The Bosavi woolly rat (Mallomys sp.?) was announced in 2009, as discovered on the rim of the crater of Mount Bosavi, Papua New Guinea.

The following is an ongoing, constantly updated master list of the “Top Lists of 2009,” which specifically contain information of interest to cryptozoology.

1. The Top 10 Cryptozoology Stories of 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

2. Top Ten Cryptozoology Books of 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

3. Top Ten Nessie Stories for 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

4. Top Ten Worst Bigfoot Stories of 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

5. Top Ten 2009 Cryptozoology Deaths ~ Cryptomundo

6. Top Ten Coelacanth Bulletins Of 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

7. Cryptozoologist of 2009 ~ Cryptomundo

8. Top Ten New Species 2009 ~ International Institue for Species Exploration

9. Weird, Wicked Weird: What A Year ~ Lewiston Sun-Journal

10. Top New Species ~ National Geographic

11. Top Ten New Species ~ Time
[Time incorrectly used a 2007 photo of another new giant rat previously discovered to illustrate the 2009 discovery of an entirely different new species of rat. – LC]

The other giant woolly rat (pictured above, and mistakenly tagged by Time as this year’s “new rat”) was found in the Foja Mountains of Papua New Guinea by a Conservation International expedition; it was announced in 2007.

12. Top Ten Dino Discoveries of 2009 ~ Smithsonian

13. Top Ten New Species ~ Arizona State University

14. Top Ten Discoveries ~ National Geographic

15. Top Ten Discoveries ~ Time

Extra: Top Fortean Books of 2009 ~ Twilight Language

Check back, as end of year lists will be added as they are published, sent in, and/or discovered.

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Deep appreciation to Rex Sorgatz for the decade’s long work that he has done in sharing his compilations of the annual lists of lists.

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