List of cryptids

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Cryptids are creatures presumed extinct, hypothetical species, or creatures known from anecdotal evidence and/or other evidence insufficient to prove their existence with scientific certainty. The term "cryptid" was first coined in 1983 by John Wall.^[1] Cryptids may also be known as unidentified mysterious animals (UMA). The study of cryptids is known as Cryptozoology.

Contents 1 Notable examples: Cryptozoology 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I-J 1.10 K 1.11 L 1.12 M 1.13 N 1.14 O 1.15 P-Q 1.16 R 1.17 S 1.18 T 1.19 U-V 1.20 W 1.21 X-Z 2 Notable examples: Cryptobotany 3 See also 4 External links 4.1 Lists of cryptids 4.2 Other 5 References

Notable examples: Cryptozoology

A

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Acinonyx jubatus guttatus	Woolly cheetah	Alleged genetic variant	Big cat	Africa
Adjule		Debunked	Canine	North Africa
Ahool	Ropen	Unconfirmed	Bat	Indonesia
Akkorokamui		Folklore	Fish	Japan; Thailand
Almas	Abnauayu, almosty, albasty, bekk-bok, biabin-guli, golub-yavan, gul-biavan, auli-avan, kaptar, kra-dhun, ksy-giik, ksy-gyik, ochokochi, mirygdy, mulen, voita, wind-man	Folklore	Primate or hominid	Asia/Caucasus
Altamaha-ha	Altie	Disputed	River animal	Georgia (US state) (United States)
Amarok		Inuit mythology	Giant wolf	Arctic
Ameranthropoides loysi	De Loys' ape		Primate	South America
Anatolian leopard	Panthera pardus tulliana	Presumed extinct	Big cat	Asia Minor
Andean wolf	Hagenbeck wolf, Andean mountain wolf, Dasycyon hagenbecki	Presumed extinct	Canine	High Andes
Aswang		Folklore	Hominid	Philippines
Atmospheric beast	Sky beast, sky critter	Hypothetical	Unknown	Atmosphere[clarify]
Ayia napa sea monster	Sea beast, O filikos teras, Nappis	Disputed	Cross of various prehistoric sea creatures	Cyprus

B

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Barmanou		Folklore; unconfirmed	Primate	Middle East/Asia
Batutut	Ujit		Primate	East Asia
Bear Lake monster		Discredited	Lake animal	Idaho/Utah (United States)
Beast of Bray Road			Carnivorous mammal	Wisconsin (United States)
Beast of Busco	Churubusco turtle	Local legend	Reptile/dinosaur	United States
Beast of Durham		Local legend	Carnivorous mammal	United Kingdom
Beast of Gévaudan		Local legend	Carnivorous mammal	France
Bergman's bear	God bear; irkuiem	Presumed extinct	Bear	Asia
Bessie		Local legend	Lake animal	Lake Erie, North America
Bigfoot	Sasquatch, possibly Gigantopithecus	Unconfirmed	Hominid or primate	North America
Bili ape	Bondo mystery ape	Alleged variant population of Pan troglodytes; possible new subspecies	Primate	Democratic Republic of Congo
Black shuck	Old shuck	Legend	Carnivorous mammal	Coast of East Anglia, England
Bloop		Unconfirmed	Gigantic creature	South American southwest coast
British big cats	Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, English lions beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor		Carnivorous mammal	Great Britain
Brosno dragon		Local legend	Lake animal	Lake Brosno, Russia
Bukit Timah monkey man	BTMM		Forest-dwelling hominid or primate	Singapore
Bunyip			Lake and cave animal	Australia
Buru		Presumed extinct	Reptile or giant lungfish	India

