兽类 are a category of 敌人 in 异度神剑X. It includes all beast-like and bird-like 敌人. 兽类 敌人 have the widest distribution across the five regions of 米拉, alongside 昆虫类, and contain the highest number of species, at thirty one types.
Regular 兽类 also share a common 主色调 weakness to 热能 attacks, and a secondary weakness to 以太 based attacks, with airborne 兽类 also being weak to 重力 attacks, and no resistances, with 珍稀种 usually having 5 extra resistance against every attribute.
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Types of 兽类
From smallest to largest, by size classification, 兽类 species include the following:
Small 兽类
There are no small 兽类 enemies
Medium 兽类
- 狼蜥 - Predatorial, lupine-like pack 猎人 with smooth head plating and spear-like tails, found in 原初荒野 and 忘却溪谷.
- 尸狼 - The parallel species to Grexes, found in 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆, and possess darker plating, jagged tusks, and lantern-like organs on their tails.
- 蛮豕 - Commonplace, familial omnivores that bear heavy resemblance to pigs, found in 原初荒野, 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷. 蛮豕 have distinguishable 男性 and 女性 variants, the 女性 being called 雌性蛮豕, and a domestic variety known as 装甲蛮豕, trained for use in battle.
- 球尾羊 - Small, docile herbivores with several similarities to sheep, but have tough plating on their limbs, backs and foreheads and pom-pom balls at the end of their tails, found in 原初荒野, 忘却溪谷, and 白树大陆
- 步行鸟 - Flightless, fleet-footed avian-like creatures, reminiscent of turkeys, found in 原初荒野 and 忘却溪谷, with curved beaks and crests, and large sacks drooping from their throats.
- 铠龙 - Blind, bipedal creatures with a vaguely reptilian-like appearance, found in 夜光森林, 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆, with bulbous tails, crooked horns and a ring of poisonous glands around their necks.
- 伏袭龙 - Velociraptor-like creatures, with feathery features and paddle-like tails, similar in form to 铠龙 and 步行鸟, found in 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷.
- 穴蝠 - Blind, winged creatures which heavily resemble bats, except for also having long tails, found at 夜间 or in caves in 原初荒野, 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷.
- 瓷鸮 - Winged, white, flocking creatures with resemblance to owls, found in 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
- 巨耳獭 - Aquatic, otter-like creatures with a high-pitched shriek and large, 锐耳 which can be used to form a torpedo shape for diving, found in 原初荒野 and 夜光森林.
- 巨尾鼬 - Burrowing, skunk-like cave dwellers, commonly found in packs, with massive tails and v-shaped ear formations, found in 夜光森林, 忘却溪谷, 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
- 角鸮 - Avian-like creatures, possessing trumpet-like organs on their heads and eye-patterns on their fan like arms, found in 原初荒野, 忘却溪谷 and 黑钢大陆. Each 角鸮 holds a giant spherical jewel in their chest cavity.
- 暴鸮 - Similar to 角鸮 in appearance, but white, and more ornamental looking, with giant pearls in their chest cavities, and rounded arm patterns, found in 白树大陆 exclusively.
- 河马 - Semi-aquatic beasts, resembling Hippos even in name, but with exaggerated lower incisors and twin back humps which can act as mortar launchers, found in 原初荒野, 忘却溪谷, 白树大陆, and 黑钢大陆. A domestic variety known as a Noppopotamus also exists, acting as cargo transporters for 诺彭.
Large 兽类
- 麒麟马 - Unicorn-like quadrupeds with hooked hooves, ornate horns and tubular plate formations running along their backs, found in 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
- 奇骏s - Equine-like creatures, with a distinctly horse-like cry and mannerisms, but also have a small horn and a pair of ornate, crescent wing formations on their backs, found in 夜光森林, 忘却溪谷, and 白树大陆.
- 灵长猿es - Big monkey-like beasts, with little body hair beyond a thick mane, and two sets of large, muscled forelimbs, found in 原初荒野, 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷.
- 腔鸣猿 - Parasitic, cave-dwelling beasts with leathery skin, no eyes, and two sets of forelimbs, sometimes seen posing as statues, found in 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆, along with a mission at Biahno 净水厂.
- 陆生海蛞 - Quadrupedal, docile beasts with a vague resemblance to snails, with extendable, elastic 下身, and large gemstones on their backs, found in 原初荒野, 忘却溪谷, and 白树大陆.
- 独角鹰 - Beaked, condor-like creatures with gigantic lance-horns on their heads, and vocalisation pouches on their backs, found in 原初荒野 and 忘却溪谷.
- 铁骨鹰 - Kind of avian-like beasts with gigantic head horns, full-body plating, and wings made with membrane instead of feathers, found in 夜光森林, 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
- 巨鳄 - Reptilian-like, semi-aquatic beasts, similar in shape to crocodiles, but with a single eye, and wing formations on their backs, found in 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷.
- 噬矿兽 - Crawling beasts, found in lava and water alike, Crocodile-like in shape, but hammer-headed and with arching backs which form a sail shape, found in 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
X-Large 兽类
- 岩猿 - Humongous brute quadrupeds, somewhat similar to giant moles, with muscular limbs and spade like heads, covered by rock 防具. Found in 忘却溪谷, 白树大陆 and 黑钢大陆.
- 尖额猿es - Physically similar to 岩猿, but with pointed alloy plating covering their foreheads and ingrown 爪击 on their forelegs, curling over their fingers. Found in 夜光森林 and Slyvalum.
- 阳鹿 - Woody, long legged docile creatures, resembling deer, with massive, natural antlers made of wood, and weak back vertebra covered by mossy fur, found in 原初荒野, 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷.
- 以太鹿 - Oriental, almost ceramic looking quadrupeds with resemblance to deer, but with thick, curved antlers reminiscent of antelope, and ornate branches and leaves growing from their limbs and back, found in 夜光森林 and 白树大陆.
- 烈火雄狮 - Rare, lion-like beasts with manes made of bristles, long tails and single trailing whiskers, and a fire producing sac on their underbellies. Found in 原初荒野 and 忘却溪谷 in the form of the 珍稀种「慧眼」杜尔文 and 「心眼」费利西亚诺.
XX-Large 兽类
- 双腔龙 - Magnificent sauropod-like creatures with a long neck-like proboscis, and large spiked tails, found in 原初荒野, and in 夜光森林 and 忘却溪谷 in the form of the 珍稀种 「不动」费尔南多 and 「无首皇帝」格拉迪乌斯.
- 象龙 - Black, elephant-like creatures with pointed 下身, a single eye, covered by a head-like formation on the front of the body, and a gigantic erupting flower-like protrusion on their backs, found in 白树大陆 exclusively.
Terminology
兽类 is probably derived from the Greek θήρ, θηρός, θηρίον (thḗr, thērós, thērión), meaning "beast" or "animal", and probably refers to Theria, the current scientific mammals subclass and historically grouping any placental mammals.