Category: Cryptozoology-Felinae

When a wild animal is reported as being in a location where that species should not be found, with no sign that anyone has let…

The yameneko is the name the Japanese first gave to a gray-brown, small domestic-sized felid, found on the 113-square-mile island of Iriomotejima, at the southern…

For centuries reports of a large mystery cat have come out of the Sierra Madre Occidental range in northwestern Mexico. The Aztecs, who called it…

The marozi (“spotted lion”), which has been given the scientific name Panthera leo maculatus, has been reported from the montane forests of East Africa. The…

For years, intrigued by legends, the appearance of strange skins, and reports of an unusual-looking giant cheetah in Africa, cryptozoologists Paul and Lena Bottriell searched…

Harry R. Caldwell’s Blue Tiger caused a sensation when it was published in 1925, and seventy-five years later it has not entirely gone away. Caldwell,…

Seen in places they should not be, mysterious Black Panthers have been reported throughout eastern North America. (Loren Coleman) Animals called “Black Panthers” are reported…

Buffalo Lion : Maneless big Cat of East Africa. Etymology: After its preference for large prey such as buffalo. Variant names: River lion; Tsavolion. Physical…

Surrey Puma : BRITISH BIG CAT of southern England. Etymology: A newspaper term coined in August 1964 when a large cat was reported in the…