List of cryptids
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Cryptids
Name | Other names | Description | Location | Depiction | |
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Adjule | Kelb-el-khela | Unrecognized canine form reported from the western part of the Sahara by local people, and live in packs | North Africa | 120px | |
Agogwe | Agogure, Kakundakari, Kikomba, Sehite | Small human-shaped bipedal | East Africa | ||
Ahool | Flying animal, giant bat | Indonesia | |||
Akkorokamui | Cephalopod | Japan and Thailand | |||
Almas | 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 | ||
Altamaha-ha | Altie | Sturgeon or plesiosaur-like river animal | Georgia, United States | 120px | |
Ameranthropoides loysi | De Loys' Ape | Primate | Near the Tarra River, Colombia | 120px | |
Amomongo | Negros Ape | Primate | Negros Island, Philippines | ||
Andean wolf | Hagenbeck wolf, Andean mountain wolf, Dasycyon hagenbecki | Canine | High Andes, South America | ||
Appalachian black panther | A large, black felid. A melanistic cougar | West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York, Alabama, Ohio, New England, North Carolina, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia, United States | 120px | ||
Aswang | Tik tik | A vampire-like or cannibalistic human-like creature that could shape-shift | Philippines | ||
Ayia Napa sea monster | To filiko teras (The Friendly Monster), Nappis | Speculated to be something like a crocodile or sea serpent | Cyprus | 120px | |
Barmanou | Barmanu, Big Hairy One | Ape or hominid | Middle East/Asia | ||
Batutut | Ujit, Người rừng | Hominid | Vietnam, Laos, and Borneo | ||
Beaman | Ape or hominid | Missouri, United States | |||
Bear Lake Monster | Lake monster | Idaho/Utah, United States | |||
Beast of Bladenboro | Vampire Beast | Blood-sucking feline-like predator | North Carolina, United States | ||
Beast of Bodmin | Beast of Bodmin | Large felid | Cornwall, England | ||
Beast of Bray Road | Wisconsin Werewolf, Wolfman | Carnivorous mammal | Wisconsin, United States | ||
Beast of Busco | Churubusco turtle; Oscar | Reptile/dinosaur | Churubusco, Indiana, United States | ||
Beast of Dartmoor | Lion-pig | Boar-like mammal | Dartmoor National Park, England | ||
Beast of Dean | Moose-pig | Boar-like mammal | England | 120px | |
Beast of Exmoor | Big cat | England | |||
Beast of Gévaudan | Bête du Gévaudan, Arenotelicon | Canid | Gévaudan (Lozère), France | 120px | |
Bergman's bear | God bear; irkuiem | Bear, proposed Arctodus simus | Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia | ||
Bessie | Lake Erie Monster | Lake monster | Lake Erie, North America | ||
Bigfoot | Sasquatch, Skookum | Hominid or other primate | United States and Canada | 100px | |
Black Shuck | Old Shuck | Carnivorous mammal | Coast of East Anglia, England | 120px | |
Bownessie | Lake Windermere Monster | Lake monster | Windermere, England, UK | ||
British big cats | Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor |
Carnivorous mammal | Great Britain | 120px | |
Brosno Dragon | Brosnya | Lake monster | Lake Brosno, Russia | ||
Bukit Timah Monkey Man | BTM, BTMM | Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate | Singapore | ||
Bunyip | Lake and cave animal | Australia | ![]() |
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Burmese gray wild dog | Canine | Burma | |||
Buru | Reptile or giant lungfish | Arunachal Pradesh, India | |||
Cadborosaurus willsi[1] | Caddy, Cadborosaurus | Sea animal | Pacific Coast of North America | 155px | |
Canvey Island Monster | Fish, originally described as bipedal | England | |||
Cardiff Giant | Giant hominid made out of minerals | Cardiff, New York | |||
Champ | Champtanystropheus americansus, Champy | Lake monster | Lake Champlain, North America | ||
Cherufe | Magma monster or draconic hominid | Chile | |||
Chessie | Sea animal | Atlantic Coast of the United States, especially Chesapeake Bay | |||
Chickcharney | Flightless bird | Andros Island in The Bahamas | 120px | ||
Chuchunya | Large hominid | Russia | |||
Chupacabra | Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) | Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America |
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Dingonek | Jungle walrus | A walrus or otherwise tusked water-animal that reportedly lives in the heart of Africa | Western Africa | ||
