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List Of Aliens In Fiction By TypeThis is a list of aliens that have appeared in various works of fiction featuring aliens, sorted by type. Humanoid Aliens Most aliens are humanoid if not human-like, especially in TV series because actors are human. The Greys described in UFO folklore match this body type. Humanoids include: Near-relatives of mankind In these stories, these aliens are descended from the same ancestors as humanity. Some are descended directly from humanity: - in , the episode "The Chase" revealed that all the humanoid races in the galaxy are the result of genetic tinkering by a single humanoid race in the distant past.
- similarly, in Marvel Comics' The Eternals, it was revealed that many species were genetically tampered with by the alien Celestials.
Feline humanoids This form has been popular. They are usually warrior-like as well: Canine humanoids Insectoid and Arachnid Aliens Centaurs Reptilians and Amphibians - and various variations of dinosaurs
Aquatic species Parasites and symbionts Robotic and Mechanical Aliens Aliens that are created through technological means. This category also inculdes lifeforms that have been altered so that their existance depends on implants and other technologies. Space-Living Creatures Sentient Plants & Fungi Ancient Races Aliens that have either disappeared and left only ruins or developed to godlike, practically omnipotent entities. More unusual forms - Abyormenites of Hal Clement's Cycle of Fire (floating ballons - one race, that is)
- Black Cloud of Fred Hoyle (interstellar dust cloud)
- the Caleban of Frank Herbert's Whipping Star (invisible telepathic beings who are actually the minds of stars)
- C'tan (as above, woshipped and given corporial form by the Necrontyr, only 4 still exist and only two of those the Nightbringer and the Deceiver are awake, Mars (The Void Dragon) is actually one that was covered by space dust over trillions of years ago)(Warhammer 40,000)
- The Chtorr, pink wormlike creatures from David Gerrold's War Against the Chtorr series. According to David, the Chtorr can also refer to the entire alien ecology.
- the Doublers, two-in-one semi-humanoids of Stanislaw Lem's Eden
- Drej, a race reponsible for the destruction of Earth; made out of pure energy, Titan A.E.
- Dugs (Star Wars)
- Ego the Living Planet (Marvel Comics
- the Gladifers of Dennis Paul Himes
- Gadmeer who live in a sulfur environment. (Stargate SG-1)
- Ghroth (Ramsey Campbell's short story "The Turning")-Small, sentient planet with a large eye
- Hivers of Traveller RPG (modified starfish)
- Horta (Star Trek)
- Meehooks from the comic book series Fusion, "dinosaurs with fur"
- Ly-Cilph (Night's Dawn Trilogy)
- Methorians of Barrington J. Bayley's Zen Gun (gaseous giant-giant dwellers)
- Oankali of Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis series
- Prophets (Star Trek)
- Puppeteers of Larry Niven's Ringworld and Known Space series (three legs, two manipulative heads)
- Rigellians (Lensman books) which are barrel-shaped with four tentacular arms and four stubby legs
- Shoggoths (H. P. Lovecraft)
- Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (living planet)
- Zebesian Space Pirates (Metroid — the species has a wide range of morphological variety)
- Tholians (Star Trek)
- Tralfamadorians of Kurt Vonnegut (The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse 5)
- Treecats - Six-limbed cats(Honor Harrington Series)
- Trillions of Nicholas Fisk (small collective crystals)
- Watchers in the dark (highly telipathic and thus invincible creatures who inhabit the rock Home of the Dark angles Space marines chapter) (Warhammer 40,000)
- Yag-Kosha, from Robert E. Howard's Tower of the Elephant (humanoid elephant)
- Aliens that are product of mechanical evolution in The Invincible by Stanislaw Lem
Shape-shifting aliens Unintelligent Creatures Aliens From Other Dimensions Galactic communities Interstellar governments or communities in which several alien civilizations interact: See also References Aliens by type
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