C

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Cadborosaurus willsi	Caddy, Cadborosaurus		Sea Animal	Pacific Coast of North America
Camp AuSable Duck	Demon Duck	Hoax	Toothy Duck	United States, Michigan
Canvey Island Monster		Proposed: anglerfish	Bipedal	United Kingdom
Caspian Tiger	Persian Tiger	Presumed Extinct	Tiger	Turkey
Cat-fox		Identity unconfirmed	Mammal	Borneo
Champ	Champtanystropheus	Possible Existence	Lake Animal	Lake Champlain, North America
Chessie (sea monster)		Sea Animal	Atlantic Coast of United States/ Chesapeake Bay
Chipekwe	Emela-ntouka, Irizima	Local Legend	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Chupacabra	Goat Sucker	Unconfirmed	Reptile/Mammal	North/Central/South America
Con Rit	Many-finned Sea Serpent, Cetacean Centipede, Great Sea-Centipede		Sea Animal	Southeast Asia

D

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Dahu		Folklore	Herbivorous Mammal	France, Switzerland
Deinotherium		Presumed Extinct	Herbivorous Mammal	Africa
Devil Bird	Ulama		Bird	Sri Lanka
Dragons		Unconfirmed/Possibly Extinct	Reptile/Dinosaur/Dragon	WorldWide
Dinosaurs in South America		Possible Existence	Reptile/Dinosaur	South America
Dobhar-chu		Folklore	Carnivorous Mammal	Ireland
Dover Demon			Bipedal	United States, Massachusetts
Drop Bear		Legend	Large marsupial, relative of Koala	Australia

E

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Ebu Gogo			Primate	Flores, Indonesia
Elasmotherium	Giant Rhinoceros	Presumed Extinct	Herbivorous Mammal	Asia
Elwedritsche			Mammal	Germany
Ennedi tiger	Hadjel, Gassingram, Vossoko, Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, Dilali, Saber-toothed cat	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Chad, Africa
Emela-ntouka	Chipekwe, Irizima, Aseka-moke		Reptile/Dinosaur	Republic of the Congo

F

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Fear liath	Am Fear Liath Mòr, The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Greyman		Primate	Scotland
Flatwoods Monster	Green Monster, Braxton County Monster, Phantom of Flatwoods		Extraterrestrial	United States, West Virginia
Flying Rod	Sky Fish	Discredited	Flying Creature	Worldwide
Flying Flash			Extraterrestrial	UK
Fouke Monster	Boggy Creek Monster		Primate	United States, Arkansas
Fur-bearing Trout		Discredited	Fish	North America
Flying Humanoids		Discredited	Humanoid	Mexico ---

G

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Gambo		Unconfirmed	Sea Animal	Africa
Giant Anaconda		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	South America
Giglioli's whale	Amphiptera pacifica	Unconfirmed	Sea Animal	Off Chile, Scotland and France (Mediterranean)
Globster	Blob	Unknown	Sea Animal carcass	World's Oceans
Goatman	The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man	Urban Legend	Bipedal	United States
Greys	Roswell Aliens, Reticulians, Zetas	Unconfirmed	Humanoid	Worldwide
Griffin	Gryphon different spelling.	Unconfirmed/ Possibly Extinct	Unknown classification/chimera	Worldwide
Glow man		local legend	Humanoid	By Lake Winnipesaukee

H

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Hedgerat		Unconfirmed	Rodent	Roadsides
Hibagon	Hinagon	Local Legend	Primate	Japan
High-finned sperm whale		Unconfirmed	Cetacean	Shetland Islands
Hodag	The Dag	Discredited	Carnivorous Mammal/Lizard	United States, Wisconsin
Homo gardarensis			Hominid (acromegalic Homo sapiens?)	Greenland
Hoop snake		Discredited	Reptile	United States/Australia
Hopkinsville Goblin		Unconfirmed	Extraterrestrial	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Hyote		Discredited	Canine	United States, Maryland

