List of species (Animorphs)
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This is a list of fictional alien species from the science fiction series Animorphs, in alphabetical order. Major species are in bold.
It is notable that some of these species are sentient life forms, while others are alien "animals;" many (particularly those of Visser Three's morphs) are never definitively classified in the books.
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[edit] A
- Anati: Little is known of the Anati or their world; apparently a fleet of Yeerk ships disappeared around this planet, and Visser One was charged with overseeing the infestation of whatever race(s) lived there, with the punishment of death if she failed. Later on Taylor implies that the Anati situation has been badly handled, and indeed, Visser One's execution seems to indicate she failed.
- Andalite
- Antarean Bogg: the first creature Visser Three was seen morphing into in #1: The Invasion, and the one with which he kills and eats Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul. It is a hulking, two-legged creature with an impossibly bloated head, arm-length teeth, merged features, and thick tentacles for arms. The Antarean Bogg was genetically engineered by the Arn.
- Arn
[edit] B
- Bievilerd: A creature from the planet Ondar. It is described as almost being a living stealth bomber, completely jet black, with several large wings and a huge mouth. If you look into its eyes you will die instantly.
[edit] C
- Capasin
- Chadoo: small, tree-dwelling creatures of the Hork-Bajir home-world. They have four limbs, skin flaps, are covered in feathers,and are very quick and agile. It is Aldrea's second morph. Tree sap attracts them.
- Chan Wath: minor species mentioned only in The Ellimist Chronicles.
- Chee
[edit] D
- Dayang: They are a fairly unknown race of people. At least some of them are traders, and one of them found a Pemalite Crystal, though he didn't know what it really was, and traded it to the Yeerks.
- Djabala: small, six-legged creatures of the Andalite home-world. They have a rather simple physiology, and similar enough to Andalites' so that the djabala is the first creature that arisths (lowest rank) morph during basic training.
- Dule Fansa: Visser Three morphs it in #20: The Discovery. Marco describes it as looking like a skinnier, more muscular version of Barney the Dinosaur, with a face located where most species' chests are. It has the ability to fire orange cones from its arms, which can cause mass damage. He is first seen morphing it in David's room.
[edit] F
- The Five: hunted the Venber to extinction, using the Venbers' melted forms as computer superconductors. After an encounter with the Andalites, the Five themselves disappeared completely.
- Folk: mentioned briefly in The Ellimist Chronicles as a cannibalistic species that eats its own children. During a challenge set up by Crayak, the Ellimist fails to save their planet from an asteroid, upsetting crop-rotation and causing the Folk to descend into all-out cannibalism until extinction.
[edit] G
- Galilash: A species native to the Hork-Bajir homeworld, created by the Arn to prevent Hork-Bajir from crossing the zone of separation. The Galilish, are fourteen feet tall, with green and red reptilian flesh and razored tentacles.
- Garatron: similar in appearance to the unrelated Andalites, with a few differences, such as lacking stalk eyes or a tail blade. They are also capable of instantaneously fast movement that far surpasses the speed of any Earth animal. They use a form of thought speech that is very fast and condensed compared to the standard form of thought speak, lacking any pauses between words or punctuation. They are capable of running on water as seen in #37: The Weakness when a Garatron-Controller ran across the surface of a Yeerk Pool. The Garatron-Controller was killed by Marco in cobra morph, when he bit and poisoned the Garatron.
- Gedds
- Generationals: mentioned only in The Ellimist Chronicles as being a "corporate life form". Each generation of theirs is numbered, i.e.: Generation 9561, etc.
- Gofinickilast: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
- Gork: A species native to the Hork-Bajir homeworld, created by the Arn to prevent Hork-Bajir from crossing the zone of separation. The Gork are described as being, three feet tall, but twenty feet across, they shuffle on twelve legs with snapping, extending mouths on all sides.
- Graffen's Children: They resemble Gumby, and are very peaceful. They were wiped out by the Howlers.
- Grasper: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
[edit] H
- Hawjabran: Members of this species also have the unusual characteristic of having a brain that is not centralized in one place, as the human brain is centered in the head; theirs is spread in bits throughout their bodies, which makes them useless as hosts to the Yeerks. Early on, the Yeerks who escaped from their homeworld attacked a Hawjabran ship and, finding them useless, allowed all six thousand inhabitants to die from a lack of life-support systems. Their freighters resemble the star-ship Enterprise from Star Trek, according to Ax.
- Hayati: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
- Helmacron
- Hork-Bajir
- Howler
[edit] I
- Illaman: members of the Illaman Confederacy, mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles but not defined as a species or a group.
- Inner Worlders: a species of winged, multiple-eyed aliens that are in a long-standing conflict with the Jallians.
- Iskoort
[edit] J
- Jallian: a species of slug-like, multi-armed aliens in a long-standing conflict with the Inner Worlders. Their entire species is eventually destroyed by the Inner Worlders.
- Jubba-Jubba: A species native to the hork-bajir homeworld, created by the Arn to prevent Hork-Bajir from crossing the zone of separation. Large and terrifyingly strong, three fingered creatures the jubba-jubba are capable of pulling limbs from bodies with complete ease.
[edit] K
- Kafit Bird:
A type of bird from the Andalite homeworld. There are only three species of bird, and the kafit is considered the best, with six powerful wings and a razor bill for a beak. In the early days of the Yeerk-Andalite war, training arisths acquired the kafit and flew around for amusement.
Fan-Art of the Kafit
- Kaftid: A creature from the Hork-Bajir world, with eight legs, a seahorse-like head, slimy skin, and the ability to shoot acid.
- Kelbrid: aggressive yet trustworthy enemies of the Andalites mentioned only in The Beginning.
