List of cryptids
This is a list of cryptids notable within cryptozoology, a pseudoscience that presumes the existence of animals and plants that have been derived from anecdotal or other evidence considered insufficient by mainstream science. While biologists regularly identify new species, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record (the academic study of which is folkloristics).
Cryptozoologists may consider any figure from folklore to be a "cryptid", (from the Greek κρύπτω, krypto, meaning "hide") — a 'hidden animal'. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the noun cryptid as "an animal whose existence or survival to the present day is disputed or unsubstantiated; any animal of interest to a cryptozoologist".[1] Some dictionaries and encyclopedias define the term "cryptid" as an animal whose existence is questionable.[2][3]
Well-known examples include the Yeti in the Himalayas, the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland, Sasquatch in North America, and chupacabras in the Americas. While there have been attempts to codify cryptozoology approaches, unlike biologists, zoologists, botanists, and other academic disciplines, however, "there are no accepted, uniform, or successful methods for pursuing cryptids".[4]
Eberhart's classification
Cryptozoologist George M. Eberhart classifies ten types of mystery animals under the cryptozoological umbrella:[5][6]
- Distribution anomalies (known animals reported outside their normal range, e.g. the anomalous big cats of the U.K.);
- Undescribed, unusual, or outsized variations of known species (e.g. the giant anacondas reported from Amazonia or the spotted lions of East Africa);
- Survivals of recently extinct species (e.g. ivory-billed woodpecker presumed extinct c. 1960, the Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine), declared extinct in 1936, or the Steller's sea cow presumed extinct c. 1770, both of which are occasionally claimed to have survived to the present);
- Survivals of species known only from the fossil record into modern times (e.g. the mokele-mbembe of central Africa, sometimes described as a living dinosaur);
- Lingerlings, or survivals of species known from the fossil record much later into historical times than currently thought (e.g. the woolly mammoth, presumed extinct c. 12,000 BCE but occasionally purported to have survived into later eras);
- Animals not known from the fossil record but related to known species (e.g. the Andean wolf or the striped manta-ray reported by William Beebe in the 1930s);
- Animals not known from the fossil record nor related to any known species (e.g. North America's Bigfoot or most sea serpents];
- Mythical animals with a zoological basis (e.g. the griffin, partly inspired by dinosaur fossils of Central Asia);
- Seemingly paranormal or supernatural entities with some animal-like characteristics (e.g. Mothman, black dogs or some fairies from folklore);
- Known hoaxes or probable misidentifications (e.g. the jackalope, an antlered rabbit, a popular hoax in taxidermy).
Additionally, Eberhart argues for six exclusions from classification as a cryptid:
- Insignificance. "Cryptids must be big, weird, dangerous or significant to humans in some way."
- Lack of controversy. "Someone needs to observe a mystery animal and someone else needs to discredit the sighting. Cryptozoologists function as interventionists between witnesses and skeptical scientists."
- Erratics. "The out-of-place alligator […] that turns up in an odd spot, undoubtedly through human agency, is not a zoological mystery […] [I]f someone discovers a new species of alligator that lives only in sewers, that is a different matter."
- Bizarre humans (e.g. zombies)
- Angels or demons […] "the paranormal or supernatural is admitted only if it has an animal shape (a werewolf sighting, which might involve a real dog or wolf, or a mystery canid)."
- Aliens "[unless such extraterrestrials] arrived a long time ago and thus classify as residents."
