Splinter Cat

The Splinter Cat is a member of the group of fictional animals known as fearsome critters whose origins lie in the oral traditions of post-colonial North America.

Description
As it's name might suggest, the Splinter Cat is a large feline creature, with some reports giving it a striped hide. It's most unusual feature, however, is the toughness of its skull, which it uses as a battering ram to smash into trees, shattering the wood and exposing any hollows which might lie within. There, it hopes to find honey, bees or raccoons, those being its meals of choice. Despite the painful nature of its hunting practices, the Splinter Cat is not a particularly intelligent animal, and rather than trying to determine which trees may be hollow before commencing its assault, it simply bashes at whatever tree happens to be closest. This results in an extremely sore head for the Cat, and means that it is in a perpetual bad mood; approaching a Splinter Cat is not advised under any circumstances.

Trivia
Some varying descriptions of the Splinter Cat state that it only has a single eye.