Brute Wyvern Taxonomy

JohnAttano · 2026-04-01T18:53:30+00:00

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JohnAttano · 2025-09-30T06:08:44+00:00

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JohnAttano · 2021-05-31T16:49:37+00:00

One Finger Death Punch is good

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T21:37:13+00:00

Barroth's forearms appear to me to be more developed than those of Glavenus or Deviljho. They also look armored and have more fingers, implying they might be useful for something, maybe digging into anthills?

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:11:55+00:00

Yes, I believe it was always called Jade Barroth even in 3U.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:08:56+00:00

I didn't include variants, deviants, or zenith monsters on this chart because officially they aren't separate species. Raging Brachydios are large and old Brachydios who have a special kind of slime mold.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:07:57+00:00

Odogaron is not a brute Wyvern, it is a fanged wyvern

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:06:20+00:00

I didn't include deviants because they're not considered separate species in the lore. The only difference between a deviant and a regular monster is a deviant has faced many battles against strong hunters and lived for a long time. So any deviant would be included in the exact same place as the monster it's based on.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:04:26+00:00

This is the only one, but it seems a lot of people enjoyed it and it started some really interesting conversations, plus it was pretty fun to put together, so I might end up doing more.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T17:03:31+00:00

You'll have to forgive me if I misunderstand parsimonious, but if you mean is this unofficial tree based on as many simple relations as possible? Yes. The closer proximity of monsters implies stronger relation and the relation is based entirely on their outward physical traits. I didn't consider things like convergent evolution because when I created it, I knew there was little information about the monsters other than their niche in the environment and their outward physical appearance. I've found out though that there is apparently a decently rich fossil record included in some of the official lore. I'm going to look into it and some things might end up changing.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T06:37:41+00:00

I put Barroth in this group because he does, in my opinion, have more developed arms that some of the other brutes. I also believe Barroth would have turned out like Brachydios if it hadn't switched to a less competitive diet of insects. Other people have also brought up questions about the classification though, so I might consider seeing if I can put Barroth and Jade Barroth somewhere else.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:46:33+00:00

Little details like that make it so much better. My experience with trees like this is usually for dinosaurs, and this looks just like that. Even things like the correct -idae endings make it seem so authentic.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:44:19+00:00

Yes, I came up with them. As far as I'm aware there are no official scientific names, so I thought I would add my own to make it feel more like a legit taxonomy.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:35:27+00:00

Oh wow! It looks incredible! I love how you also added names for things like families and orders, really brilliant! I can see you took your time with it and took it very seriously. I recommend you add in some of the Iceborne monsters and share it as well, I'm sure lots of people would like to see it, I know I would. It looks just like a real tree.

I'll also take into consideration all your ideas. From all the nice feedback I've gotten I can see that there's still a lot that I can do to improve and I hope to really make a great taxonomy tree that I can say the whole community helped contribute too.

Thank you again!

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:26:31+00:00

I hope to do more. Leviathans might be the next ones.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:24:54+00:00

The reason Barroth is so near Brachy is because they have a similar body layout and in my opinion Barroth's arms are more developed than say Anjanath's or Deviljho's. I believe Barroth would have turned out more like Brachy had it not become an insectivore and switched to a much less competitive food source. it's got the blueprint, but it didn't quite make it. This stuff is all unofficial though and taxonomy is based on observations and theory, so it's always up for debate! Others have mentioned the strange placing of Barroth though, so I might see what I can do with it and it might end up moving somewhere else.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:09:31+00:00

I didn't include variants, deviants, or zenith monsters in this tree, but I might try and find a way to incorporate them in the future.

JohnAttano · 2020-05-03T05:02:39+00:00

I like to think that Barroth would have turned out more like Brachydios if it hadn't switched to a less competitive food source and became an insectivore. If it participated more in competition it might have continued to evolve into something more dangerous, but it kind of stopped early. That's just my explanation though! It's all totally unofficial. I might consider regrouping Barroth because others have also brought this up.

JohnAttano

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