Magion Taxonomy Lexicon
Magion taxonomy is the classification of magical species. If you are new to magical taxonomy, you may want to read the introduction for some basic explanation of the system. It is followed by explanation for each of the taxonomic groups.
Introduction
Magion species vary greatly, the one thing they all have in common is the magic that courses through them, which is what makes them magions. Like in non-magical taxonomy, the purpose of species classification is not just to organize them, but to find commonalities, connections, as well as differentiation, and ultimately to better understand the beings we study.
Contemporary scientific taxonomy is much based in genetic studies.¹ That is not the case with magion taxonomy, which can be compared to earlier approaches in taxonomic studies that are based on physical traits. A key difference in magion taxonomy, is that in some cases cultural aspects are taken into account. Non-magical science is humancentric simply because humans are not able to fully communicate with other species. Since many magions are capable of speech, magical studies are not solely based on the perspective of one species. In the case of taxonomic classification, tis means that some species have been placed in their taxonomic group based on their self-perception.
¹ In part, not using genetic research is a question of resources, since magical life are kept secret, but also because the few attempts made made proved that the available processes do not give result with magion samples. It is possible that with much resources something similar to the genome project could be achieved for magions, but at the moment that seems unnecessary. In many ways, what DNA is to non-magical life, magic is to magical life. It is the essence that makes a creature magical. The tools of modern science are not meant for magic, and therefore rarely able to even register it.
