Species (Races) in MgT 2e

[mavikfelna]

I have been assembling a comprehensive list of the careers and races in the published books and JTAS. I probably should have recorded page numbers but never the less, here is the list. A note, I don't know if I have all the abbreviations correct but I just used the book name initials.
There are over 100 species, sub-species and cultural groups in the various books.

(Edited: removed broken table and fixed species list, Further updated with corrected species. 20/9/25 Updated Floriani)

Species list
The following list is all current species, sub-species and cultural groups in Mongoose products.
Humanity Sub-Species and Cultural Groups (26)
Aquamorph Solomani Front 8
Core Rulebook 50
PoD2 - The Trojan Reach 64
Brutes DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere 13
Darrian Aliens of Charted Space 3 4
Behind the Claw 82
Dynchia JTAS 1 49
Firbolg DNR6 - Expeditions 25
Floriani PoD2 – The Trojan Reach 121
Singularity Act 2 115
Geonee Aliens of Charted Space 3 92
Ghenani Spinward Extents 244
Halkans JTAS8 98
Happrhani The Deep and the Dark 23
Irklan JTAS 6 27
Jonkeereen The Trailing Frontier 24
Behind the Claw 101
Katangan Spinward Extents 102
Lowgees DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere 13
Luriani The Trailing Frontier 24
Mal’Gnar Spinward Extents 84
Selenite Solomani Front 5
Solomani Aliens of Charted Space 2 4
Storm Knights The Spinward Extents 50
Suerrat Aliens of Charted Space 4 4
Sword Worlds Sword Worlds 99
Sydites The Trailing Frontier 25
Sylean The Third Imperium 171
Vilani / Default (Not listed) Core Rulebook 8
Weregre JTAS16 80
Zhodani Aliens of Charted Space 1 242
Behind the Claw 30

Terran Uplift Species (5)
Ape Solomani Front 10
Caprisaps JTAS 12 19
Dolphin Aliens of Charted Space 3 168
Orca Aliens of Charted Space 3 196
Ursa The Trailing Frontier 33

Ancient Modified Terran Species (3)
Chokari Behind the Claw 35
Foelen Dolphin Behind the Claw 35
Vargr Aliens of Charted Space 1 169

Alien Species (74)
Ael Yael JTAS 3 47
Akeed The Trailing Frontier 28
Aezorgh JTAS 11 61
Alikaia DNR1 - Riftsedge Transit 60
Amindii JTAS 9 62
Aniyun Spinwards Extents 74
Ascondi The Great Rift 13
Aslan Aliens of Charted Space 1 4
Clans of the Aslan 9
The Glorious Empire 56
PoD2 - Trojan Reach 26
Bosaki JTAS 17 106
Bruhre The Deep and the Dark 22
Bwap Aliens of Charted Space 3 228
Traveller Companion 14
Capry The Trailing Frontier 29
Crenduthaar Behind the Claw 167
Dewdellae DNR6 - Expeditions 23
Droashav The Trailing Frontier 30
Droyne Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2 138
Ebokin Behind the Claw 48
Erline DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder 15
Eslyat Spinward Extents 238
Faar The Trailing Frontier 31
Freni Spinward Extents 241
Gl'lu Behind the Claw 169
Girug’kagh JTAS 1 112
Githiaskio JTAS 2 38
Gmina Spinward Extents 77
Gurungan Solomani Front 12
Gurvin Aliens of Charted Space 4 167
Haix DNR6 - Expeditions 13
Hivers Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2 211
Hlanssai Bu and Embla Visit Vrirhlanz 3
JTAS 4 44
Hhkar JTAS 12 90
Iltharan The Deep and the Dark 25
Ithklur JTAS 7 37
J’aadje The Deep and the Dark 25
Kemlae The Spinward Extents 80
K'kree Aliens of Charted Space Vol 1 106
Kirissukyoya Behind the Claw 172
Krotan JTAS 15 2
Ktiauao Spinward Extents 82
Ladybug Solomani Front 14
Lhshana JTAS 16 36
Llellewyloly Behind the Claw 51
Llyrnian Aliens of Charted Space 3 113
Lurent Behind the Claw 173
Martian (Marzians?) Behind the Claw 174
Mewey JTAS 13 11
Murian Spinward Extents 246
Nenlat JTAS 10 61
Oo-ne-beto-pon-tee (Whistlers) The Third Imperium 204
Ormine The Deep and the Dark 27
Rammak Rim Expeditions 78
Resavolk Spinward Extents 249
Robots Robot Handbook 115
Saurian Behind the Claw 66
Segani Behind the Claw 175
Shi'awei Behind the Claw 176
Souggvuez Behind the Claw 177
Ssienjhiovla The Third Imperium 238
Teakhea Spinward Extents 88
Tenipal DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder 11
Tezcat Aliens of Charted Space 4 179
Thonane Spinward Extents 250
Tlyetrai The Deep and the Dark 28
Ulane The Deep and the Dark 29
Vegan Solomani Front 72
Virushi The Deep and the Dark 30
JTAS 5 54
Yn-Tsai The Deep and the Dark 32
Wandering People The Trailing Frontier 35
Yafizethe Behind the Claw 178
Yont PoD2 - The Trojan Reach 197
Za’tachk Aliens of Charted Space 4 70
Zhdianshe Spinward Extents 253

