
Reconstruction of the esakar-paki by Philippe Coudray in Guide des Animaux Cachés (2009).
The esakar-paki is a cryptid reported from the Sangay National Park and the Trans-Cutucú region of Ecuador. Reports of it were gathered by Spanish cryptozoologist Angel Morant Forés, who described it as a species of peccary.[1]
Description[]
According to Shuar informants, the esakar-paki "is the smallest of all peccaries, has reddish fur and lives in troops made up of 50 or 60 individuals". They identified it with Forés photograph of a juvenile collared peccary. Other informants said that it "resembles very much the white-lipped peccary except for the fact that it is much more agressive. According to them, esakar-paki troops are leaded by a small, old individual, reddish in colour, which is particularly fearless of humans."[1]
Sightings[]
Undated[]
A Shuar speleaologist named Marcelo Churuwia claimed to have been chased by a troop of esakar-paki "in the rainforest on the Ecuador-Peru border and had to climb a tree for safety. Churuwia said the attacking animals were reddish-brown in colour."[1]
Similar cryptids[]
- The dwarf orange peccary, a very small, orange-furred, group-living peccary reported from Brazil.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Forés, Angel Morant Virtual Institute of Cryptozoology An investigation into some unidentified Ecuadorian mammals cryptozoo.pagesperso-orange.fr [Accessed 10 September 2018]