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.
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