User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-3298463-20180113100844/@comment-31029678-20180113123033

If I rememeber correctly Kirins can do some kind of "teleport"... at least that's what I saw in a video from Online so it makes sense for them to reach the New World with the ED migration.

And obviously it is there so that players can craft the kirin female armor in  HD.