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dehydromon โ Taxonomy of Dragons, etc.
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- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
- Subspecies
- Species
- Genus
- Family
- Order
- Class
- Phylum
- Animalia (Animals)
- Chordata (Vertebrates)
- Xenosauria (Dragons)
- Calidraco (Warm Dragons)
- Pennadracidae (Feathered Dragons)
- Avidraco (Bird Dragons)
- senas (Six-eye Dragon)
- Pennadraco (Feathered Dragons)
- Pennaserpens (Feathered Serpents)
- Avidraco (Bird Dragons)
- Rhenadracidae (Furry Dragons)
- Rhenadraco (Furry Dragons)
- Rhenoserpens (Furry Serpents)
- sangan (Three-eyed Bloodscratch Dragon)
- Pennadracidae (Feathered Dragons)
- Neradraco (Water Dragons)
- Aquadracidae (Aquatic Dragons)
- Salocean (Saltwater Dragons)
- crystallis (Crystal Dragon)
- Aquatios (Freshwater Dragons)
- Salocean (Saltwater Dragons)
- Amphidracidae (Amphibious Dragons)
- N/A
- aquus (Water Dragon)
- N/A
- Aquadracidae (Aquatic Dragons)
- Squamadraco (Scaled Dragons)
- Occidentidae (Western Dragons)
- Bipeda (Two-legged Western Dragons)
- chioni (Frost Dragon)
- wyvere (Wyverns)
- Tetrapa (Four-legged Western Dragons)
- aureo (Gold Dragon)
- fortis (Mega Dragon)
- glaciictum (Ice-Breathing Dragon)
- inferna (Hell Dragon)
- montis (Mountain Dragon)
- rex (Mountain King Dragon)
- rufus (Red Dragon)
- umbra (Black Dragon)
- ventum (Royal Green Dragon)
- veridis (Green Dragon)
- Minimi (Small Dragons)
- parvicaesitus (Blue Messenger Dragon)
- parvirudilus (Red Messenger Dragon)
- Fundati (Flightless Western Dragons)
- quantus (Aura Dragon)
- Bipeda (Two-legged Western Dragons)
- Orientalidae (Eastern Dragons)
- Caeluserpens (Sky Serpents)
- murasaki (Purple Dragon)
- pyrkagiรกs (Asian Fire Dragon)
- regia (Royal Gold Dragon)
- ultralucidum (Lightning Dragon)
- Dracoserpens (Dragon Serpents)
- Caeluserpens (Sky Serpents)
- Occidentidae (Western Dragons)
- Calidraco (Warm Dragons)
- Aves (Birds)
- Falconiformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey)
- Accipitridae (Hook-Billed Birds)
- Anticuus (Elemental Birds)
- igneus (Phoenixes)
- fulmen (Thunderbirds)
- Anticuus (Elemental Birds)
- Accipitridae (Hook-Billed Birds)
- Falconiformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey)
- Mammalia (Mammals)
- Carnivora (Carnivores)
- N/A
- Inferi (Dead)
- obsideo (Dark Beasts)
- Inferi (Dead)
- Canidae (Canines)
- Vulpes (Foxes)
- incendia (Firefoxes)
- Vulpes (Foxes)
- Mustelidae (Mustelids)
- Mustela (Weasels)
- glacies (Arctic Weasels)
- Mustela (Weasels)
- N/A
- Perissodactyla (Odd-Toed Ungulates)
- Coelequidae (Higher Equines)
- Pennalus (Winged Equines)
- pegasus (Pegasi)
- pennalus
- Ceri (Horned Equines)
- unicornu (Unicorns)
- monoceros
- Pennalus (Winged Equines)
- Coelequidae (Higher Equines)
- Primates (Primates)
- Homonidae (Homonids)
- Homo (Humans)
- sapiens (Modern Humans)
- brevis (Dwarves)
- eucharis (Elves)
- elementum (Elementals and Fortes)
- lycans (Werecreatures)
- pellicius (Anthros)
- latrans (Coyote Anthros)
- lotor (Common Raccoon Anthros)
- lupis (Grey Wolf Anthros)
- macroura (Hooded Skunk Anthro)
- pardus (Leopard Anthros)
- vulpes (Red Fox Anthros)
- Homo (Humans)
- Volae
- Velox (Fisors)
- cornu (Horned Fisors)
- Velox (Fisors)
- Homonidae (Homonids)
- Carnivora (Carnivores)
- Miscera (Polyzygotic Animals)
- N/A
- N/A
- Gryphi (Griffins)
- ecus (Hippogryph)
- pythos (Snake-Tailed Griffins)
- ornis (Lion Griffins)
- Gryphi (Griffins)
- N/A
- N/A
- Xenosauria (Dragons)
- Chordata (Vertebrates)
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First off I just want to say you did an awesome job with this; the level of detail and thought put into it are pretty amazing, and you took it way farther than most people would bother. However, I do have some suggestions as to how to divide your dragons based on biological features.
