Cryptozoology is a pseudoscience that studies and searches for animals or other creatures whose existence is unrecognized or disputed by science. Although it's unlikely that many cryptids exist, there is a possibility that some do. In fact, Hogzilla and the Congo Elephants, two cryptids believed to be hoaxes, were proven real by National Geographic. Cryptobotany, the study of plants that are legendary, folkloric, or whose existence has not been confirmed, is a subfield of cryptozoology. Cryptids on this list have multiple sources, sightings, and available information.
Every animal or plant on this page is marked as one of the following:
Unconfirmed - Cryptids whose existence is postulated but not demonstrated.
Discredited; (explanation) - Cryptids that have a body of evidence against their existence.
Proposed; (animal name) - Cryptids with an alternative explanation accepted by the scientific community.
Extinct - Animals that are thought to be extinct but which cryptozoologists think may still exist as relict populations.
Animals no longer considered as cryptids are marked:
Confirmed (animal name or cause) - Animals previously classified as cryptids but whose existence has been confirmed.
Hoax - Cryptids that were believed to be real but have been proven to be hoaxes.
Former - Cryptids that have been confirmed to exist and are classified as either animals or plants.
A
- Á Bao A Qu
- A-Mi-Kuk
- Aatxe
- Abada
- Abaia
- Abarimon
- Abath
- Abatwa
- Abbagoochie
- Aberdeen Carcass
- Abereen Wildman
- Abnauayu
- Abominable Swamp Blob
- Abura Akago
- Abura Sumashi
- Abyssal Rainbow Gar
- Achiyalabopa
- Achlis
- Adam-ayu
- Adam-Dzhapais
- Adar Llwch Gwin
- Adaro
- Adjule
- Adlet
- Adze
- Afanc
- Afonya
- African Capybara
- African Peacocks (Former)
African Peacock (Congo Peacock)
- Aglebemu
- Agogwe
- Agrios Anthropos
- Agta
- Ah-Een-Meelow
- Ahuitzotl
- Ahool
- Aitvaras
- Aiatar
- Air Rods
- Akita Lion
- Akkorokamui
- Alicanto
- Alien Big Cats
- Aliens
- Almas
- Altamaha-ha
- Ameranthropoides loys
- American Hyena
- American Lions
- Ankylosaur of Katsuro Desert
- Anguila Peluda
- Araǵanaqlta’a
- Atmospheric Beasts
- Auli
- Australian raptor
- Azhi Dahaka
B
- Baclou
- Baital
- Basilosaurus
- Batsquatch
- Bawokozi
- Beach Walker
- Bear Dogs
- Bear Lake Monster
- Beast of Bears
- Beast of Bray Road
- Beast of Busco
- Beast of Gevaudan
- Beast of Karoo
- Beastman of Tonkararin
- Beaver eater
- Beaver Run Snow Gator
- Beithir
- Bermuda Blob
- Bessie
- Bigfoot
- Bissie
- Black Demon
- Black Swan (confirmed)
- Bloop
- Blue Skeleton Man
- Boneless
- Brownie
- Buggane
- Bugul Noz
- Bukavac
- Bunyip
- Burrunjor
Burrunjor
C
- Cactus Cat (Hoax)
- Canvey Island Monster
- Capelobo
- Cardiff Giant (Hoax)
- Carmel Area Creature
- Carn-pnay
- Carnival Cruise Monster
- Carnivorous Tree
- Cassie
- Champ
- Cherufe
- Chini Lake Kaiju
- Chuchunya
- Chupacabra
- Cleary's Fish
- Corfu Island Creature
- Con Rit
- Congo Elephants
- Cressie
- Crocodile Frog
- Crocotta
- Cynocephali
- Chilean air rod
D
- Dalby Spook
- Deogen
- Devil Bird
- Devil monkeys
- Devouring Gourd
- De Loys' Ape
