ARCTIC LION

There is a cryptid wolf supposed to inhabit North America called the waheela.  An Indian, when questioned, averred the waheela had but a single enemy, a huge species of lion.  It transpired that the Indian did not mean a puma, but rather an actual lion, with a prolific mane.  Whether there is a relict population of the American lion, which according to received wisdom is now extinct, or a hitherto unknown species of lion I cannot even guess.  My source is H. Peters, Legends of the Nahanni Valley (c2018), pp. 510-11.