Anthropoid Apes: Orangutan-like
Reported from Assam, Burma, China, and Vietnam
Heuvelmans 1986
Giant Orangutan
Historically reported from Borneo
Arment 2004
Anthropoid Ape: Yeti
Reported from India and Himalayas, Kashmir, Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bangladesh
Heuvelmans 1986
Hominoid: Hairy dwarf
Reported from Sri Lanka, Sumatra, and Borneo
Heuvelmans 1986
Hominoids: Neandertal-like
Reported from Caucasus Mts.; Pamir Mts.; Altay and Sayan Mts.; Verkhoyansk Range and Chukotska Peninsula; Iran; Afghanistan; China; Tibet; Mongolia; Burma; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Malaysia
Heuvelmans 1986
Hominoids: Giant hairy hominoids
Reports from Tibet, Sikkim, Bangladesh, Burma, China, and North Vietnam
Heuvelmans 1986
Bear: White bear
Reported from Shennongjia mountain forests, Hubei Province, China
Heuvelmans 1986, Shuker 1997
Bear: White Bear of Kamchatka
Reported from Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
Shuker 1997
Bear: Giant Black Bear of Kamchatka
Reported from Kamchatka peninsula, Russia
Shuker 1997
Bear-like animal
Reported from Murung River, Borneo
Hall 1993
Feline: Blue Tigers
Sporadically reported from Fujian Province, China
Heuvelmans 1986; Shuker 1989
Feline: Melanistic tigers
Sporadically reported from India, Bangladesh, Burma, etc.
Shuker 1989
Feline: Russian mystery panther
Reported from the province of Orel, Russia
Shuker 1989
Feline: mystery cat
Reported from Hong Kong
Shuker 1989
Feline: Cigau
Unpatterned tannish fur, short tail, ruff around neck
Reported from Sumatra [east of Mount Kerinci]
Shuker 1998d
Feline: Small 'horned' feline
Reported from Alor and Solor of the Lesser Sundras
Shuker 1998d
Feline: Tiger-like feline
Reported from Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands
Shuker 1998d
Feline: Black & brown tiger-like feline
Reported from Khao Sok National Park, Thailand
Shuker 1998d
Feline-like: Chuti
Reported from Nepal [Choyang and Iswa Valleys]
Possibly the striped hyaena
Shuker 1998d
Horned Jackal (anomalous)
Reported from Sri Lanka
Shuker 1997
Canine: Small fox-like canid
Reportedly photographed by WWF Indonesia from Borneo
News reports, 2005
Canine: Small wolf-like canids
Possible feral dogs or perhaps remnant Japanese dwarf wolves [or hybrids]
Reported from Japan (Chichibu district)
Shuker 1998d
Bear-like animal
Reported from along the Kedang Murung River, Borneo
Eberhart 2002
Bear: Tree Bear
Reported from Nepal, possibly based on juvenile Asiatic black bears
Eberhart 2002
Civet: Unknown species
Tail collected from Indonesian island of Seram
Shuker 1998d
Mammoths: surviving remnants
Reported from Siberia
Heuvelmans 1986; Shuker 1995b
Dwarf elephants
Reported from India, official search found nothing
News reports 2005
Tapir: possible range extension
Reported from Borneo
Shuker 1992
Pig-like animal: Pukau
Reported from Borneo
Shuker 1992
Schomburgk's Deer: Remnant population
Antlers collected in 1990 in Laos
Shuker 1998d
Mongolian "Goat-Antelope"
Reported from Dundgovi Province, Mongolia
Eberhart 2002
Loris: Loris with long, bushy tail
Reported from India [Lushai Hills]
Named Nycticebus caudatus, possibly extinct
Shuker 1998d
Loris: Unidentified species
Larger than slow loris and much paler
Reported from animal market in Hanoi, Vietnam
Shuker 1998d
Giant Pangolin-like animal (Veo)
Reported from Rintja, Lesser Sundas
Shuker 1998b; Shuker 2000b
Bats: Giant Bats
Reported from Vietnam, Java, and Philippines
Heuvelmans 1986
Bat-like: Orang bati ('Flying Man')
Seram, Indonesia accounts
Possible giant bats
Shuker 1998d
"Two-tongued" furry quadrupeds
Reported from Malayan jungles
Shuker 1997
Devil-Bird
Reported from Sri Lanka and India
Shuker 1997
Dodos: Surviving remnants
Reported from Mauritius and certain other islands
Shuker 1997
Pink-headed duck: Surviving remnants
Reported from India, Tibet
Shuker 1998d
White Sea-Raven
Reported by Steller off Bering Island; probable misidentification
Shuker 2000b
Pheasant: Large, possibly flightless argus pheasant
Named Argusianus bipunctatus in 1871 on single feather
Possibly from Java or Tioman; probably extinct
Shuker 1998d
Gallinaceous bird: Chicken-like, known as Alovot
Reported from Sumatra
Possibly species of Polyplectron
Shuker 1998d
Owl: unidentified species of Strix
Reported from Andaman and Nicobar islands
Shuker 1998d
Hummingbird-like
Reported from Sumatra
Might be large moths
Shuker 1998d
Lake Monsters: "Long-necked Sea-lions"
Reported from former Soviet Union and Japan
Heuvelmans 1986
Lizard: Large monitor-like species (buru, etc.)
Reported from India and nearby countries
Heuvelmans 1986
Lizard: Large monitors
Reported from Malaya
Hall 1993
Dinosaur-like animal: sauropod
Reported from Pahang, Malaysian Peninsula
Heuvelmans 1986
Dinosaur-like animal: sauropod
Reported from Lake Patenggang, Java
Heuvelmans 1986
Snake: Tzuchinoko
Reported from mountains of Japan and Korea
Heuvelmans 1986
Snake: Cryptophidion annamense
Reported from Vietnam, known only from photo
Wallach & Jones 1992
Snake: Giant Pythons (up to 40 feet)
Reported from India, Bangladesh, and Thailand
Heuvelmans 1986
Snake: Giant Snakes
Reported from Far Eastern province of Russia bordering China
Stonehill 1994
Giant toad-like animals
Reported from near Wuhnun, Hubei Province, China
Shuker 1997
Fish: Giant red salmon-like fish
Reported from Lake Hanas, China
Bille 1995
Fish: 6-foot-long lungfish
Reported from Vietnam
Shuker 1998d
Fish: Bioluminescent "mudskipper"
Reported from Indonesian island of Seram
Shuker 1998d
Ray: Giant freshwater ray, unknown species
Reported from Mekong River, Thailand and Laos
Sehm 1993-1996
Mongolian "Death Worm"
Postulated as snake, amphisbaenid, annelid
Reported from the Gobi, Mongolia
Shuker 1995
Bioluminescent Spider
Reported from Myanmar
Arment 2006
Bioluminescent Spider
Reported from India
Arment 2006