List of cryptids
Name | Other names | Description | Location | Depiction |
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Adjule | Kelb-el-khela | Unrecognized canine form reported from the western part of the Sahara by local people, said to live in packs | North Africa | |
Agogwe | Agogure, Kakundakari, Kikomba, Sehite | Small human-shaped bipedal | East Africa | |
Ahool | Flying animal, giant bat | Indonesia | ||
Akkorokamui | Cephalopod | Japan and Thailand | ||
Almas | Abnauayu, almasty, albasty, bekk-bok, biabin-guli, golub-yavan, gul-biavan, auli-avan, kaptar, kra-dhun, ksy-giik, ksy-gyik, ochokochi, mirygdy, mulen, voita, wind-man, Zana |
Non-human ape or hominid | Asia/Caucasus | |
Altamaha-ha | Altie | Sturgeon or plesiosaur-like river animal | Georgia, United States | |
Amomongo | Negros Ape | Primate | Negros Island, Philippines | |
Andean wolf | Hagenbeck wolf, Andean mountain wolf, Dasycyon hagenbecki | Canine | High Andes, South America | |
Appalachian black panther | A large, black felid. A melanistic cougar | West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Alabama, Ohio, New England, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia, United States | ||
Aswang | Tik tik | A vampire-like or cannibalistic human-like creature that could shape-shift | Philippines | |
Ayia Napa sea monster | To filiko teras (The Friendly Monster), Nappis | Speculated to be something like a crocodile or sea serpent | Cyprus | |
Barmanou | Barmanu, Big Hairy One | Ape or hominid | Middle East/Asia | |
Batutut | Ujit, Người rừng | Hominid | Vietnam, Laos, and Borneo | |
Beaman | Ape or hominid | Missouri, United States | ||
Bear Lake Monster | Lake monster | Idaho/Utah, United States | ||
Beast of Bladenboro | Vampire Beast | Blood-sucking feline-like predator | North Carolina, United States | |
Beast of Bodmin | Large felid | Cornwall, England | ||
Beast of Bray Road | Wisconsin Werewolf, Wolfman | Carnivorous mammal | Wisconsin, United States | |
Beast of Busco | Churubusco turtle; Oscar | Reptile/dinosaur | Churubusco, Indiana, United States | |
Beast of Dartmoor | Lion-pig | Boar-like mammal | Dartmoor National Park, England | |
Beast of Dean | Moose-pig | Boar-like mammal | England | |
Beast of Exmoor | Big cat | England | ||
Beast of Gévaudan | Bête du Gévaudan, Arenotelicon | Canid | Gévaudan (Lozère), France | |
Bergman's bear | God bear; irkuiem | Bear, proposed Arctodus simus | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | |
Bessie | Lake Erie Monster | Lake monster | Lake Erie, North America | |
Bigfoot | Sasquatch, Skookum | Hominid or other primate | United States and Canada | |
Black Shuck | Old Shuck | Carnivorous mammal | Coast of East Anglia, England | |
Bownessie | Lake Windermere Monster | Lake monster | Windermere, England, UK | |
British big cats | Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor |
Carnivorous mammal | Great Britain | |
Brosno Dragon | Brosnya | Lake monster | Lake Brosno, Russia | |
Bukit Timah Monkey Man | BTM, BTMM | Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate | Singapore | |
Bunyip | Lake and cave animal | Australia | ||
Burmese gray wild dog | Canine | Burma | ||
Buru | Reptile or giant lungfish | Arunachal Pradesh, India | ||
Cadborosaurus willsi[7] | Caddy, Cadborosaurus | Sea animal | Pacific Coast of North America | |
Canvey Island Monster | Fish, originally described as bipedal | England | ||
Champ | Champtanystropheus americansus, Champy | Lake monster | Lake Champlain, North America | |
Cherufe | Magma monster or draconic hominid | Chile | ||
Chessie | Sea animal | Atlantic Coast of the United States, especially Chesapeake Bay | ||
Chickcharney | Flightless bird | Andros Island in The Bahamas | ||
Chuchunya | Large hominid | Russia | ||
Chupacabra | Chupacabras (Brazilian Portuguese for goat-sucker) | Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America |
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Dingonek | Jungle walrus | A walrus or otherwise tusked water-animal that reportedly lives in the heart of Africa | Western Africa | |
De Loys' Ape | Ameranthropoides loysi | Primate | Near the Tarra River, Colombia | |
Devil Bird | Ulama | Bird | Sri Lanka | |
