The kakundakari was a cryptohominid reported from the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kivu Region, described as a child-sized hairy biped, with a mane of long head hair.[1][2] Like other long-haired "hairy dwarves" reported from Africa, the kakundakari has been speculated to be a surviving descendant of the early hominin Australopithecus, although exaggerated chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) have also been suggested as identities.[2] It may be synonymous with the kikomba, a larger Congolese cryptohominid which is speculated to be the male or adult of the kakundakari,[3] but this theory is contested.[4]