Ursinoid

A Ursinoid is the typoid classification of creatures exhibiting characteristics similar to Terran bear. They tend to be mammalianoid as well.

Description (Specifications)

An ursinoid lifeform is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Dense pelt
• Distinctive aural organs
• Highly developed olfactory organs
• Horizontal orientation
• Non-retractile claws
• Plantigrade paws
• Powerful body
• Pronounced snout
• Short tail
• Stocky limbs
• Thick, durable bones

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Specific Species Exemplars

Notable Ursinoid Species: Charted Space knows a number of Ursinoid species:

Selected Ursinoid Species Exemplars
Specie/s	Sophonce	Remarks
Murians	Sophont	The Murians or Altareans are known for the technological prowess and occupy and empire to spinward.
Sea Bear	Creature	Sea Bears are fearsome, hexapodal hunters with a fierce sense of determination.
Terran Bear	Creature	Terrans Bears are both beloved and feared ursines, known for their species variation and toughness.
Ursa	Sophont	The Ursa are a terragen species that was geneered by the Solomani and eventually spread out to the stars.
Vlandian Ashurgarsh	Creature	The Ashurgarsh is a highly dangerous creature is renowned for its sheer ferocity and determination.

History & Background (Dossier)

It is relatively common for a creature to meet sufficient criteria to qualify as more than one classification of animal.

See also

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
Life Sciences:

Biotechnology

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• B: Biology
  • Astrobiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Conventional Biology
  • Exobiology
  • Sophontology
  • Xenobiology

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• B: Biotechnology
  • Artificial Womb
  • Biochip
  • Bio-Identenoid
  • Biotechnology
  • Cybertechnology
  • Metabolic Chamber
  • Personality Recording
  • Relict Regeneration
  • Replacement Body Part

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• G: Genetic Engineering
  • Chimera Species
  • Clone
  • Human Chimera
  • Relict
  • Supra-Species
  • Synthetic
  • Terragen
  • Uplift
  • Variant Race
  • Variant Human Race
  • Variant Non-Human Race

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• S: Sophonce
  • Sophont
    • Extilligence
    • Intelligence
    • Sapient
    • Sentient
    • Stimulus

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science