Talk:Monster Hunter Evolution - My Theories/@comment-4212769-20120830224645

Well, that's a nice theory though I need to disagree with some of your points:

1. I like the idea of thinking that insects and Neopterons are seperate species but why shouldn't those insects be Neopterons, too? I would say the MH world just "took" some classes and gave them different names fitting better the feeling that it's another planet with other circumstances leading to different designations.

2. The part I like the least is the mammals. You say that Pelagi evolved from mammals that evolved from reptiles but those Pelagi evolved to Fanged Wyvern and again to reptile-like monsters? That doesn't make sense to me and is quite redundant, isn't it? As the same for Neopterons I believe Pelagi replace the mammals wholly.

I would say the mammal-like monsters evolved equally as on Earth from reptile(-like) to Pelagus. But in this case the reptile-like monster was a Flying Wyvern that evolved to Pseudowyverns that evolved mammal-like traits. After that they lost their wing structure completely and formed the Fanged Wyvern. And those finally evolved to the Pelagus class.

3. Elder Dragons is a quite unclear designation as there are monster in this class that are surely no dragons. I don't only consider Kirin and Yama Tsukami as one of them but also Jhen Mohran, Amatsumagatsuchi and Ceadeus as they are very Leviathan-like (yes, they still deserve the name Elder Dragon though). I would say there are different threads forming different kinds of Elder Dragons meaning some are not close related.

3.1 Leviathan-like Elder Dragons: They evolved from Leviathans (obviously).

3.2 Kirin: I guess mammal-like Herbivores.

3.3 Yama Tsukami: Probably Jellyfish as the guy that tells you about Elder Dragons said that its ancestors were living in the sea.

3.4 Lunastra/Teostra: I would say the mammal-like Pseudowyverns or Fanged Wyverns. Out of them the others evolved.

3.5 Lao Shan Lung: Hard to say. Maybe a Brute Wyvern that evolved stronger front legs to use them as legs, or again Pseudowyverns or Leviathans that lost their ability to swim and just walked on the ground (could be a Behemoth ;)).

Btw, you forgot the Cannines in the mammal section (Nono and Kamu Orugaron).

Tell me what you think. ^^