Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Rhinogradentia (also known as snouters) is a fictitious mammal order documented by German naturalist Harald Stümpke. They were a class of animals that had evolved to use their noses for every conceivable function. Rhinogradentia Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rhinogradentia Families see text They were native to the Hi-yi-yi islands in the Pacific Ocean which were destroyed by atomic bomb testing in the late 1950s. This removed all traces of the snouters and their habitat. An early reference to these creatures is found in German poet Christian Morgenstern's Das Nasobem. External links Snouters from the Museum of Hoaxes Snouters in Wisconsin This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.