Non-Playable Sophonts (6)
Atrephari Spinward Extents 236
Esseray Starter Book 3 24
Ewurmer Spinward Extents 75
Sred*Ni Spinward Extents 85
Veghu Spinward Extents 252
Weeven Solomani Front 13

 

[rinku]

"Race" (or Variety, or Breed) isn't really applicable unless species are at least subspecies. I understand there's ultimately a D&D tradition there, but at least in that case most of them are interfertile. Plus magic.

"Major Race" and "Minor Race" are still in use as legacy terms, though even in CT days they were noted as controversial terms, within the setting.

Probably best to just use "Aliens" in a Traveller context.

 

[Terry Mixon]

"Race" (or Variety, or Breed) isn't really applicable unless species are at least subspecies. I understand there's ultimately a D&D tradition there, but at least in that case most of them are interfertile. Plus magic.

"Major Race" and "Minor Race" are still in use as legacy terms, though even in CT days they were noted as controversial terms, within the setting.

Probably best to just use "Aliens" in a Traveller context.

I’ve seen it in use in the current books, I think. I’m not sure it’s controversial as it refers to races that came up with jump technology on their own rather than being a judgement on them personally.

 

[DataDwarf]

Some work has been done on this over on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/1m8haqm/species_and_careers_list

 

[mavikfelna]

Some work has been done on this over on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/1m8haqm/species_and_careers_list

Cool, thanks.

 

[mavikfelna]

updated list thanks to @DataDwarf and the useful reddit link
Humanity Sub-Species

Aquamorph	Solomani Front	8
	Core Rulebook	50
	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach	64
Brutes	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Darrian	Aliens of Charted Space 3	4
	Behind the Claw	82
Firbolg	DNR6 - Expeditions	25
Floriani	PoD2 – The Trojan Reach	121
Geonee	Aliens of Charted Space 3	92
Irklan	JTAS 6	27
Jonkeereen	The Trailing Frontier	24
Lowgees	DNR4 - The Far Side of Nowhere	13
Selenite	Solomani Front	5
Solomani	Aliens of Charted Space 2	4
Storm Knights	The Spinward Extents	50
Suerrat	Aliens of Charted Space 4	4
Sword Worlds	Sword Worlds	99
Sylean	The Third Imperium	171
Vilani / Default (Not listed)	Core Rulebook	8
Zhodani	Aliens of Charted Space 1	242
	Behind the Claw	30

Terran Uplift Species

Ape	Solomani Front	10
Dolphin	Aliens of Charted Space 3	168
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw	35
Orca	Aliens of Charted Space 3	196
Ursa	The Trailing Frontier	33

