The mapinguari or mapinguary (Spanish pronunciation, also known
as the Isnashi, is a legendary cryptid said to resemble an ape–like creature with
red fur living in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia. The name is
usually translated as “the roaring animal” or “the fetid beast”.
According to native folklore the creature has consistently been described as resembling either an ape or giant ground-dwelling sloth and having long arms, powerful claws that could tear apart palm trees, a sloping back, reaching heights of 7 feet when standing on its hind legs and is covered in thick, matted fur. Many cryptozoologists are intrigued by reports of this creature, though some have dismissed it as a folkloric/mythologic creature, or a long-preserved folk memory of the giant animals that existed in South America in the Pleistocene.
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