Mysterious cryptids are part of the passion of the press, sometimes even in Asia.

China merchants have a new creature in a cage. Remember the “Oriental Yeti” that turned out to be a civet? Well, this new animal’s photos are appearing on the web.

I know what it is, but would you like to have some weekend fun?

Identify this species in comments below, and I’ll post some answers after ten or so entries show up.

Thanks to Tojo Melville for the newstip.