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Chupacabra

legendary creature; first purported sighting in Puerto Rico
Thing cryptid Q183571
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Summary

Chupacabra is a cryptid[1]. Chupacabra ranks in the top 3% of cryptid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,342 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: mythical creature[3]
  • Endemic to: Puerto Rico[4], South America[5]
  • Commons category: Chupacabra[6]
  • Described by source: Tracking the Chupacabra[7]
  • Present in work: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead[8], Indigenous[9], Jewpacabra[10], El Mundo Gira[11], Chupacabra[12], I Second That Emotion[13], The Curse of El Chupacabra[14], Chupa[15]
  • Has characteristic: hematophagy[16]
  • Different from: Caprimulgidae[17]

Why It Matters

Chupacabra has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Chupacabra is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · ~2026-51820-59 · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → York ham.jpg
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'd
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: York ham.jpg"
  2. 10w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → hematophagy
    Endemic to → Puerto Rico, South America
    Different from → Caprimulgidae
    Image → York ham.jpg
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Chupacabra (artist's rendition).jpg, Removing [[:c:File:Chupacabra_(artist's_rendition).jpg|Chupacabra_(artist's_rendition).jpg]], it has been deleted "
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