List of cryptids

Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose
present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience,
which primarily looks at anecdotal stories, and other claims rejected by the scientific
community. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific
methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumor.
Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the
chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe.

Scholars have noted that the cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an
early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science. Scholars have
studied cryptozoologists and their influence (including the pseudoscience's association with
Young Earth creationism),[1][2] noted parallels in cryptozoology and other pseudosciences such
as ghost hunting and ufology, and highlighted uncritical media propagation of cryptozoologist
claims.
List

Aquatic or semi-aquatic
Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction

Pacific Coast of North

Cadborosaurus[3] Caddy Sea animal
America

Lake Champlain, North

Champ[4] Champy Lake monster
America

Giglioli's Whale,
Rhinoceros
dolphin, High-
Cryptid Pacific Ocean, Atlantic
finned sperm Sea animal
Whales[5][6] Ocean, Indian Ocean
whale, Alula whale,
Unidentified
beaked whales

Extra-large
otter-like
[7]
Water Hound, King
Dobhar-chú carnivorous Ireland
Otter
aquatic
mammal

Gloucester sea
Large serpent Gloucester, Cape Ann
serpent[8]

Mix of a jaguar
Iemisch[9] Iemisch Listai Patagonia
and otter

Lake Simcoe, Ontario

Igopogo Kempenfelt Kelly Lake monster
(Canada)
 Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction

Isshii Issie Lake monster Japan

Labynkyr Oymyakonsky Ulus,

[10][11][12]
Labynkyrsky Chert Lake monster
Devil Sakha Republic, Russia

Loch Ness
Nessie Lake monster Loch Ness, Scotland
Monster[13]

Loveland frogman,
Loveland Frog[14] Humanoid frog Loveland, Ohio
Loveland lizard

Blue holes in the

Lusca[15] Giant Octopus
Bahamas

Mamlambo Lake monster South Africa

Manipogo Winnipogo Lake monster Lake Manitoba, Canada

Megalodon[15] Otodus megalodon Giant Shark Oceans

Dinosaur (lake,
Mokele- river and/or
Republic of the Congo
mbembe[16] swamp
monster)

Ogopogo[4] N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka Lake monster Lake Okanagan, Canada

Sea animals,
Sea serpents[17] All bodies of water
dinosaurs

Lake Seljord, Telemark,

Selma Seljordsormen Lake monster
Norway
 Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction

Steller's sea
Sea animal Pacific Ocean
ape[18]
Terrestrial
Purported
Name Other names Description Depiction
location

Alien big cats (ABCs),

phantom cats, mystery
British big Carnivorous
cats, English lions, Great Britain
cats[19] mammal
Beast of Bodmin, Beast of
Exmoor

Forest-dwelling
Bukit Timah
BTM, BTMM hominid or other Singapore
Monkey Man[20]
primate

Humanoid
Capelobo[21] anteater Brazil
monster

Puerto Rico
(originally),
Chupacabras (Spanish for South and
Chupacabra[22]
goat-sucker) Central America,
Southern North
America

Dover,
Dover Demon[23]
Massachusetts

Eastern Eastern United

[24]
Cougar States

Lizard Man of
South Carolina,
Scape Ore Lizard Man of Lee County Bipedal
United States
Swamp[25]
 Purported
Name Other names Description Depiction
location

Malagasy pygmy
hippopotamus,
Madagascan pygmy
Malagasy
hippopotamus, Hippo Madagascar
hippo[26]
kilopilopitsofy, tsy-aomby-
aomby, omby-rano,
laloumena, mangarsahoc

Giant Ground
Mapinguari[27] Mapinguary Amazons
Sloth or primate

Michigan Wexford County,

[28]
Humanoid dog
Dogman Michigan

Minhocão Big Earthworm Caecilian South America

Moa[29] Flightless bird New Zealand

Mongolian death Allghoi (or orghoi) Worm-like Gobi Desert

worm[30] khorkhoi animal (Asia)

Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo,

Nandi bear[31] Large carnivore Eastern Africa
Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba

Queensland
Yarri Large feline Queensland
Tiger[32]

Tasmanian Tiger, Australia, New

Thylacine[33][34] Marsupial
Tasmanian Wolf Guinea

Zanzibar
Large feline Zanzibar
leopard[35]
Hominid
Purported
Name Other names Description Depiction
location

Abnauayu, almasty,
albasty, bekk-bok,
biabin-guli, golub-
yavan, gul-biavan,
auli-avan,
Non-human ape or
Almas[4] kaptar, kra-dhun, Asia/Caucasus
hominid
ksy-giik, ksy-gyik,
ochokochi,
mirygdy, mulen,
voita, wind-man,
Zana

Negros
Orang Mawas,
Amomongo[36] Ape or hominid Occidental,
Impakta
Philippines

Barmanu, Big Hairy

Barmanou Ape or hominid Middle East/Asia
One

Large and hairy ape- United States and

Bigfoot[37] Sasquatch
like creature Canada

Chuchunya[38] Large hominid Russia

Jonesville Monster,
Fouke Southern Hominid or other Arkansas, United
Monster[39] Sasquatch, Boggy primate States
Creek Monster
 Purported
Name Other names Description Depiction
location

Honey Island
Letiche, Tainted Hominid or other Louisiana, United
Swamp
Keitre primate States
monster[40]

Orang Pendek Small hominid Sumatra

Nittaewo[41] Nittevo Small hominids Sri Lanka

Stink Ape, Myakka

Florida, United
Skunk ape[42] Ape, Myakka Skunk Primate
States
Ape

Yiren, Yeh Ren, Primate (possible

Yeren[43][42] China
Chinese Wildman hominin)

Large and hairy

Abominable human-like entity,
Yeti[44] Himalayas (Asia)
Snowman various other
descriptions

Large and hairy

human-like entity,
Yowie[41] Australia
various other
descriptions
Flying
Other
Name Description Purported location Depiction
names

United States, mainly the South

Leeds Winged Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other
Jersey Devil[13]
Devil bipedal horse parts of New Jersey and
southeastern Pennsylvania

Winged
Man,
Bird
Man, Winged Mason County, West Virginia, United
Mothman[45]
UFO-Bird, bipedal States
Mason
Bird
Monster

Skyfish,
Small flying
Air Rod,
Rod[46] stick-like Worldwide
Solar
creatures
Entity

Large bat-like
Ropen[47] creature or New Guinea
pterosaur

Thunderbird[48][49] Giant bird North America

See also

Animalia Paradoxa
Fearsome critters
Legendary creature
List of cryptozoologists
Lists of legendary creatures
List of megafauna discovered in modern
times
List of urban legends

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Wiktionary
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