mapinguari

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mapinguari - supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest

family Mylodontidae, Mylodontidae - extinct South American edentates

mylodontid - a variety of extinct edentate

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Neste universo mitico, seres como a Mae d'agua, o Caboclinho, o Mapinguari, dentre outros seres do universo simbolico do homem da floresta funciona como poderoso codigo de regulacao de acesso aos recursos naturais.

The Amazonian environment in the works of Helio Melo/O ambiente amazonico nas obras de Helio Melo

Among the entries are the 1957 movie The Abominable Snowman, car-chasing Sasquatch, Glamic Castle ghoul in Scotland, kidnapped by Bigfoot, Mapinguari in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, the Pamir Mountain monster in Central Asia, the shug monkey of Rendlesham Forest in England, 21st-century Sasquatch, and Zana and the half-human controversy.