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List of Cryptid Sloths The Order Xenarthra is a diverse group of New World animals that includes anteaters, armadillos, and sloths. Xenarthrans (formerly called edentates) have an extra point of articulation between

List of Cryptid Turtles Turtles (Order Testudines or Chelonia) are unique among vertebrates in having a shell that incorporates both dermal armour, vertebrae, and ribs. Other characteristics include a lengthened neck, limb

Weasels, wolverines, polecats, and martens constitute the Subfamily Mustelinae and are closely related to OTTERS, badgers, and skunks. Only one weasel has made the cryptid list, an obscure yellowish animal in China.

The young of most Marsupials (Infraclass Metatheria) are born extremely undeveloped compared to other mammals; after birth, they fasten themselves more or less permanently to teats in the mother’s brood pouch. The

Bats (Order Chiroptera) are the only group of mammals to have evolved powered flight. Many taxonomists now believe that bats evolved from a common ancestor with the Primates. They are divided into

Simply put, hoofed mammals have toes covered with a horny structure composed of keratin that helps them to run away from predators efficiently. Hooves, like the nails of primates, evolved from the

The three types of animals popularly known as amphibians are newts and salamanders (Order Urodela), frogs and toads (Order Anura), and caecilians (Order Gymnophiona), all belonging to the Class Lissamphibia. They have