List of cryptids

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Cryptids are

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

See also: List of lake monsters
Name Other Names Description Purported Location Depiction
Cadborosaurus[3] Caddy Sea animal Pacific Coast of North America
Champ[4] Champy Lake monster Lake Champlain, North America
Cryptid Whales[5][6] Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales Sea animal Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
Dobhar-chú[7] Water Hound, King Otter Extra-large
carnivorous aquatic
mammal 		Ireland
Gloucester sea serpent[8] Large serpent Gloucester, Cape Ann
Iemisch[9] Iemisch Listai Mix of a jaguar and otter Patagonia
Igopogo[citation needed] Kempenfelt Kelly Lake monster
Lake Simcoe, Ontario
(Canada)
Isshii[citation needed
]
Issie
 Lake monster Japan
Labynkyr Devil[10][11][12] Labynkyrsky Chert[citation needed] Lake monster
Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic
, Russia
Loch Ness Monster[13] Nessie Lake monster Loch Ness, Scotland Sculpture of the Loch Ness monster as a plesiosaurus
Loveland Frog[14]
 Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard Humanoid frog Loveland, Ohio
Lusca[15] Giant Octopus[citation needed] Blue holes in the Bahamas
Mamlambo[citation needed] Lake monster South Africa
Manipogo[citation needed] Winnipogo Lake monster Lake Manitoba, Canada
Megalodon[15] Otodus megalodon Giant Shark Oceans
Mokele-mbembe[16] Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) Republic of the Congo
Ogopogo[4] N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka Lake monster
Lake Okanagan
, Canada
Sea serpents[17] Sea animals, dinosaurs All bodies of water
Selma[citation needed] Seljordsormen Lake monster Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Steller's sea ape[18] Sea animal Pacific Ocean

Terrestrial

Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
British big cats[19] Alien big cats (ABCs),
Beast of Exmoor
Carnivorous
mammal 		Great Britain
Bukit Timah Monkey Man[20] BTM, BTMM Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate Singapore
Capelobo[21] Humanoid anteater monster Brazil
Chupacabra[22] Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) Puerto Rico (originally),
South and Central America,
Southern North America
Dover Demon[23] Dover, Massachusetts
Eastern Cougar[24] Eastern United States
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp[25] Lizard Man of Lee County
Bipedal
 South Carolina, United States
Malagasy hippo[26] Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus, Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus, kilopilopitsofy, tsy-aomby-aomby, omby-rano, laloumena, mangarsahoc Hippo Madagascar
Mapinguari[27] Mapinguary Giant Ground Sloth or primate Amazons
Michigan Dogman[28] Humanoid dog Wexford County, Michigan
Minhocão[citation needed] Big Earthworm Caecilian South America
Moa[29] Flightless bird New Zealand
Mongolian death worm[30] Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi Worm-like animal Gobi Desert (Asia)
Nandi bear[31] Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba Large carnivore Eastern Africa
Queensland Tiger[32] Yarri Large feline Queensland
Thylacine[33][34] Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf Marsupial Australia, New Guinea
Zanzibar leopard[35] Large feline Zanzibar

Hominid

See also: Wild man
Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Almas[4]
 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[36] Orang Mawas, Impakta Ape or hominid Negros Occidental, Philippines
Barmanou[citation needed] Barmanu, Big Hairy One Ape or hominid Middle East/Asia
Bigfoot[37] Sasquatch Large and hairy ape-like creature United States and Canada
Chuchunya[38]
 Large hominid Russia
Fouke Monster[39] Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster Hominid or other primate Arkansas, United States
Honey Island Swamp monster[40] Letiche, Tainted Keitre Hominid or other primate Louisiana, United States
Orang Pendek Small hominid Sumatra
Nittaewo[41] Nittevo Small hominids Sri Lanka
Skunk ape[42] Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape Primate Florida, United States
Yeren[43][42] Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman
hominin
) 		China
Yeti[44] Abominable Snowman Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Himalayas (Asia)
Yowie[41] Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions Australia

Flying

Name Other names Description Purported location Depiction
Jersey Devil[13] Leeds Devil
bipedal horse
 United States, mainly the
Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania
Mothman[45] Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster Winged
bipedal
 Mason County, West Virginia, United States
Rod[46] Skyfish, Air Rod, Solar Entity Small flying stick-like creatures Worldwide
Ropen[47] Large bat-like creature or pterosaur New Guinea
Thunderbird[48][49] Giant bird North America

See also

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Bibliography

  • Loxton, Daniel; Prothero, Donald (2013). Abominable Science: Origins of Yeti, Nessie, and other Famous Cryptids.
    ISBN 978-0-231-52681-4
    .

External links

  • The dictionary definition of cryptid at Wiktionary
  • Media related to Cryptozoology at Wikimedia Commons
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