African/Asian Elephant
Born in 1978, Motty the elephant was born a hybrid of a male African elephant and a female Asian elephant and is apparently the only one of its kind. Sadly, Moty died at the age of only 12 days.
Its death was nothing to do with its hybrid genes, but rather an infection that occurred in its umbilical cord stump. Realizing that Motty was an exceptional animal and probably the only one of its kind, the Natural History Museum in London preserved its body and has since kept it on display.
