Crypto-hominid
From Kook Science
Crypto-hominid refers to any cryptid of the same family as Humans and related great apes, as compared with a crypto-hominoid, which would refer to any cryptid belonging to the broader superfamily Hominoidea. Given the unknown and indeterminate status of any particular cryptid, such as the Bigfoot or Yeti, it would be difficult to confirm whether such beings should be properly classed as crypto-hominid or crypto-hominoid.
It should be noted that many of the legendary figures included in this list are Wild Man legends, and so may refer to human beings or human-like deities, not conforming to the ideation of hairy, ape-like cousins to the human family. Cryptids such as the deerman, goatman, or frogman are excluded from this list, though they are of interest in the broader study of the crypto-hominid phenomenon.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Continent | Region | Area | First reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeti | "Rock bear" (གཡའ་དྲེད་, g.ya'dred) | Tibet | Asia | Central | Himalayan Mountains | |
| Sasquatch | "Wild Man (of the woods)" [Sásq’ets] | Halkomelem Salish | North America | Pacific Northwest | British Columbia | |
| Bigfoot | Big Foot (reference to size of footprints) | California | North America | Pacific Northwest | California | 1958 |
| Agogwe | Unclear; Kuria or Chagga (Bantu) word | Tanzania | Africa | East | Tanzania | |
| Almas | "Wild Man" | Mongolia | Asia | Central | Caucasus & Pamir Mountains | |
| Arulataq | "(Creature who) makes a bellowing cry" | Yup'ik | North America | Alaska | Southwest | |
| Old Yellow Top, or Pre-Cambrian Shield Man | So-called for the distinctive mane | Ontario | North America | Ontario | Timiskaming District | 1906 |
| Traverspine Gorilla | Named for Traverspine River | Labrador | North America | Newfoundland | Labrador Interior | 1910s |
| Abominable Chicken Man | Play on Abominable Snow Man, hand-prints from a chicken coop raid | Oklahoma | North America | South Central | Oklahoma | 1971 |
| Boggy Bottom Monster | Named for Clear Boggy Creek, Atoka County, OK | Oklahoma | North America | South Central | Oklahoma | |
| Boggy Creek Monster | Named for Boggy Creek, AK | Arkansas | North America | Southern | Arkansas | 1851 |
| Bukwas | "Wild Man of the Woods" | Kwakwaka'wakw | North America | Pacific Northwest | British Columbia | |
| Choanito | "Night People" | Wenatchi | North America | Pacific Northwest | Washington | |
| Fouke Monster | Named for Fouke, AK | Arkansas | North America | Southern | Arkansas | 1851 |
| Ge-no'sqwa | "Stone Giants" | Seneca Iroquois | North America | North East | New England | |
| Honey Island Swamp Monster | Named for Honey Island Swamp, Louisiana | Louisiana | North America | Southern | Louisiana | 1963 |
| Letiche | Unclear; attributed to Native Americans or Cajuns, conflated with Honey Island Swamp Monster | North America | Southern | Louisiana | ||
| Miluquyulit | "The throwers" | Yugtun (Yup'ik) | North America | Alaska | Southwest | |
| Momo | Abbreviation of "Missouri Monster" | Missouri | North America | Southern | Missouri | 1971 |
| Nant'ina | ? | Den'aina | North America | Alaska | Central | |
| Nuk-luk | "Man of the Bush" | Dené | North America | Northwest Territories | ||
| Omah | "Creek Devil" | Yurok | North America | Pacific Northwest | California | |
| Sc'wen'ey'ti | "Tall Burnt Hair" | Spokane | North America | Pacific Northwest | Washington | |
| Tintah-k'iwungxoya'n | "Old man of the woods" | Hupa | North America | Pacific Northwest | California | |
| Tsul 'Kalu | "The Slant-eyed (or Sloping) Giant" | Cherokee | North America | South East | ||
| Urayuli | "Hairy man" | Eskimo | North America | Alaska | Southwest | |
| Yi'dyi'tay | "Wild Man" | Nehalem, Tillamook | North America | Pacific Northwest | Oregon | |
| Yohemiti | "Some among them are killers" | Miwok | North America | Yosemite Valley | California | |
| Xipe | Central America | Nicaragua | ||||