Devil Bird | Ulama | Bird | Sri Lanka | ||
Dobhar-chú | Water Hound | Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal | Ireland | 120px | |
Dover Demon | Bipedal, alleged extraterrestrial | Dover, Massachusetts, United States | |||
Eastern cougar | Puma concolor couguar | Felid predator | Eastern United States | 120px | |
Ebu Gogo | Theorized to be related to Homo floresiensis, also called Hobbit | Small primate, possible early hominid | Flores, Indonesia | ||
Elasmotherium | Giant rhinoceros | Herbivorous mammal | Asia | 120px | |
Elmendorf Beast | Canid | Elmendorf, Texas (United States) | 120px | ||
Elwedritsche | Mammal | Germany | 120px | ||
Emela-ntouka | Chipekwe, Irizima, Aseka-moke | Reptile/dinosaur or an undiscovered aquatic rhinoceros | Republic of the Congo | 120px | |
Enfield Monster | Three legs, short body, two little short arms with claws, grayish epidermis and big reddish eyes | Enfield, Illinois, United States | |||
Ennedi tiger | Hadjel, Gassingram, Vossoko, Mourou N'gou, Mamaimé, Dilali, saber-toothed cat | Carnivorous mammal | Chad | 120px | |
Am Fear Liath Mòr | Fear Liath, Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, Greyman | Primate; possible humanoid | Scotland | ||
Fiskerton Phantom | Phantom cat/bear | Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, UK | |||
Flatwoods monster | Green Monster, Braxton County Monster | Spade-headed extraterrestrial. Possibly misidentified barn owl | West Virginia, United States | 120px | |
Flying rod | Skyfish, rod, sky squid | Photographic artifact | Worldwide | ![]() |
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Fouke Monster | Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster | Hominid or other primate | Arkansas, United States | ||
Fur-bearing trout | Fish with hair; hairy trout | North America | 120px | ||
Garou | Loup Garou, Cajun werewolf | Wolf-like creature | Louisiana, United States | ||
Gazeka | Mammal | Papua New Guinea | |||
Gambo | Sea animal | Gambia | |||
Ghoul | Humanoid | Warm climates | |||
Ghost deer | Large deer, supposedly impervious to bullets | Northern California, United States | |||
Giant anaconda | Megaconda | Giant snake | South America | 120px | |
Giglioli's Whale | Amphiptera pacifica | Sea animal | Off Chile, Scotland, and France (in the Mediterranean Sea) | 120px | |
Globster | Blob | Decaying sea animal | Australia, New Zealand, and the Caribbean | ![]() |
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Gloucester sea serpent | Scoliophis Atlanticus | Sea serpent | Massachusetts, United States | ||
Gnome of Gerona | Goblin | Small humanoid | Girona, Spain | 80px | |
Goatman | The Maryland Goatman, Chevo Man | Bipedal | Wisconsin, Maryland, and Kentucky, United States | ||
Grassman | Kenmore Grassman, Ohio Grassman | Bigfoot-like primate | Kenmore, Akron, Ohio, and eastern Iowa, both in the United States | ||
Gunni | Antlered, wombat-like marsupial | Marysville and surrounding area, Victoria, Australia | |||
Grootslang | Elephant with a serpent's tail | Richtersveld, South Africa | 120px | ||
Hakawai | Hokioi | Mythological bird heard but not seen | New Zealand | ||
Hellhound | Barghest, Black Shuck, Dip, Gwyllgi, Gytrash | Large, black, spectral hound with red eyes | Worldwide | ||
Hibagon | Hinagon | Primate | Japan | ||
Hodag | The Dag; Nasobatilus | Carnivorous mammal/lizard | Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States | ![]() |
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Hokkaidō wolf | Ezo wolf | Wolf | Hokkaidō, Japan | ![]() |
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Homo gardarensis | Hominid (acromegalic Homo sapiens?) | Greenland | |||
Honey Island Swamp monster | Letiche, Tainted Keitre | Hominid or other primate | Louisiana, United States | ||
Honshū wolf | Japanese wolf, yamainu | Wolf | Honshū, Japan | ![]() |
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Hoop snake | Snake | United States/Australia | |||
Huay Chivo | Huaychivo | Carnivorous mammal | Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, Mexico | ||
Igopogo | Kempenfelt Kelly | Lake monster | Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada) | ![]() |
