1) Cthulhu Mythos species 
A shantak is a fictional creature in the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. It is also part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The creature first appeared in Lovecraft`s novella The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926). They were not any birds or bats known elsewhere on earth or in dreamland, for they were larger than elephants and had heads like a horse`s. Carte.....