User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-6050823-20180408232947

I've been looking through some of the MH books again and I've made some interesting discoveries.

Definitions The Monster Hunter 2: Monster Ecological Book Volume 3 gave definitions for the monster classes that appeared during that generation.


 * Elder Dragons: A species that is said to be the source of all living things, as well as an everlasting species that's been around since ancient times. Only monsters that are an enigma to researchers are put into this class.
 * Fanged Beasts (Pelagus): Monsters covered in soft fur with sharp fangs that can be used as equipment. Small monsters in this class include Blango, Bullfango, and Conga. The leaders of these monsters, like Congalala and Blangonga, are characterized by their high intelligence and unrivaled strength.
 * Bird Wyverns: A class that shares the same ancestors as Flying Wyverns. Bird Wyverns are characterized by their swift movements, compared to Flying Wyverns (It's worth noting that Gypceros was thought to be a Flying Wyvern when it was first discovered).
 * Flying Wyverns: An intelligent, widespread class with many unique traits, making the class quite adaptable. Each Flying Wyvern has their own fighting style.
 * Piscine Wyvern: Like the name suggests, Piscine Wyverns are a group of fish-like wyverns that are able to swim in a variety of substances. New hunters are known to struggle against these monsters, due to their powerful attacks and speed. Cephalos, Cephadrome, and Plesioth are the representatives of that class.
 * Neopterons: They are giant insects that about the size of a man. Despite their size, they are quite vulnerable to attacks, which makes them difficult to carve without using poison. Neopteron can be found living just about anywhere.

Unconfirmed/Unidentified Monsters Some of those monsters seen in Hunter's Encyclopedias, the ones that look like the concept art of existing monsters or ones that didn't make the cut (,, [Mohran-FrontConcept.jpg 3]), are actually unconfirmed/unidentified monsters. Hunters supposedly witnessed some of these monsters at some point, the time for each of these accounts vary. Some of them are thought to be the undiscovered relatives of some known monsters (potentially different due to a region, subspecies, etc), and some are thought to be the ancestors of existing monsters (The green Jaggi-like Bird Wyverns are thought to be the ancestors of the Jaggi). There are even a few that could be an entirely new species that have yet to be discovered.