# List of cryptids

Cryptids are animals or other beings that cryptozoologists believe may exist somewhere in the wild, but whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated by science. Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience and 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.

## List
### Aquatic or semi-aquatic

| Name | Other Names | Description | Purported Location |
| Anguila peluda | Hairy Eel | Pond animal | Pamital ravine, Canary Islands |
| Bunyip | Bahnyip | Amphibious creature | Australia |
| Cadborosaurus | Caddy | Sea animal | Pacific Coast of North America |
| Champ | Champy | Lake monster | Lake Champlain, North America |
| Cryptid Whales | Giglioli's Whale, Rhinoceros dolphin, High-finned sperm whale, Alula whale, Unidentified beaked whales | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean |
| Dobhar-chú | Water Hound, King Otter | Extra-large otter-like carnivorous aquatic mammal | Ireland |
| Gloucester sea serpent | | Large serpent | Gloucester, Cape Ann |
| Great auk (surviving populations) | Pinguinus impennis, garefowl | Aquatic flightles bird | Northern Atlantic |
| Iemisch | Iemisch Listai | Mix of a jaguar and otter | Patagonia |
| Igopogo | Kempenfelt Kelly | Lake monster | Lake Simcoe, Ontario (Canada) |
| Labynkyr Devil | Labynkyrsky Chert | Lake monster | Oymyakonsky Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russia |
| Loch Ness Monster | Nessie | Lake monster | Loch Ness, Scotland |
| Loveland Frog | Loveland frogman, Loveland lizard | Humanoid frog | Loveland, Ohio |
| Manipogo | Winnipogo | Lake monster | Lake Manitoba, Canada |
| Megalodon (surviving populations) | Otodus megalodon | Giant prehistoric shark | Oceans |
| Mokele-mbembe | | Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) | Republic of the Congo |
| Morgawr | | Sea serpent | Falmouth Bay |
| Ogopogo | N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka | Lake monster | Lake Okanagan, Canada |
| Sea serpents | | Sea animals, dinosaurs | All bodies of water |
| Selma | Seljordsormen | Lake monster | Lake Seljord, Telemark, Norway |
| Steller's sea ape | | Sea animal | Pacific Ocean |

### Terrestrial

| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location |
| British big cats | Alien big cats (ABCs), phantom cats, mystery cats, English lions, Beast of Bodmin, Beast of Exmoor | Carnivorous mammal | Great Britain |
| Chupacabra | Chupacabras (Spanish for goat-sucker) | | Puerto Rico (originally), South and Central America, Southern North America |
| Dover Demon | | | Dover, Massachusetts |
| Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp | Lizard Man of Lee County | Bipedal | South Carolina, United States |
| Mapinguari | Mapinguary | Giant Ground Sloth or primate | Amazons |
| Michigan Dogman | | Humanoid dog | Wexford County, Michigan |
| Moa (surviving original populations) | Dinornis robustus (South Island giant moa), Dinornis novaezelandiae (North Island giant moa), Anomalopteryx didiformis (Bush moa, little bush moa, or lesser moa) | Medium to large flightless birds | New Zealand |
| Mongolian death worm | Allghoi (or orghoi) khorkhoi | Worm-like animal | Gobi Desert (Asia) |
| Nandi bear | Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba | Large carnivore | Eastern Africa |
| Not-deer | Not deer | White-tailed deer with unnatural characteristics | Appalachia |
| Queensland Tiger | Yarri | Large feline | Queensland |
| Thylacine (surviving original populations) | Tasmanian tiger. Tasmanian wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus | Carnivorous marsupial | Australia Papua New Guinea |

#### Hominid

| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location |
| 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 |
| Amomongo | Orang Mawas, Impakta | Ape or hominid | Negros Occidental, Philippines |
| Bigfoot | Sasquatch | Large and hairy ape-like creature | United States and Canada |
| Bukit Timah Monkey Man | BTM, BTMM | Forest-dwelling hominid or other primate | Singapore |
| Chatawa Monster | | Large ape-like creature | Mississippi, United States |
| Chuchunya | | Large hominid | Russia |
| Fouke Monster | Jonesville Monster, Southern Sasquatch, Boggy Creek Monster | Hominid or other primate | Arkansas, United States |
| Honey Island Swamp monster | Letiche, Tainted Keitre | Hominid or other primate | Louisiana, United States |
| Orang Pendek | | Small hominid | Sumatra |
| Nittaewo | Nittevo | Small hominids | Sri Lanka |
| Skunk ape | Stink Ape, Myakka Ape, Myakka Skunk Ape | Primate | Florida, United States |
| Yeren | Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman | Primate (possible hominin) | China |
| Yeti | Abominable Snowman | Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions | Himalayas (Asia) |
| Yowie | | Large and hairy human-like entity, various other descriptions | Australia |

### Flying

| Name | Other names | Description | Purported location |
| Jersey Devil | 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 | Winged Man, Bird Man, UFO-Bird, Mason Bird Monster | Winged bipedal | Mason County, West Virginia, United States |
| Rod | Skyfish, Air Rod, Solar Entity | Small flying stick-like creatures | Worldwide |