I-J

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Iliamna Lake Monster		Believed to be a giant sturgeon	Lake Animal	Lake Iliamna, Alaska
Inkanyamba		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Africa
Isshii		Believed to be a giant eel	Lake Animal	Japan
Jackalope	antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare, stagbunny	Discredited/Hoax	Herbivorous Mammal	North America
Japanese Wolf		Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Japan
Javan Tiger	Indonesian Tiger	Presumed Extinct	Tiger	Eastern Java
Jersey Devil	Leeds Devil	Unconfirmed	Winged Mammal/Demon	United States, esp. New Jersey

K

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Kappa	Gatarō, Kawako	Folklore	Bipedal	Japan
Kasai Rex		Possible hoax	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Kikiyaon		Unconfirmed	Carnivore Bird	Africa
Kingstie	Lake George Monster	Hoax	Lake Animal	North America, Lake Ontario
Kongamato		Unconfirmed	Pterosaur/Bird/Bat	Kenya
Kraken	Giant Squid, Colossal Squid	Unconfirmed	Sea Animal	World's Oceans
Kting Voar	Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, Khting Vor, Linh Duong, Pseudonovibos spiralis	Possible hoax	Herbivorous Mammal	Vietnam, Cambodia
Kusshii		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Japan

L

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Lake Tianchi Monster	Lake Chonji Monster	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	China
Lake Van Monster	Monster of Lake Van	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Turkey
Lake Worth monster	Lake Worth Goatman, Texas Bigfoot	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	United States, Texas
Lariosauro	Como Lake monster	Unconfirmed	Water reptile	Italy
Leviathan		Biblical	Sea monster	The entire ocean
Lithgow Panther		Unconfirmed	Big Cat	Blue Mountains; Australia
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp	Lizard Man of Lee County	Unconfirmed	Bipedal	United States, South Carolina
Lizard Men	Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid	Unconfirmed, Theoretical	Bipedal	Worldwide
Loch Ness Monster	Nessie	Unconfirmed	Lake Monster	Loch Ness, Scotland
Loveland Frog	Loveland Lizard	Unconfirmed	Bipedal	United States, Ohio
Lusca		Unconfirmed	Sea Animal	World's Oceans

M

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
MacFarlane's Bear	Ursus inopinatus	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Canada
Mahamba (giant crocodile)		Unconfirmed	Reptile	Republic of the Congo
Maltese Tiger	Blue Tiger	Abnormal coloration due to mutation	Carnivorous Mammal	China
Mamlambo		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	South Africa
Manananggal		Folklore	Humanoid	Philippines
Manipogo	Winnipogo	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Lake Manitoba, Canada
Mapinguari		Relict Mylodon	Herbivorous Mammal	Amazon Rainforest
Maricoxi		Unconfirmed	Primate	South America
Marsupial Lion	Thylacoleo, Thylacoleo carnifex	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous marsupial mammal	Australia
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Republic of the Congo
Mecheny			Primate	Asia
Megalodon	Carcharodon megalodon	Presumed Extinct	Giant Prehistoric Shark	World's Oceans
Megalania prisca	Giant Australian monitor lizard	Presumed Extinct	Reptile/Dinosaur	Australia
Menehune		Unconfirmed	Primate	United States, Hawaii
Mermaid		Unconfirmed	Humanoid Sea Creature(Half person/Half Fish)	World's Oceans
Michigan dogman		Local Legend	Humanoid/Canine Hybrid	Northern Michigan
Minhocão		Exaggeration of existing animal	Caecilian	South America
Minnesota Iceman	Homo pongoides	Unconfirmed	Primate	United States, Minnesota
Mitla	Fawcett's zorro or Fawcett's cat	Undiscovered	Carnivorous Mammal	Bolivia rainforest
Mngwa	Nunda	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Moa	Giant emu	Presumed Extinct	Giant Flightless Bird	New Zealand
Mokele Mbembe		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Republic of the Congo
MoMo	Missouri Monster	Hoax	Primate	United States, Missouri
Mongolian Death Worm	Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi	Unconfirmed	Worm-like animal	Gobi Desert
Mono Grande		Unconfirmed	Hominid	South America
Morag		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Scotland
Mothman		Unconfirmed	Bipedal, winged	United States, West Virginia
Moose-pig	Beast of Dean	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	United Kingdom
Muckie			Lake Animal	Lakes of Killarney, Ireland
Muc-sheilch		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Scotland
Mussie		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Ontario, Canada
Mylodon		Presumed Extinct	Giant Ground Sloth	Southern Patagonian forests

