User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-26532315-20190728190722/@comment-24734669-20190728200457

@WolfQueen

TBH, I'm willing to bet it's new. Khezu may or may not have been deconfirmed by Game Informer, and they also compared the cave monster to a "blind bat".

@Rathalosaurus rioreurensis

Agreed.