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{{trope}}
[[File:Aqualish 2947.jpg|link=Star Wars|frame|So close, and yet so far...]]
{{quote|''"If I saw that situation for real, I'd be an intelligent design creationist, because it's obvious that the intelligent aliens did not evolve from the animal stock on that world."''|'''Biologist PZ Myers''' on [[Avatar (film)|the Na'vi]].}}
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May overlap with [[Petting Zoo People]] or [[Intelligent Gerbil]]s.
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== Anime And Manga ==
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== Tabletop RPGs ==
* The majority of ''[[Warhammer
** In Xenology, a background book, the dissecting bio-technician notes the remarkable similarity between the major races of the setting, and how several of them seem to have been artificially constructed. Humanity may or may not have been made by the same beings that made the Eldar and the Orks among others, which would explain their gross similarity.
* ''[[Dungeons
** A borderline example is the Kaorti. Debuting in the third edition Fiend Folio, these Gigeresque humanoids are the result of either humans or elves (depending on the version of the backstory) [[Too Dumb to Live|experimenting with the Far Realm]]. The "borderline" descriptor is for two reasons: Firstly, the Far Realm is not the same thing as outer space but is rather an incomprehensible plane of existence inspired by Lovecraftian horror. Secondly, while they do appear superficially anthropomorphic, they otherwise resemble the aforementioned xenomorphs and are composed of a strange, toxic resin instead of bone and flesh.
* In [[Traveller]] the Aslan and Vargr are four limbed with two limbs for walking and two for grasping. However their appearance also resembles some Terran animals(lions and wolves respectively). In behavior they are ''roughly'' comparable to humans-at least enough for them to vaguely comprehend one another.
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* ''[[Meteos]]'' has a number of these, differentiated by different skin colors or head shapes. An example would be the Geolitians, the starting race who are light blue in skin color and have antennae/horns on the sides of their heads that curve upwards.
* The Iskai from ''[[Albion]]'' are tall, fast-moving and nimble but frail mammalian humanoids with faces that resemble those of great cats, mostly short hair all over their bodies, tails that can be used to manipulate objects and use weapons, four nipples, a somewhat telepathic forehead organ called a Trii, cat-like feet and on them claws that unlike Earth vertebrate claws are bony and presumably part of their skeletons. They're basically as different as humanoids could be from humans while still unintentionally appearing to be related to them, although those claws would be a little puzzling if they really were.
* The Protoss in ''[[
** ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' 's draenei, which are something of an [[Expy]] of the Protoss, are somewhat more human-looking: They look like blue, catfish-whiskered classic [[Our Demons Are Different|demons]].
* ''[[Star Control]]'' has three: Arilou Lalee'lay ([[The Greys]]), Syreen ([[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]) and Shofixti (upright-walking marsupials). A few others are added in the third game, but "[[Fanon Discontinuity|it doesn't exist]]".
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