According to legend, St Patrick banished toads and snakes from the Island upon his arrival, and you won’t find any to this day. British mammals which are notable by their absence from the Isle of Man include voles, badgers, squirrels and foxes. By way of compensation, we can claim two particularly unusual four-legged inhabitants. One is the famous Manx cat, which is tailless and has longer hind legs than most other breeds. The other is the Loaghtan sheep, which has four horns and a rich brown fleece, and is thought to have been introduced by the Vikings.