- Dingbat
- Dodo
- Dogigator (hoax)
- Domovoy
- Dover Demon
- Dragons
- Dragon Skull of Minamisho Village
- Drekavac
- Drop Bear
- Dundas island blackfly
- Duphon
- Dwarves
E
- Eastern Cougar (Extinct)
- Ebu Gogo
- Echigo Mothman
- Eddie
- Eieheraha
- El Cuero
- Elasmotherium
- Emela-ntouka
Fiji Mermaid
F
- Fear Liath Moor
- Fifolet
- Fiji Mermaid (Hoax)
- Flashlight frog
- Flatwoods beast
- Flathead Lake Monster
- Flying Flesh Carrot
- Fresno Nightcrawler
- Fukushima Mothman
G
- Gajah Mina
- Ganaita
- Gatagon
- Gator Man
- Gazeka
- Ghost
- Ghost Camel
- Ghost Deer
- Giant Snakes
- Giant Bats
- Giant Bushbaby
- Giant Catfish
- Giant Dragonfish
- Giant Grasshopper
- Giant Goldfish
- Giant Jellyfish
- Giant of Kandahar
- Giant Rat
- Giant Rooster (Hoax)
- Giant Snake of Mt. Chōkai
- Giglioli's Whale
- Goblins
- Graveyard Giant Cicada
- Great South Bay Giant Horseshoe Crab
- Greek Dolphin Monster
- Grootslang
- Gugwe
- Gunma Giant Red Bird
- Grampus
- Gray Dhole
- Grayback
- Guiafairo
H
- Harpy
- Hellhounds
- Hentifia
- Hibagon
- Himalayan Kaiju
- Hoan Kiem Turtle (Former)
- Hodag (Hoax)
- Honey Island Swamp Monster
- Hopkinsville Goblins
- Hoppie
- Horned Cats
- Horned Mole
- Hrökkáll
- Huallepen
- Human Blue
- Hyogopogo
I
- Iliamna Lake Monster
- Indian Chupacabra (Raktha Athika)
- Indian Iguanodon
- Indonesian Coelacanth
- Indrid Cold
- Inkanyamba
- Inogon
- Igopogo
- Iwakkie
J
K
- Kaiaimunu
- Kaiju of Mt. Bandai
- Kallana (Pygmy Elephants)
- Kappa
- Kasai rex (Hoax)
- Kawuk
- Kikiyaon
- Kongamato
- Kraken
- Kuigon
- Kukwes
- Kumamoto Ape Footprints
- Kyoto Lion
- Kyoto Mothman
L
- Lac Wood Screecher
- Lake Tarpon Monster
- Lau
- Lindworm
- Lincolnshire dogman
- Lizard Men
- Loch Ness Monster
- Lone Pine Mountain Devil
- Lou Carcolh
- Lusca
M
- Madagascar tree
- Magician's Monster
- Mahamba
- Mamlambo
- Mammoth
- Manananggal
- Manaia and Hei-tiki
- Man-Eating Lotus of Nubia
- Manipogo
- Mantis man
- Mapinguari
- Marabbecca
- Marked Hominids
- Martinique Parrot
- Massive Carpenter Bee
- Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
- Megalania
- Megalodon
- Megatherium
- Mermaids
- Merman
- Minashunka
- Minhocão
- Minnesota Iceman (hoax)
- Minnesota Dog-Man
- Minogame
- Momo
- Moa
- Moehau
- Mokele mbembe
- Mongolian death worm
- Mountain Gorilla (former)
- Mountain Nyala (former)
- Monster of Lake Tota
- Monster of Niigata
- Montauk Monster
- Mora
- Morag
- Mothman
- Muhnochwa
- Muhuru
- Murray
- Mussie
- Mussie of Kako River
N
- Naga
- Nagasaki Marine Reptile
- Nahuelito
- Nandi Bear
- Nape
- Neelagiri Kaduva (Neelagiri Tiger)
- Nekohebitori
- Nessie (or Loch Ness Monster)
- New Louisiana Swamp Monster
- Ngoubou
- Nguma-monene
- Nguoi Rung
- Nguruvilu
- Niigata Giant Hand
- Nikujin
- Ningen
- Nittaewo
- Nixie
- Northern Spoonbill (Former)
- North Shore Monster
- Nozuchi Tokage
O
- Oggie
- Ogopogo
- Okapi (former)
- Okkie
- Old Yellow Top
- Oldeani Monster
- Ōnuma Rhinoceros
- Onza
- Orabou (AKA Orobon)
- Orobon
- Orang bati
- Orange Eyes
- Orang pendek
- Owlman
P
- Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (hoax)
- Paddler
- Pale Crawlers
