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A subspecies (Japanese: 亜種 Ashu) is an alternate form of a monster that usually sports different colors from the base form of a monster, and is considered more aggressive and dangerous compared to said monster as well.[1] The Guild defines subspecies as a population of monsters in which environmental factors or adaptive evolution has caused a certain group of monsters to change or mutate over time, creating a subspecies.[2][3] Although that is how the Guild defines subspecies, there are some exceptions to that rule.[4]
List of Subspecies by Generation
1st Generation
- White Velociprey
- Blue Yian Kut-Ku
- Purple Gypceros
- Azure Rathalos
- Pink Rathian
- Green Plesioth
- White Monoblos
- Black Diablos
- Red Khezu
- Black Gravios
- Ashen Lao-Shan Lung
2nd Generation
3rd Generation
- Brute Tigrex
- Crimson Qurupeco
- Jade Barroth
- Purple Ludroth
- Green Nargacuga
- Sand Barioth
- Steel Uragaan
- Baleful Gigginox
- Glacial Agnaktor
- Ivory Lagiacrus
- Rust Duramboros
- Stygian Zinogre
- Hallowed Jhen Mohran
- Goldbeard Ceadeus
4th Generation
- Ruby Basarios
- Oroshi Kirin
- Tidal Najarala
- Berserk Tetsucabra
- Tigerstripe Zamtrios
- Shrouded Nerscylla
- Desert Seltas
- Desert Seltas Queen
- Ash Kecha Wacha
- Shah Dalamadur
5th Generation
- Coral Pukei-Pukei
- Viper Tobi-Kadachi
- Nightshade Paolumu
- Fulgur Anjanath
- Ebony Odogaron
- Acidic Glavenus
- Blood Orange Bishaten
- Aurora Somnacanth
- Magma Almudron
- Pyre Rakna-Kadaki
Frontier Generation
Online Generation
- Yellow Caeserber
- Dread Baelidae
- Ice Chramine
- Doom Estrellian
- Purple Slicemargl
- Poikilos Lightenna
- Infernal Tartaronis
Comparisons
Bird Wyverns
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| Yian Kut-Ku | Blue Yian Kut-Ku | |
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| Gypceros | Purple Gypceros | |
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| Qurupeco | Crimson Qurupeco | |
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| Pukei-Pukei | Coral Pukei-Pukei | |
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| Chramine | Ice Chramine | |
Brute Wyvern
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| Barroth | Jade Barroth | |
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| Uragaan | Steel Uragaan | |
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| Duramboros | Rust Duramboros | |
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| Anjanath | Fulgur Anjanath | |
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| Glavenus | Acidic Glavenus | |
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| Abiorugu | Giaorugu | |
Piscine Wyvern
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| Plesioth | Green Plesioth | |
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| Lavasioth | Lavasioth Subspecies | |
Leviathan
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| Royal Ludroth | Purple Ludroth | |
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| Agnaktor | Glacial Agnaktor | |
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| Lagiacrus | Ivory Lagiacrus | |
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| Somnacanth | Aurora Somnacanth | |
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| Almudron | Magma Almudron | |
Flying Wyvern
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| Rathian | Pink Rathian | |
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| Rathalos | Azure Rathalos | |
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| Khezu | Red Khezu | |
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| Monoblos | White Monoblos | |
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| Diablos | Black Diablos | |
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| Gravios | Black Gravios | |
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| Tigrex | Brute Tigrex | |
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| Nargacuga | Green Nargacuga | |
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| Barioth | Sand Barioth | |
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| Gigginox | Baleful Gigginox | |
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| Basarios | Ruby Basarios | |
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| Paolumu | Nightshade Paolumu | |
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| Espinas | Espinas Subspecies | |
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| Berukyurosu | Doragyurosu | |
Carapaceons
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| Daimyo Hermitaur | Plum Daimyo Hermitaur | |
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| Shogun Ceanataur | Terra Shogun Ceanataur | |
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| Akura Vashimu | Akura Jebia | |
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| Baelidae | Dread Baelidae | |
Fanged Beast
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| Congalala | Emerald Congalala | |
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| Blangonga | Copper Blangonga | |
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| Kecha Wacha | Ash Kecha Wacha | |
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| Bishaten | Blood Orange Bishaten | |
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| Slicemargl | Purple Slicemargl | |
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| Caeserber | Yellow Caeserber | |
Fanged Wyvern
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| Zinogre | Stygian Zinogre | |
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| Tobi-Kadachi | Viper Tobi-Kadachi | |
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| Odogaron | Ebony Odogaron | |
Amphibians
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| Tetsucabra | Berserk Tetsucabra | |
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| Zamtrios | Tigerstripe Zamtrios | |
Snake Wyvern
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| Najarala | Tidal Najarala | |
Neopteron
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| Seltas | Desert Seltas | |
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| Seltas Queen | Desert Seltas Queen | |
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| Lightenna | Poikilos Lightenna | |
Temnoceran
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| Nerscylla | Shrouded Nerscylla | |
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| Rakna-Kadaki | Pyre Rakna-Kadaki | |
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| Estrellian | Doom Estrellian | |
Elder Dragon
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| Lao-Shan Lung | Ashen Lao-Shan Lung | |
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| Jhen Mohran | Hallowed Jhen Mohran | |
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| Ceadeus | Goldbeard Ceadeus | |
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| Kirin | Oroshi Kirin | |
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| Dalamadur | Shah Dalamadur | |
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| Rukodiora | Rebidiora | |
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| Tartaronis | Infernal Tartaronis | |
Notes
- Despite being considered subspecies, some of them are members of the regular species that have undergone some changes due to a variety of reasons.
- Black Diablos, Shah Dalamadur and Lavasioth Subspecies are temporary changes of ordinary monster individuals during certain periods of their life.
- Black Gravios is a regular Gravios that has, for unknown reasons, had an abnormal increase in body temperature.
- Red Khezu is theorized by the guild to be a "normal" Khezu, while the white ones more commonly encountered are albinos.
- Ashen Lao-Shan Lung is a Lao-Shan Lung that has primarily been living in volcanic environments.
- Plum Daimyo Hermitaur and Terra Shogun Ceanataur are regular members of the base species sporting more exotic colors due to a different diet.
- Emerald Congalala and Goldbeard Ceadeus are seemingly just old individuals.
- Baleful Gigginox is seemingly the result of a random mutation at birth.
- Although subspecies from the Third Generation onwards are mostly distinct due to their use of different elements and status effects from their more common counterpart (with some exceptions such as Brute Tigrex and Green Nargacuga), most subspecies from the First and Second Generation are more similar to Variants, merely having stronger versions of the original monster's element.
- An exception to this is Copper Blangonga, who uses sand attacks instead of ice.
Sources
- Hunter's Encyclopedia [reprinted edition]
- Monster Hunter: World - The Official Complete Works
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