1) Legendary mammal 
==In folklore== In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yōkai that shapeshifts and deceives humans They are first seen in literature in the Nihon Shoki in the part about Empress Suiko`s 35th year (627), where it states, `in two months of spring, there are mujina in the country of Mutsu (春2月、陸.....