List of cryptids

List of cryptids

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. The subculture is regularly criticized for reliance on anecdotal information and because in the course of investigating animals that most scientists believe are unlikely to have existed, cryptozoologists do not follow the scientific method. Many scientists have criticized the plausibility of cryptids due to lack of physical evidence, likely misidentifications and misinterpretation of stories from folklore. While biologists regularly identify new species following established scientific methodology, cryptozoologists focus on entities mentioned in the folklore record and rumor.

Aquatic or semi-aquatic

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Other names</th><th>Description</th><th>Purported location</th><th>Depiction</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Anguila peluda</td><td>Hairy Eel</td><td>Pond animal</td><td>Pamital ravine, Canary Islands</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bunyip</td><td>Bahnyip</td><td>Amphibious creature</td><td>Australia</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cadborosaurus</td><td>Caddy</td><td>Sea animal</td><td>Pacific Coast of North America</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Champ</td><td>Champy</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Champlain, North America</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cryptid Whales</td><td>Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales</td><td>Sea animal</td><td>Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dobhar-chú</td><td>Water Hound, King Otter</td><td>Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal</td><td>Ireland</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester sea serpent</td><td></td><td>Large serpent</td><td>Gloucester, Cape Ann</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Great auk (surviving populations)</td><td>Pinguinus impennis, garefowl</td><td>Aquatic flightless bird</td><td>Northern Atlantic</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Iemisch</td><td>Iemisch Listai</td><td>Mix of a jaguar and otter</td><td>Patagonia</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Igopogo</td><td>Kempenfelt Kelly</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Labynkyr Devil</td><td>Labynkyrsky Chert</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Loch Ness Monster</td><td>Nessie</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Loch Ness, Scotland</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Loveland Frog</td><td>Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard</td><td>Humanoid frog</td><td>Loveland, Ohio</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Manipogo</td><td>Winnipogo</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Manitoba, Canada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mbielu-mbielu-mbielu</td><td></td><td>Stegosaurid dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster)</td><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Megalodon (surviving populations)</td><td>Otodus megalodon</td><td>Giant prehistoric shark</td><td>Oceans</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mermaid</td><td></td><td>Top half human female and bottom half fish</td><td>Oceans, various bodies of water</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mokele-mbembe</td><td></td><td>Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster)</td><td>Republic of the Congo</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Montauk Monster</td><td></td><td>Small bald beaked mammal</td><td>Montauk, Long Island, NY</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Morgawr</td><td></td><td>Sea serpent</td><td>Falmouth Bay</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ogopogo</td><td>N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Okanagan, Canada</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Oklahoma Octopus</td><td></td><td>giant octopus</td><td>Lake Thunderbird, Oklahoma, USA</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sea serpents</td><td></td><td>Sea animals, dinosaurs</td><td>All bodies of water</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Selma</td><td>Seljordsormen</td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Steller's sea ape</td><td></td><td>Sea animal</td><td>Pacific Ocean</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Storsjö monster</td><td></td><td>Lake monster</td><td>Lake Storsjön, Jämtland, Sweden</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Water elephant</td><td>Ndgoko na maiji</td><td>Semi-aquatic freshwater proboscidean</td><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Terrestrial

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

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