a short, tufty tail like a rabbit, was such a hybrid: "My observations on the structure and habits of the specimen in my possession, leave little doubt on my mind of its being a .... cross between the female cat and the buck rabbit.

The relatively long hind legs of the Manx, combined with taillessness or a very short tail, give the impression of a rabbit.

Then there is the gait – a rabbity hop rather than a walk- which is caused by the height of the hindquarters: according to the Manx Cat Club these "cannot be too high, and the back cannot be too short, while there must be great depth of flank.

[5] Rose Tenent wrote: "No cat is more fascinating than the tailless Manx, with its rabbit-like hoppity gait ....