Waitoreke also commonly referred to as the South Island Otter is an otter/beaver-like creature in New Zealand folklore. In its rare inferred sightings...

he had ever encountered a fur seal. Steller's sea cow Steller sea lion Waitoreke Steller, G. W. (1993). Frost, O. (ed.). Journal of a Voyage with Bering...

lake. Waihola is reputedly the home to a species of otter, the cryptid waitoreke, but no verified sightings have ever confirmed the animal's existence...