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The kikomba was a cryptohominid reported from the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Kivu Region, described as a stocky, hairy biped with long head hair.[1][2][3] Cryptozoologists theorise that, if it is not a large chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), the kikomba could be a surviving Paranthropus or early Homo species. It may be synonymous with the kakundakari, a smaller Congolese cryptohominid which is controversially[4] speculated to be the female or young of the kikomba, and with the mulahu of the Ituri.[5]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Coleman, Loren & Clark, Jerome (1999) Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature, Simon & Schuster, ISBN 978-0684856025
- ↑ Heuvelmans, Bernard (1980) Les Bêtes Humaines d'Afrique, Plon, ISBN 978-2259005609
- ↑ Roumeguère-Eberhardt, Jacqueline (1984) Dossier X: Les Hominidés Non Identifiés des Forêts d'Afrique, Robert Laffont, ISBN ISBN 9782221224649
- ↑ Smith, Malcolm (2020) Forgotten Bigfoots Around the World, ISBN 979-8671311297
- ↑ Coudray, Philippe (2009) Guide des Animaux Cachés, Editions du Mont, ISBN 978-2915652383