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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] A cryptid may also be known as an Unidentified Mysterious Animal (UMA). The study of cryptids is known as Cryptozoology.

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Notable examples: Cryptozoology

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X-Z

Notable examples: Cryptobotany

See also

External links

Lists of cryptids

Other

References

Notable examples: Cryptozoology

A

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
''Acinonyx jubatus guttatus''	Woolly Cheetah	Genetic Disorder	Big Cat	Africa
Ahool	Ropen	Unconfirmed	Bat	Indonesia
Akkorokamui	Naga	Folklore	Fish	Japan, Thailand
Almas	Abnauayu, Almosty, Albasty, 'Bekk-Bok'Left Field., Biabin-Guli, Golub-Yavan, Gul-Biavan, Guli-Avan, Kaptar, Kra-Dhun, Ksy-Giik, Ksy-Gyik, Ochokochi, Mirygdy, Mulen, Voita, Wind-Man		Primate	Asia/Caucasus
Altamaha-ha			River Animal	United States, Georgia
Amarok		Inuit Mythology	Giant Wolf	Arctic
''Ameranthropoides loysi''	de Loys's Ape	Disputed	Primate	South America
Anatolian Leopard	''Panthera pardus tulliana''	Presumed Extinct	Big Cat	Asia Minor, Turkey
Andean Wolf	Hagenbeck Wolf, Andean Mountain Wolf, ''Dasycyon hagenbecki''	Presumed Extinct	Canine	High Andes
Atmospheric beast	Sky beast, sky critter	Hypothetical	?	Atmosphere
Ayia napa sea monster	Sea beast, ''O Filikos Teras'', Nappis	Disputed	Cross of various prehestoric sea creatures	Cyprus

B

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Baiji	Pai-chi, Chinese River Dolphin	Presumed Extinct	Dolphin	Yangtze River/Yellow River, Chinese Rivers
Barmanou		Folklore, Unconfirmed	Primate	Middle East/Asia
Batutut	Ujit		Primate	East Asia
Bear Lake Monster		Discredited	Lake Animal	United States, Idaho/Utah
The Beast of Bodmin			Carnivorous Mammal	United Kingdom
The Beast of Bray Road			Carnivorous Mammal	Wisconsin, United States
Beast of Busco	Churubusco Turtle	Local Legend	Reptile/Dinosaur	United States
The Beast of Exmoor			Carnivorous Mammal	United Kingdom
The Beast of Durham		Local Legend	Carnivorous Mammal	United Kingdom
The Beast of Gévaudan		Local Legend	Carnivorous Mammal	France
Bergman's Bear	God Bear	Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Asia
Bessie		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Lake Erie, North America
Bigfoot	Sasquatch	Unconfirmed	humanoid	North America
Bili Ape	Bondo Mystery Ape	Aberrant population of ''Pan troglodytes''; possible new subspecies	humanoid	Democratic Republic of Congo
Black Shuck	Old Shuck	Legend	Carnivorous Mammal	Coast of East Anglia, England
Blood Bear		Folklore, unconfirmed	Blood covered bear	Bartonsville, Pennsylvania
Bloop		Unconfirmed	Gigantic squid/whale	South American southwest coast
Bowfin	Dogfish, Mudfish, Bowfy	Confirmed Extant	Carnivorous Fish	Eastern North America
British big cats	Alien Big Cats (ABCs), Phantom Cats, English Lions (Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor, Kellas Cat)		Carnivorous Mammal	Great Britain
Brosno Dragon		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Lake Brosno, Russia
Bukit Timah Monkey Man	BTMM		Forest Humanoid	Singapore
Bunyip			Lake or Cave Animal	Australia
Buru		Presumed Extinct	Reptile/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
Champ	''Champtanystropheus''	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Lake Champlain, North America
Chessie (sea monster)		Local Legend	Sea Animal	Atlantic Coast of United States
Chipekwe	Emela-ntouka, Irizima	Local Legend	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Chupacabra	Goat Sucker	Unconfirmed; widely considered as folklore	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
Dinosaurs in South America			Reptile/Dinosaur	South America
Dobhar-chu		Folklore	Carnivorous Mammal	Ireland
Dover Demon			Bipedal, possible extraterrestrial	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
El Petizo			Possibly extraterrestrial	Argentina
Ennedi tiger	Saber-toothed cat	Presumed Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Emela-ntouka	Chipekwe, Irizima		Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa

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

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		Sea Animal carcass
Goatman	The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man	Urban Legend	Bipedal	United States
Greys	Roswell Aliens, Reticulians, Zetas	Unconfirmed	Bipedal	Worldwide

