#Distribution anomalies known animals reported outside their normal range, e.g. the anomalous big cats of the U.K.;
Cryptid, rumored or suspected creatures for which conclusive evidence is still missing
cryptid | Cryptid | Big Bird (cryptid) |
The Dwayyo, Dewayo, which is "officially" known as Dwayosapientherapsida Australopithecus Rexus, is a cryptid sighted primarily in West Middletown, Maryland, but sightings have also been reported in Wolfsville, Maryland.
Individuals occasionally escape, and these have been proposed to be responsible for sightings of "Big Bird" cryptids; the Saddle-billed Stork is the most likely basis for the Kongamato.
Kilcoy claims to be the home of the Yowie, Australia's equivalent of Bigfoot or the Yeti, which is said to live in the hills around Kilcoy.
As in the Scottish lake Loch Ness, a cryptid serpent, called Lagarfljótsormurinn by locals, is believed by some to live in the depths of Lagarfljót.
Orang Mawas, a proposed hominid cryptid reported to inhabit the jungle of Johor in Malaysia
Night Flyer, popular name for an Olitiau, a gigantic humanoid cryptid bat hypothesized to exist in Central Africa
Orang Pendek (Indonesian for "short person") is the most common name given to a cryptid, or cryptozoological animal, that reportedly inhabits remote, mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra.
It is often considered a cryptid, as no specimen has ever been recovered and it is not a recognized species.