Dobhar-chú | Water Hound | Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal | Ireland | |
Dover Demon | Bipedal, alleged extraterrestrial | Dover, Massachusetts, United States | ||
Eastern cougar | Puma concolor couguar | Felid predator | Eastern United States | |
Ebu Gogo | Theorized to be related to Homo floresiensis, also called Hobbit | Small primate, possible early hominid | Flores, Indonesia | |
Elasmotherium | Giant rhinoceros | Herbivorous mammal | Asia | |
Elmendorf Beast | Canid | Elmendorf, Texas (United States) | ||
Elwedritsche | Mammal | Germany | ||
Emela-ntouka | Chipekwe, Irizima, Aseka-moke | Reptile/dinosaur or an undiscovered aquatic rhinoceros | Republic of the Congo | |
Enfield Monster | Three legs, short body, two little short arms with claws, grayish epidermis and big reddish eyes | Enfield, Illinois, United States | ||
Ennedi tiger | Hadjel, Gassingram, Vossoko, Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, Dilali, saber-toothed cat | Carnivorous mammal | Chad | |
Am Fear Liath Mòr | Fear Liath, Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Greyman | Primate; possible humanoid | Scotland | |
Fiskerton Phantom | Phantom cat/bear | Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, UK | ||
Flatwoods monster | Green Monster, Braxton County Monster | Spade-headed extraterrestrial. Possibly misidentified barn owl | West Virginia, United States | |
Flying rod | Skyfish, rod, sky squid | Photographic artifact | Worldwide | |
Fouke Monster | Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster | Hominid or other primate | Arkansas, United States | |
Garou | Loup Garou, Cajun werewolf | Wolf-like creature | Louisiana, United States | |
Gazeka | Mammal | Papua New Guinea | ||
Gambo | Sea animal | Gambia | ||
Ghoul | Humanoid | Warm climates | ||
Ghost deer | Large deer, supposedly impervious to bullets | Northern California, United States | ||
Giant anaconda | Megaconda | Giant snake | South America | |
Giglioli's Whale | Amphiptera pacifica | Sea animal | Off Chile, Scotland, and France (in the Mediterranean Sea) | |
Globster | Blob | Decaying sea animal | Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean | |
Gloucester sea serpent | Scoliophis Atlanticus | Sea serpent | Massachusetts, United States | |
Gnome of Gerona | Goblin | Small humanoid | Girona, Spain | |
Goatman | The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man | Bipedal | Wisconsin, Maryland, and Kentucky, United States | |
Grassman | Kenmore Grassman, Ohio Grassman | Bigfoot-like primate | Kenmore, Akron, Ohio, and eastern Iowa, both in the United States | |
Gunni | Antlered, wombat-like marsupial | Marysville and surrounding area, Victoria, Australia | ||
Grootslang | Elephant with a serpent's tail | Richtersveld, South Africa | ||
Hakawai | Hokioi | Mythological bird heard but not seen | New Zealand | |
Hellhound | Barghest, Black Shuck, Dip, Gwyllgi, Gytrash | Large, black, spectral hound with red eyes | Worldwide | |
Hibagon | Hinagon | Primate | Japan | |
Hodag | The Dag; Nasobatilus | Carnivorous mammal/lizard | Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States | |
Hokkaidō wolf | Ezo wolf | Wolf | Hokkaidō, Japan | |
Homo gardarensis | Hominid (acromegalic Homo sapiens?) | Greenland | ||
Honey Island Swamp monster | Letiche, Tainted Keitre | Hominid or other primate | Louisiana, United States | |
Honshū wolf | Japanese wolf, yamainu | Wolf | Honshū, Japan | |
Hoop snake | Snake | United States/Australia | ||
Huay Chivo | Huaychivo | Carnivorous mammal | Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, Mexico | |
Igopogo | Kempenfelt Kelly | Lake monster | Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada) | |
Iliamna Lake Monster | Lake monster. It is most likely a giant white sturgeon, though some reports have compared it to a shark or whale | Lake Iliamna, Alaska | ||
Inkanyamba | Lake monster | Africa | ||
Isshii | Issie | Lake monster | Japan | |
Ivory-billed woodpecker | Bird | Southern United States and Cuba | ||
Jba Fofi | Great Spider | Large spider-like creature | Central Africa | |
Jackalope | Antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare, stagbunny | Herbivorous mammal | North America | |
