It's actually very disrespectful that so many descriptions of the Rougarou say "Like a werewolf." It's alternate name is the Loup-garou. That's literally French for werewolf. The French literally call him "The werewolf." He's not "Like a werewolf." He's a werewolf, he's THE werewolf of the bayou. "But he can take his wolf form at will!" That's actually common in traditional, pre-Wolfman werewolf folklore. "But he's bipedal in his wolf form." So are a lot of werewolves and some look like literal wolves in their lore. "But he can talk in his man-wolf form!" So can the werewolf in Monster Mash (2024 Asylum film), and the werewolf henchman in The Vampire Returns, and the werewolf in Cursed. There's nothing of Rougarou / Loupgarou lore that isn't found in werewolf lore.

End of Cryptozoology rant.