GURPS: Technomancer has chimera races. They're magical beings derived from predators in the American Southwest.
The full chimera can speak with animals of the same kind.
Homo Sapiens Arachnae can speak with spiders.
Homo Sapiens Canis Latrans can speak with canines.
Homo Sapiens Felis can speak with felines.
Homo Sapiens Raptor can speak with raptors.
Homo Sapiens Serpens can speak with snakes.
Homo Sapiens Vulpes can speak with canines.
The interesting thing he noticed is when you look at the halfling chimera.
Half-Spiders can speak with spiders (just like a full chimera).
Half-Coyotes can speak with coyotes.
Half-Cats can speak with pumas.
Half-Hawks can speak with hawks.
Half-Snakes can speak with rattlesnakes.
Half-Foxes can speak with foxes.
This led him to believe that the half-chimera's magical language ability informs what the full chimera are based on. I think I'd change the cat chimera to Homo Sapiens Felis Puma then.
I'm inclined to say that the spider people are based on red-leg tarantula.
The hawk people... Hawks are buteo not raptor. There isn't a raptor genus. Red Tail Hawks are plenty common.
I think they gave the wrong fox too. Vulpes Vulpes isn't native to the manafall. Urocyon Cinereoargenteus is.
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