Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5721990-20160209145316

So it's evident that all monsters have their designs drawn in from existing or extinct animals. However, some monsters designs are a little confusing to find their source. This is open for all monsters to be discussed. Capcom have confirmed where most monsters draw their ideas from but they have left some unanswered currently.

Our new elder dragon buddy the Osutogoroa (sorry if misspelled) is a strange beast but I think it is based off of the Lou Carcolh. It is a French mythical beast that is both dragon and mollusc. It lived deep in caves with mouth ringed with teeth and tentacles that reached for miles. It travelled round with a shell upon its back. Its tentacles covered in a slime that ensnares people or animals which it then dragons back to be eaten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Carcolh 