Jersey Devil | Leeds Devil | Winged bipedal horse | United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania | |
Kaijin | Sea monster | Japan | ||
Kappa | Gatarō, Kawako | Bipedal | Japan | |
Kawekaweau | Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti | Lizard | New Zealand | |
Kelpie | Water horse | Carnivorous equine | Scottish and Irish lakes and rivers | |
Kingstie | Lake George Monster | Lake monster | Lake Ontario, North America | |
Kongamato | Pterosaur/bird/bat | Kenya | ||
Koolakamba | Ape hybrid, KoolooKamba | A cross between a chimpanzee and gorilla | West Africa | |
Kraken | Sea animal | World's oceans | ||
Kting Voar | Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, Khting Vor, Linh Duong, Pseudonovibos spiralis | Herbivorous mammal | Vietnam and Cambodia | |
Kumi Lizard/Ngarara | Reptile: giant monitor lizard | New Zealand | ||
Kusshii | Lake monster | Japan | ||
Lagarfljót Worm | lagarfljóts ormurinn | Lake monster | Iceland | |
Lake Tianchi Monster | Lake Chonji Monster | Lake monster | China and North Korea | |
Lake Van Monster | Monster of Lake Van | Lake monster | Turkey | |
Lake Worth Monster | Lake Worth Goatman, Texas Bigfoot | Carnivorous mammal | Texas, United States | |
Lariosauro | Como Lake Monster | Water reptile | Italy | |
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp | Lizard Man of Lee County | Bipedal | South Carolina, United States | |
Loch Ness Monster | Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx | Lake monster (plesiosaur or another type of Sauropterygia?) | Loch Ness, Scotland | |
Loveland Frog | Loveland Lizard | Bipedal lizard or frog, allegedly first seen in Loveland, Ohio | Ohio, United States | |
Lusca | Gigantic octopus | Large octopus | World's oceans | |
MacFarlane's bear | Ursus inopinatus | Carnivorous mammal, possibly a grizzly-polar bear hybrid | Canada | |
Maero | Mohoao | Cannibalistic hominids in Māori mythology | New Zealand | |
Mahamba | Giant crocodile | Lake Likouala swamp region, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
Maltese tiger | Blue tiger | Carnivorous mammal | China | |
Mamlambo | Lake monster | South Africa | ||
Manananggal | Female humanoid that can split its body into two parts | Philippines | ||
Manatee of Helena | Manatee | Saint Helena | ||
Mande Barung | Mande Burung, Indian Yeti | Humanoid | North East India, Bangladesh | |
Man-eating tree | Carnivorous tree | Various | ||
Manipogo | Winnipogo | Lake monster | Lake Manitoba, Canada | |
Mapinguari | Herbivorous mammal | Amazon rainforest | ||
Maricoxi | Primate | South America | ||
Marozi | Spotted lion, Panthera leo maculatus | Lion-like felid | Africa | |
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu | Reptile/dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | ||
Megalania prisca | Devil Dragon | Giant Australian monitor lizard | Australia | |
Megalodon | Carcharodon, Carcharocles | Giant shark | World's oceans | |
Melon heads | Humanoids with enlarged heads | Allegan County woods, Michigan, and parts of Ohio and Connecticut, United States | ||
Memphre | Memphré, Lake Memphremagog Monster | Lake monster | Lake Memphremagog (United States and Canada) | |
Menehune | Primate | Hawaii, United States | ||
Mermaid | Human-fish | All five oceans and several seas | ||
Merman | Human-fish | All five oceans and several seas | ||
Michigan Dogman | Wolfman of Wexford County | Carnivorous mammal | Michigan, United States | |
Minhocão | Big Earthworm | Caecilian | South America | |
Milton lizard | Giant monitor lizard-like lizard | Trimble County, Kentucky | ||
Minnesota Iceman | Homo pongoides | Primate | Minnesota, United States | |
Mitla | Fawcett's zorro or Fawcett's cat | Carnivorous mammal | Bolivian rainforest | |
Mngwa | Nunda | Carnivorous mammal | Tanzania | |
Moehau | Maeroero, The Hairy Moehau, The Moehau Monster | Primate | New Zealand | |
Mogollon Monster | Mug-ee-yun Monster | Bipedal primate | Mogollon Rim, Arizona, United States | |
Mokele-Mbembe | Reptile/dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | ||
Momo the Monster | Missouri Monster | Primate | Missouri, United States | |
Mongolian Death Worm | Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi | Worm-like animal | Gobi Desert (Asia) | |