N

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Nahuelito		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Argentina
Nandi Bear	Chemosit[2], Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Ndendeki (giant turtle)		Unconfirmed	Reptile	Republic of the Congo
Neo-Giant		Unconfirmed	Primate	Worldwide
Ngoima (giant monkey-eating Eagle)		Unconfirmed	Carnivore Bird	Republic of the Congo
Ngoubou		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Cameroon
Nguma-monene		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Republic of the Congo
Người Rừng	Forest People	Unconfirmed	Primate	Vietnam
Nessie	Loch ness monster	Unconfirmed	lake animal	Loch Ness
Nyalmo		Unconfirmed	Primate	Asia

O

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Ogopogo	N'ha·a·itk, Naitaka	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Lake Okanagan, Canada
Old Yellow Top		Unconfirmed	Primate	Canada
Olitiau		Unconfirmed	Winged Animal	Cameroon
Orang-Bati		Folklore	Bipedal	Indonesia
Orang Mawas	Mawa, Orang Dalam, hantu jerang gigi	Unconfirmed	Primate	Malaysia
Orang Pendek		Unconfirmed	Primate	Sumatra
Cornish Owlman	The Owlman of Mawnan	Unconfirmed	Bird	England
Ozark Howler		Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	United States, Arkansas

P-Q

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Phantom cats	Alien Big Cats (ABCs)	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Worldwide
Phantom kangaroo		Presumed Extinct/Mythical	Marsupials	Various
Phaya Naga			Lake Animal	Laos
Phoenix		Unconfirmed, possibly extinct	Mythical bird, Legendary	Worldwide
Piasa	Piasa Bird	Native American Legend	Dragon Deer Bird Fish Hybrid	United States, Illinois
Pope Lick Monster		Local legend	Bipedal	United States, Kentucky
Popobawa		Mythical	Bipedal	Zanzibar, Tanzania
Pressie			Lake Creature	United States, Michigan
Queensland Tiger		Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Australia

R

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Rat king		Unconfirmed	Group of Mammals (Rats)	Europe
Road Troll		Discredited	Humanoid	United States
Row		Hoax	Reptile	New Guinea

S

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Salawa	Seth, Salaawa		Carnivorous Mammal	Egypt
Sasquatch	Bigfoot	Unconfirmed	Primate (possible hominin)	North America, Malaysia (Johor)
Sea monk		Misidentifications of known animals	Sea Animal	World's Oceans
Sea Monsters			Sea Animal	World's Oceans
Great Sea Serpent			Sea Animal	World's Oceans
Setontot		Discredited	?	Malaysia
Selma	Seljordsormen	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Shug Monkey			Primate	Europe
Shunka Warakin			Carnivorous Mammal	American West
Sirrush	Mushrushu	Legend	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa, Ancient Babylon
Skunk Ape		Unconfirmed	Primate	United States, Florida
Skvader		Hoax	Mammal	Sundsvall, Sweden
Slow Down		Unidentified sound	Sea creature	Pacific Ocean
Steller's Sea Cow		Presumed Extinct	Sea Animal	Bering Strait
Storsjöodjuret			Lake Animal	Sweden
Stronsay Beast		Identified as basking shark	Sea Animal	Orkney, Scotland
Sucuriju Gigante	Giant Bull Eater; Giant Anaconda	Unconfirmed	Giant boa	Amazonia

