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

Found in the ocean/ocean and water

Name	Other Names	Description	Purported Location	Depiction
Anguila peluda[1]	Hairy Eel	Pond animal	Pamital ravine, Canary Islands
Cadborosaurus[2]	Caddy	Sea animal	Pacific Coast of North America
Champ[3]	Champy	Lake monster	Lake Champlain, North America
Cryptid Whales[4][5]	Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales	Sea animal	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean
Dobhar-chú[6]	Water Hound, King Otter	Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal	Ireland
Gloucester sea serpent[7]		Large serpent	Gloucester, Cape Ann
Iemisch[8]	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[9][10][11]	Labynkyrsky Chert[source?]	Lake monster	Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia
Loch Ness Monster[12]	Nessie	Lake monster	Loch Ness, Scotland
Loveland Frog[13]	Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard	Humanoid frog	Loveland, Ohio
Lusca[14]		Giant Octopus[source?]	Blue holes in the Bahamas
Mamlambo[source?]		Lake monster	South Africa
Manipogo[15]	Winnipogo	Lake monster	Lake Manitoba, Canada
Megalodon[broken anchor][14]	Otodus megalodon	Giant Shark	Oceans
Mokele-mbembe[16]		Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster)	Republic of the Congo
Ogopogo[3]	N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka	Lake monster	Lake Okanagan, Canada
Sea serpents[17]		Sea animals, dinosaurs	All bodies of water
Selma[18]	Seljordsormen	Lake monster	Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway
Steller's sea ape[19]		Sea animal	Pacific Ocean

Found on land

Name	Other names	Description	Purported location	Depiction
British big cats[20]	Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor	Carnivorous mammal	Great Britain
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[source?]	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

Primates

See also: Wild man

Name	Other names	Description	Purported location	Depiction
Almas[3]	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[source?]	Barmanu, Big Hairy One	Ape or hominid	Middle East/Asia
Bigfoot[37]	Sasquatch	Large and hairy ape-like creature	United States and Canada
Bukit Timah Monkey Man[38]	BTM, BTMM	Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate	Singapore
Chuchunya[39]		Large hominid	Russia
Fouke Monster[40]	Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster	Hominid or other primate	Arkansas, United States
Honey Island Swamp monster[41]	Letiche, Tainted Keitre	Hominid or other primate	Louisiana, United States
Orang Pendek		Small hominid	Sumatra
Nittaewo[42]	Nittevo	Small hominids	Sri Lanka
Skunk ape[43]	Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape	Primate	Florida, United States
Yeren[44][43]	Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman	Primate (possible hominin)	China
Yeti[45]	Abominable Snowman	Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions	Himalayas (Asia)
Yowie[42]		Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions	Australia

Flying

Name	Other names	Description	Purported location	Depiction
Jersey Devil[12]	Leeds Devil	Winged bipedal horse	United States, mainly the South Jersey Pine Barrens, as well as other parts of New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania
Mothman[46]	Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster	Winged bipedal	Mason County, West Virginia, United States
Rod[47]	Skyfish, Air Rod, Solar Entity	Small flying stick-like creatures	Worldwide
Ropen[48]		Large bat-like creature or pterosaur	New Guinea
Thunderbird[49][50]		Giant bird	North America