What's your favourite fantasy animal?

[Rosencrantz]

Doin' a thing! And I need lots of mythological critters.

I'll start the list off:

Wolpertinger - like a European Jackalope, only with wings, this antlered rabbit is pretty neat.

Peryton - winged stag, sometimes with bird feet. Casts the shadow of a man until it kills one, at which point it casts its own true shadow.

Hippocampus - Merhorse! Tail of a sea-serpent/fish, front of a horse. I rode on one on a merry go round as a child and loved them ever since. From Greek mythology.

Mermaid - another half another animal. I love seeing art of them, how people use all sorts of fish, and the ones where the mermaid is the size of a whale and underneath a boat.

Centaur - I had an interesting dream about centaurs that were half big fat wooly cows chilling out on a hill, and that reminded me of how much I love that people make centaurs out of all sorts of hooved animals. I saw a great giraffe one the other day.

Griffins - I seem to really like animals that are a mix of other animals. I saw a cute pigeon one today that instead of being part lion, it was part rat.

[moonsugar]

Selkies are pretty neat.

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[Radiance]

Unicorns! I know, I know... pretty standard fantasy critter but still my favorite. I also fancy chupacabras quite a bit

[shimmlight]

Not particularly unheard of but I love Dragons and Pegasi

[Karma]

Phoenix and Asian dragons. I'm fond of yin-yang ideas and the thought of rebirth and eternal souls. 

[melodys_angel]

Probably phoenixes   I like pegasi too

[candiedapples]

I really like dragons! I'm most familiar with the idea of Western dragons from fantasy fiction. I love the Dragonriders of Pern, DragonLance, Seraphina, the Enchanted Forest chronicles, among other  books!

[Bekuno]

Ummm all of them! Honestly i couldn't just pick a single favorite. I love all the ones I already know and I love all the ones I haven't heard of yet.

[Noepse]

Well it isn't a species but one of my all time favorites is Achiyalabopa! Which is a very unknown one but I love it all the same. ♥ Harpies are also pretty cool.

[Tinks]

Unicorns, obviously! Pegasis, hippocampus and kelpie. Basically anything horse related lol

[SourdoughStomper]

I'm quite fond of dragons, and I rather like the Questing Beast as well.

[Rachel-Eyes]

I've had this thing about mermaids since childhood. I wish I could become one! Would you count Star Wars creatures in this too? Because I also love Wookiees! I'm making a pink one actually. =)

Then of course there are fantasy horses, but unicorns are my favorite type.

[doxiechic16]

I love dragons!  Cute dragons, scary dragons, big dragons, little dragons, friendly dragons, evil dragons...I  dragons. 

[Rosencrantz]

I love everything you guys have brought up so far, btw. Especially things like selkies and harpies which I had totally blanked on.

(also dragons are so fun and there's SO MUCH you can do with dragons)

[Bekuno]

Oh gosh I'm sorry I didn't realize you need to know for a project! I'm over here just babbling about how all of them are cool.

I don't know how far you're taking fantasy but I have tons of monster / creatures.
Here's some more I found in my books:

Remorhaz: A centipede-like insect thats about 20 feet long, lives in frozen wastelands underground. Found him in a monster book, he has DnD origins.

Chimera: You know this one, the dragon/goat/lion hybrid. Sometimes the dragon is a snake. The creatures design always differs it seems, and I've seen many versions.

Manticore: Similar to a sphynx, it has a lion body and a human face. Sometimes they have wings or horns. Their tails are snakes or dragons and sometimes they're just covered in poisonous spikes.

Gargoyle: The stone statues that come to life! Most of the time they have wings, many different depictions. (I have one in my room  )

Yuan-ti: Another DnD creature. I actually never knew a lot of these were DnD creatures? They're human/snake creatures with impressive psychic abilities.

Werewolf: The classic man into beast. There are many versions.

Rakshasa: Luxurious and wealthy shape-shifting tigers. They can read minds and they're thumbs are on the exterior of their hands rather than the interior. They're immortal.

Nightmare: DnD creature, it is a black horse with a mane and tail and fetlocks of fire. It also snorts fire from it's nostrils.

Jabberwock: The creature from Alice in Wonderland.

Cerberus: The three-headed dog who guards Hades.

Sleipnir: An eight legged horse from Norse mythology. Given to Odin by Loki.

Chupracabra: Blood sucking monster from the south! I used to hunt for them, never found one lol.

Leviathan: Giant sea monster, mentioned as far back as the days from the bible.

Basilisk: Chicken head, serpent body. One look will turn you to stone!

Minotaur: From greek mythology. Human body, head of a bull. Guarded King Minos maze.

Thunderbird: Giant two headed bird. Big enough to take and slaughter whales form the ocean. He comes from Native American lore.

Jersey Devil: Donkey/Dog/Goat/Dragon creature from New Jersey. Kills animals and small children.

Loch Ness Monster: Good old nessie, lives in Scotland.