- Peryton
- Phantom kangaroo
- Piasa Bird
- Po orangutan
- Popobawa
- Primate
- Pterosaurs and Pterodactyls in Cryptozoology
- Puerto Rican Chupacabra
Q
- Qalupalik
- Quagga (Extinct)
- Quetzalcoatl
- Queensland Tiger
R
- Raktha Athika [ Indian Chupacabra ]
- Ratman of Southend
- Raystown Ray
- Rhinoceros dolphin
- Riverside Monster
- Roch Ness Monster (Explanation)
- Row
- River dinos
S
- Sabertooth Deer (former)
- Salamander
- Sapo De Loma
- Sam Harris
- Sasquatch
- Scarecrow
- Steller's sea cow
- Sea Monk
- Seliordsormen
- Seri Gumum
- Shachihoko
- Sharlie
- Sheepsquatch
- Shell Monster
- Shore Laddie
- Silwane Mazzi
- Sisimito
- Sjómaður
- Skeljaskrímsli
- Skunk ape
- Sky Serpents
- Snallygaster
- South American Dinosaurs
- Spring Heeled Jack
- Storsjöoidiurit
- Strange Beast of Kurate
- Strigoi
- Šumske Dekle
- Swamp Stalker of Boggy Creak
T
- Tahoe Tessie
- Tatzelwurm
- Teakettler
- The Black Fox of Salmon River
- The Buru, Giant Lizards and Giant Crocodiles
- Thunder Bird
- Thylacine
- Tiddalik
- Tokoloshe
- Toori Ponds Serpent
- Tossie
- True Giants
- Tsuchinoko
- Two-Towed Tom
U
V
W
- Waitoreke
- Wakayama Lion
- Wakefield's Loch Ness Monster
- Washington’s Eagle
- Wendigo
- Werewolves
- Wharton State Forest Monster
- White Bluff Screamer
- White River Monster
- Winged Cat
- Wood Booger
- Woodbridge Cemetery Snake
X
Y
- Ya-Te-Veo
- Yacumama
- Yale
- Yamabiko
- Yamagata Flatwoods Monster
- Yamakachi
- Yamapikarya
- Yanalik-Adam
- Yaoshikepu
- Yara Ma Yha Who
- Yassie of Lake Yamanaka
- Yassie of Yamato River
- Yeitso
- Yeren
- Yeti
- Yggdrasil
- Yibimin
- Yokosuka Creature
- Yoroi
- Yowie
- Yu
- Yucca Man
- Yukon Beaver Eater
- Yukontherium
- Yussie
Z
- Zana
- Zanfretta's Aliens
- Zantegeba
- Zanzibar Leopard
- Zaratan
- Zheng
- Zhuhuai
- Ziphius
- Zmeu
- Zuiyo-Maru Carcass (hoax)
Types of Cryptids
There are nurmerous types of cryptids, including Hairy Humanoids, Giant Bats, Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs, Dragons and Dragonoids, Carnivores, Giants, Avians and more.
The Hairy Humanoids category consists of bipedal human-like cryptids that are covered in hair. A prominent example is Bigfoot.
The Giant Bats category contains large bat-like cryptids, possibly mistaken for pterosaurs.
The Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs category contains dinosaurs or dinosaur-like creatures that some cryptozoologists believe may still be alive based on reports.
The Dragons and Dragonoids category includes cryptids with reptilian or draconian characteristics, such as scales, claws, bat-like wings, and horns. A cryptid does not necessarily have to possess all of these features to be categorized as a dragon or dragonoid.
The Avians are creatures that have some relation to birds. All avians have feathers, and many have beaks, talons, and lay eggs. Some avian cryptids are humanoid, such as the Owlman or Harpies, whereas some are just birds, like the Dodo or the Washington Eagle.
The Giants are extremely large cryptids which are most likely hoaxes. Giant cryptids are usually over 10 feet, making humans miniscule to them.














