List of cryptids
Cryptids are animals that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is not verified. Creatures that may be considered cryptids include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe.
List
[change | change source]Aquatic or semi-aquatic
[change | change source]| Name | Other Names | Description | Purported Location | Depiction |
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| Cadborosaurus[1] | Caddy | Sea animal | Pacific Coast of North America | 
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| Champ[2] | Champy | Lake monster | Lake Champlain, North America | 
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| Cryptid Whales[3][4] | Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean | 
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| Dobhar-chú[5] | Water Hound, King Otter | Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal | Ireland | 
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| Gloucester sea serpent[6] | Large serpent | Gloucester, Cape Ann | 
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| Iemisch[7] | Iemisch Listai | Mix of a jaguar and otter | Patagonia | |
| Igopogo[source?] | Kempenfelt Kelly | Lake monster | Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada) | |
| Isshii[source?] | Issie | Lake monster | Japan | |
| Labynkyr Devil[8][9][10] | Labynkyrsky Chert[source?] | Lake monster | Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia | |
| Loch Ness Monster[11] | Nessie | Lake monster | Loch Ness, Scotland | .jpg)
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| Loveland Frog[12] | Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard | Humanoid frog | Loveland, Ohio | 
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| Lusca[13] | Giant Octopus[source?] | Blue holes in the Bahamas | ||
| Mamlambo[source?] | Lake monster | South Africa | ||
| Manipogo[14] | Winnipogo | Lake monster | Lake Manitoba, Canada | |
| Megalodon[13] | Otodus megalodon | Giant Shark | Oceans | |
| Mokele-mbembe[15] | Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) | Republic of the Congo | 
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| Ogopogo[2] | N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka | Lake monster | Lake Okanagan, Canada | 
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| Sea serpents[16] | Sea animals, dinosaurs | All bodies of water | 
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| Selma[17] | Seljordsormen | Lake monster | Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway |  |
| Steller's sea ape[18] | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean | .jpg) |
Terrestrial
[change | change source]| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location | Depiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British big cats[19] | Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor |
Carnivorous mammal | Great Britain | 
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| Capelobo[20] | Humanoid anteater monster | Brazil | 
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| Chupacabra[21] | Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) | Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America |
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| Dover Demon[22] | Dover, Massachusetts | 
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| Eastern Cougar[23] | Eastern United States | 
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| Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp[24] | Lizard Man of Lee County | Bipedal | South Carolina, United States | |
| Malagasy hippo[25] | Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus, Madagascan pygmy hippopotamus, kilopilopitsofy, tsy-aomby-aomby, omby-rano, laloumena, mangarsahoc | Hippo | Madagascar | 
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| Mapinguari[26] | Mapinguary | Giant Ground Sloth or primate | Amazons | 
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| Michigan Dogman[27] | Humanoid dog | Wexford County, Michigan | ||
| Minhocão[source?] | Big Earthworm | Caecilian | South America | |
| Moa[28] | Flightless bird | New Zealand | 
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| Mongolian death worm[29] | Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi | Worm-like animal | Gobi Desert (Asia) | 
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| Nandi bear[30] | Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba | Large carnivore | Eastern Africa | .png)
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| Queensland Tiger[31] | Yarri | Large feline | Queensland | |
| Thylacine[32][33] | Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf | Marsupial | Australia, New Guinea | 
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| Zanzibar leopard[34] | Large feline | Zanzibar | 
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| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location | Depiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almas[2] | 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[35] | Orang Mawas, Impakta | Ape or hominid | Negros Occidental, Philippines | |
| Barmanou[source?] | Barmanu, Big Hairy One | Ape or hominid | Middle East/Asia | |
| Bigfoot[36] | Sasquatch | Large and hairy ape-like creature | United States and Canada | 
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| Bukit Timah Monkey Man[37] | BTM, BTMM | Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate | Singapore | |
| 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 | Primate (possible hominin) | China | |
| Yeti[44] | Abominable Snowman | Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions | Himalayas (Asia) | 
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| Yowie[41] | Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions | Australia | 
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Flying
[change | change source]| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location | Depiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Devil[11] | Leeds Devil | Winged bipedal horse | United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania | 
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| Mothman[45] | Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster | Winged bipedal | Mason County, West Virginia, United States | 
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| Rod[46] | Skyfish, Air Rod, Solar Entity | Small flying stick-like creatures | Worldwide | 
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| Ropen[47] | Large bat-like creature or pterosaur | New Guinea | ||
| Thunderbird[48][49] | Giant bird | North America | 
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References
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