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Iliamna Lake Monster | Lake monster. It is most likely a giant white sturgeon, though some reports have compared it to a shark or whale | Lake Iliamna, Alaska | |||
Inkanyamba | Lake monster | Africa | |||
Isshii | Issie | Lake monster | Japan | 120px | |
Ivory-billed woodpecker | Bird | Southern United States and Cuba | 120px | ||
Jba Fofi | Great Spider | Large spider-like creature | Central Africa | ||
Jackalope | Antelabbit, aunt benny, Wyoming thistled hare, stagbunny | Herbivorous mammal | North America | 120px | |
Jersey Devil | Leeds Devil | Winged bipedal horse | United States, especially New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania | 120px | |
Kaijin | Sea monster | Japan | 80px | ||
Kappa | Gatarō, Kawako | Bipedal | Japan | 120px | |
Kawekaweau | Delcourt's giant gecko, Hoplodactylus delcourti | Lizard | New Zealand | ||
Kelpie | Water horse | Carnivorous equine | Scottish and Irish lakes and rivers | ||
Kingstie | Lake George Monster | Lake monster | Lake Ontario, North America | ||
Kongamato | Pterosaur/bird/bat | Kenya | |||
Koolakamba | Ape hybrid, KoolooKamba | A cross between a chimpanzee and gorilla | West Africa | ||
Kraken | Sea animal | World's oceans | 120px | ||
Kting Voar | Holy Goat, Snake-eating Cow, Khting Vor, Linh Duong, Pseudonovibos spiralis | Herbivorous mammal | Vietnam and Cambodia | ||
Kumi Lizard/Ngarara | Reptile: giant monitor lizard | New Zealand | |||
Kusshii | Lake monster | Japan | 120px | ||
Lagarfljót Worm | lagarfljóts ormurinn | Lake monster | Iceland | ||
Lake Tianchi Monster | Lake Chonji Monster | Lake monster | China and North Korea | ||
Lake Van Monster | Monster of Lake Van | Lake monster | Turkey | ||
Lake Worth Monster | Lake Worth Goatman, Texas Bigfoot | Carnivorous mammal | Texas, United States | ||
Lariosauro | Como Lake Monster | Water reptile | Italy | 120px | |
Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp | Lizard Man of Lee County | Bipedal | South Carolina, United States | 120px | |
Loch Ness Monster | Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx | Lake monster (plesiosaur or another type of Sauropterygia?) | Loch Ness, Scotland | ![]() |
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Loveland Frog | Loveland Lizard | Bipedal lizard or frog, allegedly first seen in Loveland, Ohio | Ohio, United States | 120px | |
Lusca | Gigantic octopus | Large octopus | World's oceans | ||
MacFarlane's bear | Ursus inopinatus | Carnivorous mammal, possibly a grizzly-polar bear hybrid | Canada | ||
Maero | Mohoao | Cannibalistic hominids in Māori mythology | New Zealand | ||
Mahamba | Giant crocodile | Lake Likouala swamp region, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |||
Maltese tiger | Blue tiger | Carnivorous mammal | China | 120px | |
Mamlambo | Lake monster | South Africa | |||
Manananggal | Female humanoid that can split its body into two parts | Philippines | ![]() |
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Manatee of Helena | Manatee | Saint Helena | |||
Mande Barung | Mande Burung, Indian Yeti | Humanoid | North East India, Bangladesh | ||
Man-eating tree | Carnivorous tree | Various | 120px | ||
Manipogo | Winnipogo | Lake monster | Lake Manitoba, Canada | ||
Mapinguari | Herbivorous mammal | Amazon rainforest | |||
Maricoxi | Primate | South America | |||
Marozi | Spotted lion, Panthera leo maculatus | Lion-like felid | Africa | ||
Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu | Reptile/dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | |||
Megalania prisca | Devil Dragon | Giant Australian monitor lizard | Australia | ![]() |
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Megalodon | Carcharodon, Carcharocles | Giant shark | World's oceans | 120px | |
Melon heads | Humanoids with enlarged heads | Allegan County woods, Michigan, and parts of Ohio and Connecticut, United States | |||
Memphre | Memphré, Lake Memphremagog Monster | Lake monster | Lake Memphremagog (United States and Canada) | ||
Menehune | Primate | Hawaii, United States | 120px | ||
Mermaid | Human-fish | All five oceans and several seas | ![]() |
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Merman | Human-fish | All five oceans and several seas | ![]() |
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Michigan Dogman | Wolfman of Wexford County | Carnivorous mammal | Michigan, United States | ||
