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The world of Arknights is populated by various Races which resembles the Homo sapiens of Earth, but with physical traits from various animals, legendary creatures, and mythological beings. They can be considered humanoid or anthropomorphic.
- Humanoid Terrans appear similarly to Earthlings, albeit with bestial ears and a non-prehensile tail (although some Terrans do not have either of them), as well as additional features based on their race (e.g. horns, feathers). They are better known on Earth as kemonomimi.
- Some humanoid Terrans have rounded ears in place of bestial ones.
- Some humanoid Terrans actually have two pairs of ears; the bestial ones and Earthling ones. Interestingly, all four ears are functional,[1] but how this affects hearing is unexplained.
- Anthropomorphic Terrans are bipedal, sapient versions of the animal/creature they are based on,. They are better known on Earth as furries.
Whether or not a Terran is anthropomorphic or humanoid does not correspond to their lineage, as attested to by the anthropomorphic Rat King having a humanoid daughter (Lin Yühsia). It is unknown if Terrans are related in some way to Earthlings due to their superficially similar appearance.
As all female Terrans have breasts, they are viviparous – specifically placental like Earthlings. Interracial relationships appear to be common among the Terrans (e.g. Severin Hawthorn having a Caprinae cousin, Tatjana; Talulah and Ch'en; the relationship between Liang Xun and Ning Ciqiu), but it is likely that only two closely related Terrans can actually bear offspring[2]; even then, the children will always be of either parent's race with the exception of the Sankta, whose offspring will never be one (outside of certain extremely rare circumstances) if they bear the child of a non-Sankta.[3]
The term human and its derivatives are typically used to refer to the Terran races as a whole, with specific titles reserved for use in technical circumstances.[4][5]
In the Elite 2 artworks of many Operators, certain animals are present alongside them which are actual existence. These animals, referred to as "Spiritual Animals",[6][7] (rather than the term "beasts," which is used by Terrans to refer to terrestrial animals) are similar in nature to dæmons in His Dark Materials but corporeal and harmless, although some may be the result of their Oripathy.[8][9]
Unidentified
The following Terrans are not (yet) classified into any known race, whether due to a lack of information, their traits making their exact race difficult to identify, or because they are an organization of various races.
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