| Achi | Tamanac | South America | Venezuela | |||
| Aigypan | South America | Venezuela | ||||
| Alux | South America | |||||
| Curinquean | Unclear; a legendary indigenous peoples described in Portuguese literature | South America | Brazil | Mato Grosso | ||
| Didi | South America | Guyana | ||||
| Duende | South America | Peru | ||||
| Guayazi | South America | Brazil | ||||
| Mapinguary | South America | Brazil | ||||
| Maricoxi | Maxubis | South America | Brazil | Matto Grosso | ||
| Mohán | Unclear; from the Carib title for priests | Colombia | South America | Colombia | ||
| Mono Grande | Spanish for "Big Monkey" | South America | Guyana | |||
| Shiru | South America | Colombia | ||||
| Sisemite | South America | Guatemala | ||||
| Tarma | South America | Peru | ||||
| Ucumar | South America | Chile | ||||
| Ukumar-zupai | South America | Argentina & Chile | ||||
| Vasitri | "Great Devil" | Maipure | South America | Venezuela | Upper Orinoco | |
| Wodewose | "Wild Man of the Woods" | England | Europe | |||
| Am Fear Liath Mòr | "Big Grey Man" | Scotland | Europe | Scotland | Ben Macdui | |
| Abamaanji | Africa | Central | DR Congo | |||
| Abonsei | Africa | |||||
| Apamandi | Africa | Central | DR Congo | |||
| Chemosit | Africa | East | Kenya | |||
| Doku | Africa | |||||
| Fating'ho | Mandinka | Africa | West | Senegal | ||
| Ijimere | Patas monkey | Yoruba | Africa | West | ||
| Kakundakari | Konjo (Bantu) word | Congo | Africa | Central | Congo | |
| Kara-Komba | "Monkeys-who-carry-much" | Banda | Africa | Central | Central African Republic | |
| Kikomba | Africa | Central | Congo | |||
| Kooloo-kamba | Africa | Central | Gabon | |||
| Mau | Africa | |||||
| Mberikimo | Africa | |||||
| Milhoi | Africa | |||||
| Muhalu | Africa | Central | Congo | |||
| Ngoloko | Africa | East | Kenya | |||
| Sehite | Guéré / Wè | Africa | West | Ivory Coast | ||
| Tano Giant | Named for the Upper Tano region | Africa | West | |||
| Toulou | Africa | Central | Central African Republic | |||
| Ufiti | Africa | West | Malawi | |||
| Wa'ab | Africa | East | Sudan | |||
| Zaluzugu | Africa | Central | Congo | |||
| Barmanou | "Big Hairy One" | Pakistan | Asia | Central | Hindukush & Karakoram | |
| Batutut | Onomatopoeia | - | Asia | South East | Borneo | |
| Bukit Timah Monkey Man | Named for Bukit Timah region of Singapore | Singapore | Asia | South East | Singapore | 1805 |
| Bun Manchi | "Jungle Man" | Nepal | Asia | Central | Nepal | |
| Chuchunaa | "Outcast" | Siberia | Asia | Northern | Russian Siberia | |
| Gin-Sung | "Man-Bear" (人熊; rén xióng) | China | Asia | China | Sichuan | |
| Gul-Biavan | Asia | Central | Tajikistan | |||
| Hibagon | Named for Mount Hiba (比婆山, ひばやま, hiba-yama) | Asia | East | Japan | 1970 | |
| Jungli Admi | Asia | Central | India | |||
| Kaki Besar | "Big Foot" | Malaysian | Asia | South East | Malaysia | |
| Kang Admi | "Snow Man" | Tibet | Asia | Central | Tibet | |
| Kapre | Asia | South East | Philippines | |||
| Kaptar | Asia | North East | Mongolia, Russia | |||
| Ksy-Giik | Asia | Central | Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan | |||
| Kung-Lu | Asia | China | ||||
| Maero | Maori | Asia | South East | New Zealand | ||
| Mawas | Asia | South East | Malaysia | |||
| Miche | "Man-Bear" (མི་དྲེད; mi dred, michê) | Tibet | Asia | Central | Tibet | |
| Migoi | "Wild Man" (མི་རྒོད; mi rgod, migö/mirgö, mi-go) | Tibet | Asia | Central | Tibet | |
| Mirka | "Wild Man" | Nepal | Asia | Central | Nepal | |
| Monkey Man of New Delhi | Named for the city of New Delhi | India | Asia | Central | India | 2001 |
| Nasnas | Asia | Central | Iran | |||
| Nguoi Rung | Kinh | Asia | South East | Vietnam | ||
| Nittaewo | Asia | South Central | Sri Lanka | |||
| Orang Gadang | Asia | South East | Sumatra | |||
| Tok | Asia | China | ||||
| Vele | Asia | Fiji Islands | ||||
| Yeren | "Wild Man" | China | Asia | Central | South East | |
| Yowie | ? [Yuuri, Yowri] | Koori | Australia | New South Wales |