When you look at the typical dragon (excluding wyverns) they have four legs and two wings, for a total of six limbs. Every vertebrate in real life only has four. Perhaps you could make a split somewhere dividing the six-limbed creatures from the four-limbed ones. Probably the most sensible level is the order, although that would mean an awful lot of revisions :/
I also noticed you separated "scaled" dragons from "warm" dragons, placing feathered and furry dragons in the latter. However, feathers and scales are much more closely related than fur and feathers. Fur, horns, and hooves are formed of alpha keratin, while feathers and scales are made of beta keratin, which is much stronger. Also the same cells that make feathers in birds are only mildly tweaked to make the scales on their legs, so they are structurally more similar than feathers and fur. Then again, feathers and fur are closely related in that they grow in the deeper layers of the skin, whereas most reptile scales are formed on the epidermis. There are some scales that are formed in the dermis such as fish scales and the armor plating of alligators and crocodiles. I'm not sure if all that information makes you want to reconsider how you've divided furry/feathered and scaled dragons, but it's something to think about I guess XD
Another possible characteristic to divide your dragons up by is whether they are "warm-blooded" or "cold-blooded". I don't know if the order Calidrago was meant to include all the warm-blooded ones while the cold-blooded ones fell into Squamdraco, but you may wish to consider the dragon's habitat when placing it in those categories. Do all of the Squamdraco dragons live in climates that are warm enough so that they don't need to generate their own heat? You've placed the Tetrapa glaciictum in the cold-blooded category, but if it lives somewhere like the arctic (given that it breaths ice and all) where will it get the heat it needs to live? Is the dragon's habitat rich enough in food so that regulating their own temperature is actually more advantageous than sitting around and waiting for sunny weather? If it lives somewhere like the desert, then it can rely on the constant heat to keep it going and not waste calories on needless heating or cooling, but if it lives somewhere like a forest perhaps it could hunt more often if it was independent from the heat. These are all things to consider.
Unfortunately I don't know enough about your dragons species to offer much more advice. So much of it depends on where they live, what they eat, and etc. It is also very late at night and I can't remember half of the points I was going to make XD. I do recommend you consider the thing about four or six limbs, as well as hip and clavicle structure. Those two bone groups very immensely between various animals and each type has its pro's and con's. For example, big cats have minimal collar bones that are only attached to muscle, allowing them to land with great force on their front legs without breaking anything (or something like that XD). Birds, however, have crazy-complex chest systems involving an extra set of clavicle-like bones and a majorly-tweaked sternum to anchor the massive flight muscles they need. Feet too are another thing to think about. Do some of the the dragons have paw-type feet ideal for running, or do they have bird/reptile feet for totally different purposes? What kind of skulls do they have? Reptile and mammal jaw musculature differs greatly. Dental arrangement is a big one too- think of alligator teeth vs. dog/wolf teeth. Oh boy, I'd better quit while I'm ahead.
I apologize for my late-night rambling, but those are a few things to think about when assigning your creatures their respective titles.
As far as the layout itself goes, I would assign each level its own symbol; I had to keep scrolling back up to the nearest phylum to see what level I was on XD
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I finally have some time to reply to this. XP
If you look under the family Occidentalidae, there are classifications for two- and four-legged dragons. However, it wouldn't be a bad idea to move that further up in rank or change it to four- and six-limbed dragons instead. You're right, though. It wold mean entirely revisioning the taxonomy, which would mean entirely different terms for each rank, which already took a mighty long time to put together.
This information about feathers actually sounds familiar. I think I knew it at one time and forgot sometime before I made this taxonomy. I think I had feathered dragons under the 'warm' dragons mostly because the order Calidraco looked pretty bare. Of course, the water dragon area looks pretty bare, too. :/
The division based on thermoregulation is something I also spaced out on when I started putting this together. However, this actually brings up a good point for the inclusion of a superorder or subclass under Xenosauria to include the division between cold- and warm-blooded dragons. The orders Neradraco and Squamadraco would be identified as cold-blooded, while Calidraco would be warm-blooded. However, if it is done this way, then the feathered dragons wouldn't be able to be classified under the order Squamadraco, since all birds are warm-blooded. Still, this does bring up an inconsistency with dragons under the order Squamadraco, like Bipeda chioni, that live in very cold weather, where there is likely very few other animals to prey on for warmth.
I don't believe any of this was rambling, in my opinion. It's all valuable information that I will use for the furthering of the taxonomical nomenclature of mythical animals. I have, after all, taken it upon myself to do it, so it ain't done until it's done right. Of course, classifying mythical creatures is a work that pretty much never be finished, but I at least gotta have what I have done done correctly.
I the future, I might end up doing a complete revision anyway, starting with which ones look most alike phenotypically and working my way up to the class like I probably should have done in the first place.
