List of cryptids

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Cryptids are animals or other beings whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology, the study of cryptids, is a pseudoscience claiming that such beings may exist somewhere in the wild; it has been widely critiqued by scientists.[1][2][3][4] The subculture is regularly criticized for reliance on anecdotal information[5] and because in the course of investigating animals that most scientists believe are unlikely to have existed, cryptozoologists do not follow the scientific method.[6] Many scientists have criticized the plausibility of cryptids due to lack of physical evidence,[7] likely misidentifications[8] and misinterpretation of stories from folklore.[9] While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumor.

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Aquatic or semi-aquatic

See also: List of lake monsters
More information Name, Other names ...
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Anguila peluda[10] Hairy Eel Pond animal Pamital ravine, Canary Islands
Bunyip[11] Bahnyip Amphibious creature Australia
Cadborosaurus[12] Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America
Champ[13] Champy Lake monster Lake Champlain, North America
Cryptid Whales[14][15] Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales Sea animal Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
Dobhar-chú[16] Water Hound, King Otter Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal Ireland
Gloucester sea serpent[17] Large serpent Gloucester, Cape Ann
Great auk (surviving populations)[18] Pinguinus impennis, garefowl Aquatic flightless bird Northern Atlantic
Iemisch[19] Iemisch Listai Mix of a jaguar and otter Patagonia
Igopogo[20] Kempenfelt Kelly Lake monster Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada)
Labynkyr Devil[21][22][23] Labynkyrsky Chert[citation needed] Lake monster Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia
Loch Ness Monster[24] Nessie Lake monster Loch Ness, Scotland Sculpture of the Loch Ness monster as a plesiosaurus
Loveland Frog[25] Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard Humanoid frog Loveland, Ohio
Manipogo[26] Winnipogo Lake monster Lake Manitoba, Canada
Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu[27] Stegosaurid dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) Democratic Republic of the Congo
Megalodon (surviving populations)[28][29][30] Otodus megalodon[a] Giant prehistoric shark Oceans
Mermaid[31] Top half human female and bottom half fish Oceans, various bodies of water
Mokele-mbembe[32] Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) Republic of the Congo
Montauk Monster Small bald beaked mammal Montauk, Long Island, NY
Morgawr[33] Sea serpent Falmouth Bay
Ogopogo[13] N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka Lake monster Lake Okanagan, Canada
Oklahoma Octopus[34] giant octopus Lake Thunderbird, Oklahoma, USA
Sea serpents[35] Sea animals, dinosaurs All bodies of water
Selma[36] Seljordsormen Lake monster Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Steller's sea ape[37] Sea animal Pacific Ocean
Triassic Kraken[38] Species of paleozoic giant squid puported by Mark and Dianna McMenamin Triassic era
Water elephant[39] Ndgoko na maiji Semi-aquatic freshwater proboscidean Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Terrestrial

More information Name, Other names ...
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
British big cats[40] Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions,
Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor		 Carnivorous mammal Great Britain
Chupacabra[41] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally),
South and Central America,
Southern North America
Dover Demon[42] Dover, Massachusetts
Fresno nightcrawler[43] Long white legs with no torso Fresno, California
Goatman[44][45][46] Pope Lick Monster; Lake Worth monster; Satyr; Faun Top half is man with horns and bottom half is goat legs Prince George's County, Maryland; Louisville, Kentucky; Lake Worth, Texas
Katanga Snake[47] 50-Foot Snake Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp[48] Lizard Man of Lee County Bipedal South Carolina, United States
Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu[27] Living Stegosaurid Likouala River, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Michigan Dogman[49] Humanoid dog Wexford County, Michigan
Moa (surviving original populations)[50][b] Dinornis robustus (South Island giant moa), Dinornis novaezelandiae (North Island giant moa), Anomalopteryx didiformis (Bush moa, little bush moa, or lesser moa) Medium to large flightless birds New Zealand
Mongolian death worm[51] Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi Worm-like animal Gobi Desert (Asia)
Nandi bear[52] Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba Large carnivore Eastern Africa
Not-deer[53] Not deer White-tailed deer with unnatural characteristics Appalachia
Queensland Tiger[54] Yarri Large feline Queensland
Thylacine (surviving original populations)[55][56][c] Tasmanian tiger. Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus Carnivorous marsupial Australia

Papua New Guinea
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Hominid

See also: Wild man
More information Name, Other names ...
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Almas[13] 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
Amomongo[57] Orang Mawas, Impakta Ape or hominid Negros Occidental, Philippines
Bigfoot[58] Sasquatch Large and hairy ape-like creature United States and Canada
Bukit Timah Monkey Man[59] BTM, BTMM Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate Singapore
Chatawa Monster[60][61] Large ape-like creature Mississippi, United States
Chuchunya[62] Large hominid Russia
De Loy's Ape[63] Ameranthropoides loysi Bipedal, erect-walking primate - slightly under 5 feet of height South America, (Colombian-Venezuelan border)
Fouke Monster[64][65] Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster Hominid or other primate Arkansas, United States
Honey Island Swamp monster[66] Letiche, Tainted Keitre Hominid or other primate Louisiana, United States
Kandahar Giant[67] 13 feet tall red-headed man with six fingers on each hand and two rows of teeth Kandahar, Afghanistan
Mapinguari[68] Mapinguary man-eating hominid with a mouth in its adbomen; sometimes thought to be a ground sloth Brazil
Nittaewo[69] Nittevo Small hominids Sri Lanka
Orang Pendek Small hominid Sumatra
Skunk ape[70] Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape Primate Florida, United States
Yeren[71][70] Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman Primate (possible hominin) China
Yeti[72] Abominable Snowman Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Himalayas (Asia)
Yowie[69] Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Australia
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Flying

More information Name, Other names ...
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Jersey Devil[24] Leeds Devil Winged bipedal horse United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania
Kinderhook Blob[73] Kinderhook Creature floating white blob Kinderhook, NY
Kongamato[74] Living species of pterosaur Mwinilunga, Zambia

Angola The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mothman[75] Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster Winged bipedal Mason County, West Virginia, United States
Pterodactyl (surviving original populations)[76] Pterodactylus; Pterosaur Extinct winged reptile Boise, Idaho
Thunderbird[77] Giant black bird of prey North America
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Otodus is the currently accepted genus name for megalodon. Older sources refer to the genus as Carcharodon, Carcharocles, and several other names.
  2. [b]
    There is an ongoing de-extinction project to revive the bush moa through genome editing, this entry refers to the possibility of surviving original populations
  3. [c]
    There is an ongoing de-extinction project to revive the species through genome editing, this entry refers to the unconfirmed sightings and reports of surviving original populations

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