H

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Hibagon	Hinagon	Local Legend	Primate	Japan
High-finned sperm whale		Unconfirmed	Cetacean	Shetland Islands
Hodag	The Dag	Discredited	Carnivorous Mammal/Lizard	United States, Wisconsin
Hoop snake			Reptile/Dinosaur	United States/Australia
Hopkinsville Goblin		Unconfirmed	Extraterrestrial	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Humanzee	Chuman, Manpanzee	Hypothetical	Primate
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		Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Japan
Javan Tiger	Indonesian Tiger	Presumed Extinct	Tiger	Eastern Java
Jersey Devil	Leeds Devil	Unconfirmed	Winged Mammal	United States, esp. New Jersey

K

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Kappa	Gatarō, Kawako	Folklore	Bipedal	Japan
Kasai Rex		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Kellas Cat		Confirmed	Feline	Scotland
Kikomba			Primate	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, Leviathan	Has more traits from an octopus than a squid and is much larger in size compared to a colossal squid	Sea Animal	World's Oceans
Kting Voar	Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, ''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	Lariosauro, Como Lake monster	Unconfirmed	Water reptile	Italy
Leviathan
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp		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''	Extinct	Carnivorous Mammal	Canada
Maltese Tiger	Blue Tiger	Abnormal coloration due to mutation	Carnivorous Mammal	China
Mamlambo		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	South Africa
Manananggal	Aswang	Folklore	Humanoid	Philippines
Manipogo	Winnipogo	Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Lake Winnipeg, Canada
Mapinguari		Relict ''Mylodon''	Herbivorous Mammal	Amazon Rainforest
Maricoxi		Unconfirmed	Primate	South America
Marozi	Spotted Lion	Confirmed but unclassified	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Marsupial Lion	''Thylacoleo'', ''Thylacoleo carnifex''	Extinct	Carnivorous marsupial mammal	Australia
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Mecheny			Primate	Asia
Megalodon	''Carcharodon megalodon''	Presumed Extinct	Giant Great White Shark	World's Oceans
''Megalania prisca''	Giant Australian Monitor Lizard	Extinct	Reptile/Dinosaur	Australia
Menehune		Unconfirmed	Primate	United States, Hawaii
Minhocão		Exaggeration of existing animal	Caecilian	South America
Minnesota Iceman	''Homo pongoides''	Unconfirmed	Primate	United States, Minnesota
Mngwa	Nunda	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Moa	Giant emu	Presumed Extinct	Giant Flightless Bird	New Zealand
Mokele Mbembe		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Congo
MoMo	Missouri Monster	Unconfirmed, evidence shows that it was most likely a hoax.	Primate	United States, Missouri
Mongolian Deathworm	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
Muckie			Lake Animal	Lakes of Killarney, Ireland
Muc-sheilch		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Scotland
Mussie		Local Legend	Lake Animal	Canada
Mylodon		Extinct	Giant Ground Sloth	Southern Patagonian forests

N

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Nahuelito		Unconfirmed	Lake Animal	Argentina
Night Parrot	''Pezoporus occidentalis''	Confirmed	Parrot	Australia
Nandi Bear	'Chemosit'Occultopedia, Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre	Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Africa
Neo-Giant		Unconfirmed	Primate	Worldwide
Ngoubou		Unconfirmed	Reptile/Dinosaur	Africa
Người Rừng	Forest People	Unconfirmed	Primate	Vietnam
Nords	Nordics, Pleideans, Hydean, Wingmaker, Venusian, Telosian	Unconfirmed	Humanoid Extraterrestrial	Europe
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
Onza		Confirmed	Wolf-like cat	Mexico
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
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
Queensland Tiger		Unconfirmed	Carnivorous Mammal	Australia

R

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
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		Primate	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			Primate	United States, Florida
Skvader		Joke taxidermy	Mammal	Sundsvall, Sweden
Squonk		Legend	Mammal	United States - Pennsylvania
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
Taniwha			Lake Animal	New Zealand
Lake Tahoe Monster	Tahoe Tessie		Lake Monster	United States, Nevada
Tessie		Discredited	Lake Monster	Australia
Thunderbird		Mythical/Extinct	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			Amphibian	United States, California
Trunko			Sea Animal	South Africa
Tsuchinoko			Reptile/Snake	Japan
Tsul 'Kalu			Primate	American West
Turtle Lake Monster		Unconfirmed	Lake Monster	Canada
Turul		Mythical	Flying Creature	Hungary

U-V

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
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

X-Z

Name	Other names	Status	Description	Location
Yeren			Primate	China
Yeti	Abominable Snowman		Primate	Asia (Himalayas)
Yowie		Legend	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 plantKryptozoologie.		Discredited	Plant	South America
Umdhlebi		Not found since first description	Tree	South Africa
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary		Discredited	Tree/Animal	Tartary

See also

★

★ Index of fictional species

★ Cryptozoology

★ Legendary creature

★ List of legendary creatures

★ List of notable figures in cryptozoology

★ Important publications 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]