"Your favorite animal-based sci-fi race?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	06 May 2024 8:13 p.m. PST
Which is your favorite sci-fi alien race, that is conceptually based on some kind of Earth species or group of species? * cat aliens * dog aliens * lizard aliens etc.
Insomniac	06 May 2024 9:57 p.m. PST
Lizard aliens (Especially those like the one in the movie Jupiter Ascending).
Titchmonster	06 May 2024 10:12 p.m. PST
Squidbillies
Herkybird	07 May 2024 12:00 a.m. PST
Lizard aliens (V) and the like. Oddly, the only 'Cat' aliens I can remember offhand are the zygerrians in two Star Wars animated series.
David Manley	07 May 2024 12:16 a.m. PST
Treecats in the Honor Harrington series of novels
Edge of Empires	07 May 2024 1:03 a.m. PST
Judoon from Doctor Who – Rhino Mercs/private security/police
D6Craig	07 May 2024 2:01 a.m. PST
From the Traveller RPG, I always liked the Vargr.
rvandusen	07 May 2024 2:35 a.m. PST
Reptilian aliens. Lizards/snakes
GurKhan	07 May 2024 2:36 a.m. PST
Probably Niven's Kzinti – rat-tailed cats.
Wackmole9	07 May 2024 3:58 a.m. PST
2nd Gurkhan on the Kzinti
doomfire	07 May 2024 4:54 a.m. PST
Any of the alien species from C.J. Cherryh's multitude of books, but especially the Hani (cats) from the Chanur series.
miniMo	07 May 2024 5:52 a.m. PST
Space Rats.
Col Durnford	07 May 2024 6:13 a.m. PST
Toss up between Weasels from Fleet book series and bugs from Traveler 2300.
McKinstry	07 May 2024 8:42 a.m. PST
Kzinti.
Grattan54	07 May 2024 9:11 a.m. PST
Pigs
Rich Bliss	07 May 2024 9:15 a.m. PST
Vargr
Stew art	07 May 2024 9:54 a.m. PST
Quar!
20thmaine	07 May 2024 10:14 a.m. PST
The Tines.
Saber6	07 May 2024 10:52 a.m. PST
Vargr
Umpapa	07 May 2024 12:26 p.m. PST
Kzinti/Kilrathi
Tgerritsen	07 May 2024 1:08 p.m. PST
Vargr, though Kzinti are pretty cool.
BenMinis	07 May 2024 1:57 p.m. PST
Ducks
etotheipi	07 May 2024 2:06 p.m. PST
1. POTA! 2. Giraffe Men 3. Communist Gorillas from Outer Space 4. Fishmen, Fishmen, Roly-Poly Fishmen Honorable mention: Brainz! … I mean they're some earth species' brain, right? … unless Volkswagen is a species …
The Nigerian Lead Minister	07 May 2024 3:15 p.m. PST
Quar.
Stryderg	07 May 2024 7:01 p.m. PST
Bugs, lots and lots of bugs.
Wolfshanza	07 May 2024 9:17 p.m. PST
Kzinti. What's not to like about large psycopathic tigers :)
Oberlindes Sol LIC	08 May 2024 5:23 p.m. PST
Vargr (Traveller's uplifted wolves)
TimePortal	08 May 2024 6:29 p.m. PST
Was not Kzenti he cat race on STO? Or was that the Lycian's?
M1Fanboy	10 May 2024 6:45 a.m. PST
Aslan
jefritrout	19 May 2024 9:33 a.m. PST
First thoughts were Cat from CJ Cherryh's Chanur series.
Oberlindes Sol LIC	31 May 2024 2:41 p.m. PST
@TimePortal: The Kzinti were a somewhat tiger-like sentient species created by Larry Niven for his Known Space fiction. They appear in Star Trek: The Animated Series and possibly other places.

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