Minhocão | Big Earthworm | Caecilian | South America | 120px | |
Minnesota Iceman | Homo pongoides | Primate | Minnesota, United States | ||
Mitla | Fawcett's zorro or Fawcett's cat | Carnivorous mammal | Bolivian rainforest | ||
Mngwa | Nunda | Carnivorous mammal | Tanzania | ||
Moa | Giant flightless bird | New Zealand | ![]() |
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Moehau | Maeroero, The Hairy Moehau, The Moehau Monster | Primate | New Zealand | ||
Mogollon Monster | Mug-ee-yun Monster | Bipedal primate | Mogollon Rim, Arizona, United States | ||
Mokele-Mbembe | Reptile/dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | 120px | ||
Momo the Monster | Missouri Monster | Primate | Missouri, United States | ||
Mongolian Death Worm | Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi | Worm-like animal | Gobi Desert (Asia) | ![]() |
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Monkey-man of Delhi | Black Monkey | Big black monkey | Old Delhi, India | 100px | |
Mono Grande | Hominid | South America | |||
Montauk Monster | Mounty | Small, decomposed quadruped carcass | Montauk, Long Island, United States | ![]() |
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Morag | Lake monster | Scotland | |||
Mothman | Often associated with Indrid Cold, "The Grinning Man" from John A. Keels book The Mothman Prophecies | Winged bipedal | Mason County, West Virginia, United States | 120px | |
Mountain fennec | Fox | Southern Algeria and northern Chad, in the central Sahara mountains | |||
Muckie | Lake monster | Lakes of Killarney, Ireland | |||
Muc-sheilch | Lake monster | Scotland | |||
Muhuru | Reptile/dinosaur | Kenya | 120px | ||
Mussie | Lake monster | Ontario, Canada | |||
Nahuelito | Nahuel Huapi Lake Monster | Lake monster | Nahuel Huapi Lake, Argentina | 120px | |
Nandi Bear | Chemosit, Chimiset, Chimisit, Duba, Engargiya, Gadett, Ikimizi, Kerit, Kikambangwe, Kikomba, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, Sabrookoo, Shivuverre | Carnivorous mammal | Africa | ||
Ndendeki[2] | Giant turtle | Central Africa | |||
Ngoima [3] | Giant bird | Republic of the Congo | |||
Ngoubou | Reptile, proposed dinosaur | Cameroon | 120px | ||
Nguma-monene | Reptile, proposed dinosaur | Republic of the Congo | 120px | ||
Ogopogo | N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka | Lake monster | Lake Okanagan, Canada | ||
Old Yellow Top | Primate | Canada | |||
Olitiau | Winged animal: bat or flying reptile | Cameroon | |||
Onza | Big felid: possibly a new species of cougar | Latin America | |||
Orang-bati | Bipedal | Indonesia | |||
Orang Mawas | Mawa, Orang Dalam, hantu jerang gigi | Primate | Malaysia | ||
Orang Pendek | Primate, has been associated with Homo floresiensis | Sumatra | 120px | ||
Owlman | Cornish Owlman, Owlman of Mawnan | Human-owl | England | ||
Ozark Howler | Ozark Black Howler | Carnivorous mammal | Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, United States | ||
Panthera tigris sudanensis | Big felid: possibly a new species of tiger | Cairo, Egypt | |||
Peluda | Shaggy Beast, La Velue | A dragon-like beast with a porcupine-like body, a snake's neck, head, and tail, large tortoise-like feet, and a green color | La Ferté-Bernard, France | ||
Phantom cat | Alien Big Cats (ABCs) | Carnivorous mammal | Worldwide | ||
Phantom kangaroo | Marsupial | Various | |||
Phaya Naga | River monster | Laos and Thailand | |||
Pogeyan | Gray felid; possible leopard color morph or out-of-place Asian lion | Ghats, India | |||
Popobawa | East Africa | ||||
Pope Lick Monster | Bipedal | Kentucky, United States | 120px | ||
Poukai | Pouakai, Hakawai | Large carnivorous bird | New Zealand | ||
Pukwudgie | Bipedal | Massachusetts, United States | |||
Pygmy elephant | Pachyderm | Western Ghats, Kerala, India | |||
Qilin | Kirin (from Japanese), Kỳ lân (from Vietnamese) or sometimes kyrin and ki-lin, Chinese unicorn | Chimera | China | ![]() |
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Queensland tiger | Yarri, the Beast of Buderim | Carnivorous mammal | Australia | ||
Reptilians | Lizard People, Draconian, Reptoid, Dinosauroid, Dragonoid | Bipedal | Worldwide | 120px | |
Row[4] | Reptile | New Guinea | |||
Salawa | Set animal | Carnivorous canid | Egypt | ||
Sea monk | Sea animal | World's oceans | 120px | ||
