User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-6050823-20170828220344/@comment-31029678-20170829120433

@Nuke2099

With cousing I meant a different species of monster pretty similar to another one, probably it will have some connection with Lavasioth; a similar case to Akantor - Ukanlos.

But I guess it's pretty obvious that it was enspired by Lavasioth, not counting that they both have very similar in design.