An animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the yeti.
（对其生存或幸存有争议或无事实根据的）神秘动物（如喜马拉雅山雪人）
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He looks just like that black and white videos I've seen of the last thylacine on Earth, but I know from pictures online during wanders for cryptids that they are actually kind of a dusky brown color, like dingos.
Items used in the exhibition will include art on loan, from artists’ and personal collections, and tangible evidence of cryptids from cryptozoologists.
This focus on evaluating the evidence for ‘cryptids’ is continued by the International Society for Cryptozoology.
This also reminds me a bit of the legend of the orang-pendek, which is a hominid cryptid which some claims still exist in Sumatra.
‘You wanted to see a real-life cryptid, and you have,’ she replies, a slight sneer in her voice.