T

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Lake Tahoe monster	Tahoe Tessie	Discredited	Lake Monster	Nevada, United States
Tatzelwurm		Local Legend	Reptile/Amphibian	European Alps
Tessie		Discredited	Lake Monster	Australia
Thunderbird		Unconfirmed	Giant Bird	North America
Thylacine	Tasmanian Tiger	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Marsupial	Tasmania, Australia
Tikbalang		Mythical	Human/Horse Bipedal	Philippines
Tirpaccus		Mythical	Humanoid	South of Slovakia
Tjutjuna	Chuchunaa		Primate	Russia
Tokeloshe		Mythical	Humanoid	South Africa
Trinity Alps giant salamander			Salamander	United States, California
Trunko			Sea Animal	South Africa
Tsuchinoko			Reptile/Snake	Japan
Tsul 'Kalu			Primate	American West
Turtle Lake Monster		Unconfirmed	Lake Monster	Saskatchewan, Canada
Turul		Mythical	Flying Creature	Hungary

U-V

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Unicorn		Unconfirmed	single-horned Horse	European
Veo			Carnivorous Mammal	Indonesia

W

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Waheela		Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Canada
Waitoreke			Carnivorous Mammal	New Zealand
Wampus Cat		Mythical	Bipedal	United States, Tennessee
Wendigo		Mythical	Bipedal	North America
Willy		Local Legend	Aquatic Creature	Willoughby, VT, USA
Wolpertinger	Crisensus bavaricus		Mammal	Germany
Woodwose			Primate	Europe
Winnie		Unconfirmed	lake monster	Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire
Wucharia		Unrecognized	Canine	Danakil depression, Eritrea

X-Z

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Yeren			Primate (possible hominin)	China
Yeti	Abominable Snowman	Unconfirmed	Primate	Asia (Himalayas)
Yowie		Unconfirmed	Primate	Australia
Zanzibar Leopard	Panthera pardus anersi	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Zanzibar

Notable examples: Cryptobotany

Although not true cryptids, there are many examples of plants, that echo the nature of cryptids and their place in science. Including uncatalogued plants that are reported to possess healing or other properties, and unusually large carnivorous plants. Such plants fall into the category of Cryptobotany.

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Man-eating tree		Unconfirmed	Tree	Central America, Madagascar, Mexico, South America.
Stone-softening plant[3]		Discredited	Plant	South America
Umdhlebi[3]		Not found since first description	Tree	South Africa
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary		Discredited	Tree/Animal	Tartary

See also

• Category: Cryptids
• Cryptozoology
• Legendary creature
• List of legendary creatures
• List of notable figures in cryptozoology
• Monster
• Crypsis - camouflage as used by animals
• Fearsome critters

External links

Lists of cryptids

• British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club
• Strangeark

Other

• Cryptomundo Latest news on cryptozoology
• Are Mermaids Real? (Mermaids on the Web)
• Centre for Fortean Zoology
• Cryptoworld News, Info, Links and Expedition Reports
• Cryptozoological Realms general info on cryptzoology
• Cryptozoology.com
• Cryptozoology links
• Enigma Cryptozoo, a website about cryptids
• GUST- Global Underwater Search Team (Swedish, English)
• Open Directory Project - Cryptozoology directory category
• Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society
• Pibburns's Crytozoology links
• Swamp Creature.com
• The Cryptid Zoo
• The Cryptozoologist
• The International Society of Cryptozoology
• The Mothman
• The Shadowlands
• Cryptozoology forum at forteantimes.com
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Mississippi Cryptozoology & Paranormal Institute
• New Zealand Cryptozoologist

References

1. ^ "John E. Wall of Manitoba coined it[the word "cryptid"] in a letter published in the summer 1983 issue of the ISC Newsletter (vol. 2, no. 2, p. 10), published by the International Society of Cryptozoology." Coleman, L. in [1]
2. ^ Occultopedia
3. ^ ^{a b} Kryptozoologie.