As for the layout, the symbols were all different when I did this on Microsoft word, and it was supposed to do the same thing on the internet, but it doesn't let me fix each one with their own symbols on the internet, for whatever reason. :/
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Check my profile for my dragon's scientific names
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This is awesome! you did an amazing job here! Thank you for sharing!
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Well done.ย
There are plenty of areas where I differ and would have used different word roots and different groupings based on mythological terms, but all in all this i entirely defensible.
Thanks for posting it.
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I came here looking for the taxonomy rank of the word "dragon"
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honestly, i would think the classification of anthros would be an absolute pain.
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Pretty awesome! I, personally, am a dracoligist with a PHD in the study of Dragonology and related subjects. Recently I have started a complete taxonomy classification of every single dragon species and breed ever to come into human media. Ever. [this may take time.] I was taking a break [because you can only do so many latin names before your brain starts melting] and googled "Dragon Taxonomy". . . really, you wouldn't believe the trash I found. Many people left out pseudodragons or variants other than the main western group. Your's, though . . . top notch work. You really didn't leave anything out. It's nice to know that there are other scholars out there who appreciate the careful study of dragonkind as much as me.
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Holy CRAP this is amazing! I was looking for stuff like this to help me with my own made up species! Superb my man (or gal).
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I love this work! It is so neat and awesome!
I wish you will add [link] fire elemental, water elemental, earth elemental ,wind elemental. And it would be better if "elementum" is a genus because they don't share common characteristics with humans and anthros (my own oppinion XD).
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Actually, "elementum" was a species created for my book and basically describes a human that has been endowed with one of the 21 elements. There is a slight change of DNA when that happens, thus turning them into an "elemental" as I see them.
I'm sorry to say that the elementals in your link wouldn't really fit into the taxonomy anywhere as they appear to me more divine beings (ie. a volcano god) rather than a biological organism. Sorry.
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[just really quick . . . ] True. Drives me CRAZY when people do that ย ย . . . but that's just me. Vertebrata is technically a subphylum of Chordata, therefore is not required when listing basic taxonomy overviews. Same thing with super- and infra- classification levels.
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I do realize there are quite a few I left out, but I only did so to save space. If I include every clade, I would end up with some 20 bullets leading down to an organism. If people were really interested in already-existing taxonomical classifications, they could just go check Wikipedia. On the other hand, people probably would be interested in the subtaxons of the mythical creatures, and I do admit that I should probably include many of them in this list. A lot of work still needs to go into this. Thanks for your input.
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This... wow. It's so neat and organized and a wonderful reference to have! I'm definitely going to keep it around!
Thank you so much for putting this together!
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WOW!! Awesome! Thank You
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Common sense is not very common.
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No problem, but watch out for revisions. They'll be pretty common this early in the taxonomy's lifespan.
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Nice job, but what said must be taken into account (what taxonomy doesn't need revisions?).
Anyway, griffons (or griffins) can't be part of Aves - it just can't happen for a bird to sprout all the hind parts of a mammal. They're 'chimeric' creautures in the sense it mixes two or more animals more drastically than a hybrid. I was working together with another person some time ago and we came up with the taxonomy of griffons, including ecology etc.
Also, werewolves (and the other were-stuff) can't be separate species. Lycanthropy is a curse (or blessing, depending on the werecreature's view), often placed on but sometimes born with, affecting cretures of different species, like humans, elves etc. They're regular humans (or elves etc) with some freakish ability.
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I figured that bit about Griffins. In fact, I had their current taxonomy under a 'Disputable' section at the very bottom of the list for a while. Taking your advice into account, I have moved Griffins to the class Miscera, which is, in essence, animal mixes. Chimeras, Basilisks, and more will soon also be in that class.
As for the werecreatures, I realize I forgot that there was a difference between them and anthros. Since they are able to change forms, I have moved them under the species pellicius, as the subspecies lycans.
Thanks for your critique.
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No problem. Glad I could help!
I'm a taxonomist myself, so I like to see things neatly arranged.
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I'm a perfectionist, so I also like thing to be arranged neatly. You helped me feel better about that.
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I think you did this pretty well. It's hard to get anything dragon in any sort of read-able order, and you did just that. Nice work on this!
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Thanks. Glad you like it.
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You are in the sky with diamonds, just like Lucy!
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Whoo! Lucy Sky Diamonds! Can I have some?
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lol there in the Church communion
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I didn't make it up. A real life example is that domesticated dogs are actually a subspecies of grey wolves.
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hmm there also seems to be Like>Domain>
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*Life
Actually, there's even more. If you include botany, there are 37 levels of classification. Most people only focus on the seven included above (and sometimes subspecies as the eighth).
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I am so confused, but that can't be helped. *Hates Taxonomy.*
Why are unicorns and pegasi not listed? And nagas. :/
And wheres the wyvern and basilisk?
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This list was originally created just for the creatures that would appear in my series, (with some extra dragons), so it didn't have a whole lot of other things. However, I will add those after a little bit of research.
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