Monkey-man of Delhi | Black Monkey | Big black monkey | Old Delhi, India | |
Mono Grande | Hominid | South America | ||
Montauk Monster | Mounty | Small, decomposed quadruped carcass | Montauk, Long Island, United States | |
Morag | Lake monster | Scotland | ||
Mothman | Often associated with Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" from John A. Keels book The Mothman Prophecies | Winged bipedal | Mason County, West Virginia, United States | |
Mountain fennec | Fox | Southern Algeria and northern Chad, in the central Sahara mountains | ||
Muckie | Lake monster | Lakes of Killarney, Ireland | ||
Muc-sheilche | Lake monster | Scotland | ||
Muhuru | Reptile/dinosaur | Kenya | ||
Mussie | Lake monster | Ontario, Canada | ||
Nahuelito | Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster | Lake monster | Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina | |
Nandi Bear | Chemosit, Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre | Carnivorous mammal | Africa | |
Ngoubou | Reptile, proposed dinosaur | Cameroon | ||
Nguma-monene | Reptile, proposed dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | ||
Ogopogo | N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka | Lake monster | Lake Okanagan, Canada | |
Old Yellow Top | Primate | Canada | ||
Olitiau | Winged animal: bat or flying reptile | Cameroon | ||
Onza | Big felid: possibly a new species of cougar | Latin America | ||
Orang-bati | Bipedal | Indonesia | ||
Orang Mawas | Mawa, Orang Dalam, hantu jerang gigi | Primate | Malaysia | |
Orang Pendek | Primate, has been associated with Homo floresiensis | Sumatra | ||
Owlman | Cornish Owlman, Owlman of Mawnan | Human-owl | England | |
Ozark Howler | Ozark Black Howler | Carnivorous mammal | Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States | |
Panthera tigris sudanensis | Big felid: possibly a new species of tiger | Cairo, Egypt | ||
Peluda | Shaggy Beast, La Velue | A dragon-like beast with a porcupine-like body, a snake's neck, head, and tail, large tortoise-like feet, and a green color | La Ferté-Bernard, France | |
Phantom cat | Alien Big Cats (ABCs) | Carnivorous mammal | Worldwide | |
Phantom kangaroo | Marsupial | Various | ||
Phaya Naga | River monster | Laos and Thailand | ||
Pogeyan | Gray felid; possible leopard color morph or out-of-place Asian lion | Ghats, India | ||
Popobawa | East Africa | |||
Pope Lick Monster | Bipedal | Kentucky, United States | ||
Poukai | Pouakai, Hakawai | Large carnivorous bird | New Zealand | |
Pukwudgie | Bipedal | Massachusetts, United States | ||
Pygmy elephant | Pachyderm | Western Ghats, Kerala, India | ||
Qilin | Kirin (from Japanese), Kỳ lân (from Vietnamese) or sometimes kyrin and ki-lin, Chinese unicorn | Chimera | China | |
Queensland tiger | Yarri, the Beast of Buderim | Carnivorous mammal | Australia | |
Reptilians | Lizard People, Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid, Dragonoid | Bipedal | Worldwide | |
Salawa | Set animal | Carnivorous canid | Egypt | |
Sea monk | Sea animal | World's oceans | ||
Sea monsters | Sea animals | World's oceans | ||
Sea serpent | Sea animal | World's oceans | ||
Selma | Seljordsormen | Lake monster | Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway | |
Sewer alligator | Albino alligator | Contemporary phylogenesis | Widespread urban environments | |
Sharlie | Slimy slim, The twilight dragon of Payette lake | Lake monster | Lake Payette, McCall, Idaho, United States | |
Shōjō | Xing-xing, translates to "heavy drinker" or "orangutan" | Sea creature with red face and hair | Japan | |
Shug Monkey | Primate | Europe | ||
Shunka Warakin | Carnivorous mammal; wolf-like, boar-like, hyena-like | Western United States (especially Montana) | ||
Sigbin | Canine, cat-fox, civet | Philippines | ||
Sirrush | Mushrushu | Reptile/dinosaur | Africa and ancient Babylon | |
Skookum | Cannibalistic wildmen of Mt. St. Helens, Washington | Ape-like hominid | Pacific Northwest | |
Skunk Ape | Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape | Primate | Florida, United States | |