Sea monsters | Sea animals | World's oceans | |||
Sea serpent | Sea animal | World's oceans | ![]() |
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Selma | Seljordsormen | Lake monster | Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway | ||
Sewer alligator | Albino alligator | Contemporary phylogenesis | Widespread urban environments | 120px | |
Sharlie | Slimy slim, The twilight dragon of Payette lake | Lake monster | Lake Payette, McCall, Idaho, United States | ||
Shōjō | Xing-xing, translates to "heavy drinker" or "orangutan" | Sea creature with red face and hair | Japan | 100px | |
Shug Monkey | Primate | Europe | |||
Shunka Warakin | Carnivorous mammal; wolf-like, boar-like, hyena-like | Western United States (especially Montana) | |||
Sigbin | Canine, cat-fox, civet | Philippines | |||
Sirrush | Mushrushu | Reptile/dinosaur | Africa and ancient Babylon | ||
Skookum | Cannibalistic wildmen of Mt. St. Helens, Washington | Ape-like hominid | Pacific Northwest | ||
Skunk Ape | Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape | Primate | Florida, United States | ||
Snallygaster | Schneller Geist | "A dragon-like beast... The earliest incarnations mixed the half-bird features of a siren with the nightmarish features of demons and ghouls. The Snallygaster was described as half-reptile, half-bird with a metallic beak lined with razor-sharp teeth, occasionally with octopus-like tentacles." | The hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland; West Virginia | ||
Spring-heeled Jack | The Terror of London | Said to be humanoid | London as well as other parts of England | 120px | |
Steller's Sea Ape | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean | |||
Storsjöodjuret | Lake monster | Sweden | ![]() |
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Stronsay Beast | Sea animal | Orkney, Scotland | ![]() |
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Sucuriju Gigante | Giant Bull Eater (Matatoro in Spanish); giant anaconda; megaconda | Giant boa | Amazonia | 120px | |
Tahoe Tessie | Lake Tahoe monster | Lake monster | Lake Tahoe, in California and Nevada, United States | ||
Tapire-iauara | Jaguar/tapir | Amazon rainforest | |||
Tatzelwurm | Reptile/amphibian | European Alps | 120px | ||
Thetis Lake Monster | Reptilian humanoid | Vancouver Island, Canada | |||
Thunderbird | Giant bird | North America | 120px | ||
Thylacine | Tasmanian tiger, Tasmanian wolf | Carnivorous marsupial | Tasmania, Australia | 120px | |
Tikbalang | Humanoid | Philippines | 120px | ||
Trinity Alps giant salamander | Salamander | California, United States | |||
Trunko | The Margate monster | Whale carcass | South Africa | 120px | |
Tsuchinoko | Snake | Japan | 120px | ||
Tsul 'Kalu | Primate | American West | |||
Turtle Lake Monster | Lake monster | Saskatchewan, Canada | |||
Umdhlebi | Carnivorous tree | Zululand, South Africa | |||
Urayuli | Arulataq, Bushman, Tent Monster, Nant'ina, Woodsman | Hominid or other primate | Southwest Alaska, near Lake Iliamna, United States | ||
Veo | Carnivorous mammal | Indonesia | |||
Waheela | Carnivorous mammal | Canada | |||
Waitoreke | Maori otter, New Zealand otter; Waitoreki, Waitorete | Carnivorous mammal | South Island, New Zealand | ||
Wampus cat | Foot Craver, Masked Cat, Canable Cat | Legendary felid | Southern and Southwestern United States | ||
Wendigo | Windiga, Witiko, Wihtikow, Weendigo | Legendary creature | Northern United States and Canada | ||
Wild Man of the Navidad | Wild Woman of the Navidad, Wildman of the Navidad | Legendary creature | South Texas, United States | ||
Wolpertinger | Crisensus bavaricus | Mammal | Germany | 120px | |
Wucharia | Canis aureus lupaster or Canis lupus arabs | Canine | Danakil Depression, Eritrea | 120px | |
Ya-te-veo | Man-Eating Tree | Large tree with an eye and mouth; eats humans, its name means "I see you" | Central and South America | ||
Yeren | Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman | Primate (possible hominin) | China | 120px | |
Yeti | Abominable Snowman | Primate / Ursidae | Himalayas (Asia) | 120px | |
Yowie | Yahoo | Primate | Australia | 120px | |
Zanzibar leopard | Panthera pardus adersi | Feline | Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania | 120px |
See also
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