- Ketran
- Korla: mentioned in Megamorphs #2: In the Time of Dinosaurs by Ax, who implies that they are rather odd-looking, as the Taxxons and Skrit are.
[edit] L
- Laga: a peaceful race mentioned only in The Ellimist Chronicles. The Ellimist fails to save their planet from an asteroid sent by Crayak.
- Lebtain Javelin Fish: a large yellow-coloured aquatic creature, with brightly coloured natural harpoon stored within its body. These harpoons are brightly coloured, which is probably a means of camouflage on its home planet.
- Leeran
- Lerdethak
- Luminar: morphed by Visser Three in #36: The Mutation, the Luminar is a vaguely humanoid and capable of generating enough heat that it can burn its victims to ash from a few feet away. Unsurprisingly, it is incredibly vulnerable to water.
[edit] M
- Madrut: a whale-sized creature, dark red in color with tiny thrashing 'fish tails' all along its back, that lives on one of the moons orbiting the Andalite home world. It moves by shooting water out of three huge water sacs. Visser Three has this creature as a morph, used in #4: The Message.
- Mak: Temrash 114 claimed that the Yeerks had conquered this species.
- Mamathisk: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
- Mashtimee: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
- Mercora
- Mortons: Composed of two separate entities (a yellow and black bottom half with wheels, and a red elongated head with razor-sharp teeth and concealed wings), the Mortrons were a pet species of Esplin 9466. Mortrons are regenerative, meaning if one of them is cut in half, it will sprout into two full Mortrons.
- Multitudinal: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
[edit] N
- Nahara: A species that have been completely enslaved by the Yeerks.
- Nartec
- Nesk
- Norshk: a species of space pirates, mentioned only in #54: The Beginning.
- Nostnavay: a species mentioned in The Ellimist Chronicles.
[edit] O
- Ongachic: Their females resemble Worf from Star Trek. Some of their race have been taken by the Yeerks, but they fled their homeworld long ago. Now they live all throughout the galaxy as a nomadic tribe, and as a result of their decentralization, only a few are known to be Controllers.
- Orff
[edit] P
- Pemalite
- Pon: a species destroyed by the Howlers
[edit] S
- Skrit Na
- Sstram: Temrash 114 claimed that the Yeerks had conquered this species.
[edit] T
[edit] U
- Unemite: They are non-spacefaring. Their appearance varies drastically among members of the species; face and hair colors vary, and the number of arms ranges from three to nine. They have two eyes facing forward, and one backward. They enjoy the music of the adge, an instrument with a mouthpiece and seven strings. In The Ellimist Chronicles, Skrit Na captured a Unemite. They were eventually "merged" into "Father", who used music as a game to play against the Ellimist. The Unemite eventually became part of the Ellimist as he collected Father's minds.
[edit] V
- Vanarx: Also known as the Yeerkbane, they look like large, transparent purple bipeds with raptor-like bodies and a long tubelike head. They eat Yeerks by sucking the controller's head until the Yeerk comes out.
- Veleek
- Venber: Venbers are a race of hydrogen-based aliens, about human size but much taller. They are silver with streaks of blood-red or midnight-blue on their shoulders, waist, and hammerhead shark-like head. Venbers have 4 arms, the lower two of which hold pole-like appendages. Venber live in very low temperature conditions, and because of their hydrogen-based constitution, when they reach temperatures above freezing, they melt. At one time, they lived on a freezing moon and were among the first alien species that the Andalites came in contact with, but they were wiped out by a race known as The Five who melted their bodies for semiconductors. The Yeerks made a crossbreed of Human and Venber for use as biological robots in a secret facility in the Arctic.
[edit] Y
[edit] Other
- 'Fire Creature:' A fire-breathing creature morphed by Visser Three in #1: The Invasion, and #47: The Resistance. It has eight heads, eight legs, and eight arms.
- 'Rock Creature:' A creature morphed by Visser Three in #2: The Visitor, with three legs, a tiny head, and a rock-like appearance.
- 'Sea Snake Creature': A bright yellow sea snake creature morphed by Visser Three in #15: The Escape. It is capable of detaching its' jaws so far that it can swallow a full-grown Andalite in one bite.
- 'Pteradon Creature': A creature morphed by Visser Three in #17: The Underground. It has a five-foot wingspan, a head elongated backwards and forwards, and is covered in sharp quills.
- 'Medusa Creature': A creature morphed by Visser Three in #24: The Suspicion. It has a full head of bright orange tentacles, each tipped with a razor-sharp scythe.
- 'Eyeball Creature': A creature morphed by Visser Three in #29: The Sickness. It resembles a large eyeball, with long yellow paralysis-inducing tentacles in place of eyelashes.
- 'Crab Creature': A creature morphed by Visser Three in #30: The Reunion. A human-sized crab capable of chameleon-like camouflauge so developed that it is almost invisible.
- 'Blob Creature': A creature morphed by Visser Three in #37: The Weakness. Essentially a humongous, reeking pile of fat, impervious to most attacks and capable of suffocating its victims.
- 'Gorilla Creature': A creature morphed by Visser One in #48: The Return. Described as a cross between a gorilla and a lizard, it is capable of oozing out incredibly painful acid.
- 'Jello Creature': A creature morphed by Visser One in #48: The Return. Described as a humongous, carnivorous pile of Jello.
- 'Squid Creature': A creature morphed by Visser One in #50: The Ultimate, with a giant squid-like body, a hard black exo-skeleton, and twenty spike-covered tentacles.
- 'Octopus Creature': A giant, octopus-like creature morphed by Visser One in #52: The Sacrifice.