Snallygaster | Schneller Geist | "A dragon-like beast... The earliest incarnations mixed the half-bird features of a siren with the nightmarish features of demons and ghouls. The Snallygaster was described as half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic beak lined with razor-sharp teeth, occasionally with octopus-like tentacles." | The hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland; West Virginia | |
Steller's sea ape | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean | ||
Storsjöodjuret | Lake monster | Sweden | ||
Stronsay Beast | Sea animal | Orkney, Scotland | ||
Sucuriju Gigante | Giant Bull Eater (Matatoro in Spanish); giant anaconda; megaconda | Giant boa | Amazonia | |
Tahoe Tessie | Lake Tahoe monster | Lake monster | Lake Tahoe, in California and Nevada, United States | |
Tapire-iauara | Jaguar/tapir | Amazon rainforest | ||
Tatzelwurm | Reptile/amphibian | European Alps | ||
Thetis Lake Monster | Reptilian humanoid | Vancouver Island, Canada | ||
Thunderbird | Giant bird | North America | ||
Tikbalang | Humanoid | Philippines | ||
Trinity Alps giant salamander | Salamander | California, United States | ||
Trunko | The Margate monster | Whale carcass | South Africa | |
Tsuchinoko | Snake | Japan | ||
Tsul 'Kalu | Primate | American West | ||
Turtle Lake Monster | Lake monster | Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
Umdhlebi | Carnivorous tree | Zululand, South Africa | ||
Urayuli | Arulataq, Bushman, Tent Monster, Nant'ina, Woodsman | Hominid or other primate | Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna, United States | |
Veo | Carnivorous mammal | Indonesia | ||
Waheela | Carnivorous mammal | Canada | ||
Waitoreke | Maori otter, New Zealand otter; Waitoreki, Waitorete | Carnivorous mammal | South Island, New Zealand | |
Wampus cat | Foot Craver, Masked Cat, Canable Cat | Legendary felid | Southern and Southwestern United States | |
Wendigo | Windiga, Witiko, Wihtikow, Weendigo | Legendary creature | Northern United States and Canada | |
Wild Man of the Navidad | Wild Woman of the Navidad, Wildman of the Navidad | Legendary creature | South Texas, United States | |
Wolpertinger | Crisensus bavaricus | Mammal | Germany | |
Wucharia | Canis aureus lupaster or Canis lupus arabs | Canine | Danakil Depression, Eritrea | |
Ya-te-veo | Man-Eating Tree | Large tree with an eye and mouth; eats humans, its name means "I see you" | Central and South America | |
Yeren | Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman | Primate (possible hominin) | China | |
Yeti | Abominable Snowman | Primate / Ursidae | Himalayas (Asia) | |
Yowie | Yahoo | Primate | Australia | |
Zanzibar leopard | Panthera pardus adersi | Feline | Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania |
See also
- Animalia Paradoxa
- Cryptobotany
- Cryptozoology
- Legendary creature
- Crypsis
- List of alleged extraterrestrial beings
- List of cryptozoologists
- List of legendary creatures
- List of megafauna discovered in modern times
- List of reported lake monsters
References
- ↑ "cryptid, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2016. Web. 25 October 2016.
- ↑ "The Oxford Dictionary". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ↑ "Canadian Encyclopedia". Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ↑ Regal, Brian (2011) "Cryptozoology", pp. 326-329 as published in McCormick, Charlie T. and Kim Kennedy (2011). Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. 2nd edition. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-59884-241-8.
- ↑ Eberhart, George M. "Mysterious Creatures: Creating A Cryptozoological Encyclopedia." 2005. Journal of Scientific Exploration. Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 103–113.
- ↑ Jobling, Mark A. (2013). "The truth is out there". Investigative Genetics. 4 (24). doi:10.1186/2041-2223-4-24. PMC 4121952.
- ↑ Loren Coleman & Jerome Clark (1999). Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85602-6.
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- Mackal, Roy P. (1980). Searching For Hidden Animals: An Inquiry into Zoological Mysteries. USA: Self published. ISBN 0-385-14897-6.
Further reading
- Eberhart, George M. (2002). Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. Volume 2. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-57607-283-5.