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Bernard Heuvelmans(10 October 1916 – 22 August 2001) was a Belgian-French zoologist and writer who is regarded as the "Father of Cryptozoology". His book On the Track of Unknown Animals(1955) is regarded as the founding document of the field.

He was a founding member and President of the International Society of Cryptozoology, and published a complete checklist of cryptids reported up to the time of publication in the Society's journal, Cryptozoology. His final cryptozoological works were a series of untranslated books covering the cryptids of Africa, two of which were published posthumously: Les Derniers Dragons d'Afrique(1978), Les Bêtes Humaines d'Afrique(1980), Les Félins Encore Inconnus d’Afrique(2007), and Les Ours Insolites d'Afrique(2015).