Alien Species

Ael Yael	JTAS 3​	47​
Akeed	The Trailing Frontier​	28​
Aezorgh	JTAS 11​	61​
Alikaia	DNR1 - Riftsedge Transit​	60​
Amindii	JTAS 9​	62​
Aniyun	Spinwards Extents​	74​
Ascondi	The Great Rift​	12​
Aslan	Aliens of Charted Space 1​	4​
	Clans of the Aslan​	9​
	The Glorious Empire​	56​
Bosaki	JTAS 17​	106​
Bruhre	The Deep and the Dark​	22​
Bwap	Aliens of Charted Space 3​	228​
	Traveller Companion​	14​
Caprisaps	JTAS 12​	19​
Capry	The Trailing Frontier​	29​
Chokari	Behind the Claw​	35​
Crenduthaar	Behind the Claw​	167​
Dewdellae	DNR6 - Expeditions​	23​
Droashav	The Trailing Frontier​	30​
Droyne	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2​	138​
Dynchia	JTAS 1​	49​
Ebokin	Behind the Claw​	48​
Erline	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder​	15​
Eslyat	Spinward Extents​	238​
Faar	The Trailing Frontier​	31​
Foelen Dolphin	Behind the Claw​	35​
Freni	Spinward Extents​	241​
Ghenani	Spinward Extents​	244​
Gl'lu	Behind the Claw​	169​
Girug’kagh	JTAS 1​	112​
Githiaskio	JTAS 2​	38​
Gmina	Spinward Extents​	77​
Gurungan	Solomani Front​	12​
Gurvin	Aliens of Charted Space 4​	167​
Haix	DNR6 - Expeditions​	13​
Happrhani	The Deep and the Dark​	23​
Hivers	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 2​	211​
Hlanssai	Bu and Embla Visit Vrirhlanz​	3​
	JTAS 4​	44​
Hhkar	JTAS 12​	90​
Iltharan	The Deep and the Dark​	25​
Ithklur	JTAS 7​	37​
J’aadje	The Deep and the Dark​	25​
Jonkeereen	Behind the Claw​	101​
Katangan	Spinward Extents​	102​
Kemlae	The Spinward Extents​	80​
K'kree	Aliens of Charted Space Vol 1​	106​
Kirissukyoya	Behind the Claw​	172​
Krotan	JTAS 15​	2​
Ktiauao	Spinward Extents​	82​
Ladybug	Solomani Front​	14​
Lhshana	JTAS 16​	36​
Llellewyloly	Behind the Claw​	51​
Llyrnian	Aliens of Charted Space 3​	113​
Lurent	Behind the Claw​	173​
Luriani	The Trailing Frontier​	24​
Mal’Gna	Spinward Extents​	84​
Martian (Marzians?)	Behind the Claw​	174​
Mewey	JTAS 13​	11​
Murian	Spinward Extents​	246​
Nenlat	JTAS 10​	61​
Oo-ne-beto-pon-tee (Whistlers)	The Third Imperium​	204​
Ormine	The Deep and the Dark​	27​
Rammak	Rim Expeditions​	78​
Resavolk	Spinward Extents​	249​
Robots	Robot Handbook​	115​
Saurian	Behind the Claw​	66​
Segani	Behind the Claw​	175​
Selenite	Solomani Front​	6​
Shi'awei	Behind the Claw​	176​
Souggvuez	Behind the Claw​	177​
Ssienjhiovla	The Third Imperium​	238​
Sydites	The Trailing Frontier​	25​
Sylean	The Third Imperium​	171​
Teakhea	Spinward Extents​	88​
Tenipal	DNR2 - The Near Side of Yonder​	11​
Tezcat	Aliens of Charted Space 4​	179​
Thonane	Spinward Extents​	250​
Tlyetrai	The Deep and the Dark​	28​
Ulane	The Deep and the Dark​	29​
Vargr	Aliens of Charted Space 1​	169​
Vegan	Solomani Front​	72​
Virushi	The Deep and the Dark​	30​
	JTAS 5​	54​
Yn-Tsai	The Deep and the Dark​	32​
Wandering People	The Trailing Frontier​	35​
Yafizethe	Behind the Claw​	178​
Yont	PoD2 - The Trojan Reach​	197​
Za’tachk	Aliens of Charted Space 4​	70​
Zhdianshe	Spinward Extents​	253​
​	​	​

Non-playable species:
Weeven, Solomani Front p13
Sred*Ni, Spinward Extents p85

 

[IanBruntlett]

I have been assembling a comprehensive list of the careers and races in the published books and JTAS. I probably should have recorded page numbers but never the less, here is the list. A note, I don't know if I have all the abbreviations correct but I just used the book name initials.
There are 100 races in the various books.

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Interesting list. In case you are interested in animals as well, here are the creatures from the Traveller Core Rulebook 2nd Edition, 2016:
Jungle Howler p80
Skitterer p82
Living Net p82
Raptor Lizard p82
Scourge p83
Sirene Geest Worm p83
Thunderer p83

 

[mavikfelna]

Interesting list. In case you are interested in animals as well, here are the creatures from the Traveller Core Rulebook 2nd Edition, 2016:
Jungle Howler p80
Skitterer p82
Living Net p82
Raptor Lizard p82
Scourge p83
Sirene Geest Worm p83
Thunderer p83

Creatures are a future project, after equipment and then starship equipment.

 

[Whitehart]

Caprisaps are a Terran Uplift Species. Goats are from Earth

 

[Condottiere]

STARGOATS
Paulinho Caruso

Everything was quiet normal in Olave's little farm, until the day that he's accidentally abducted by alien goats from the outer space.

 

[mavikfelna]

Caprisaps are a Terran Uplift Species. Goats are from Earth

Doh! Totally missed that. I fix

 

[Whitehart]

STARGOATS
Paulinho Caruso

Everything was quiet normal in Olave's little farm, until the day that he's accidentally abducted by alien goats from the outer space.

Great! About time we got some competent leadership!

 

[ottarrus]

The Vlezdumechta, a minor Human race in Far Frontiers and Yiklerdanzh Sectors.
From Traveller Chronicle #8 and in the Traveller Wiki

 

[mortal]

Sred*Ni in the Beyond sector

 

[GypsyComet]

While they are handled separately for socio-political reasons, the Sword Worlders are just a sub-group of Terrans.

Odd that the Jonkeereen are only in the Trailing Frontier. They're "native" to Deneb.

 

[mavikfelna]

The Vlezdumechta, a minor Human race in Far Frontiers and Yiklerdanzh Sectors.
From Traveller Chronicle #8 and in the Traveller Wiki

It's TNE so I don't know if I should include it here. This list is MgT sources.
What does everyone think?

 

[mavikfelna]

While they are handled separately for socio-political reasons, the Sword Worlders are just a sub-group of Terrans.

Odd that the Jonkeereen are only in the Trailing Frontier. They're "native" to Deneb.

They do have a unique career option so I'm treating them as a sub-species

 

[mavikfelna]

Sred*Ni in the Beyond sector

There are no character creation rules for them but I can add them to the list.

 

[Whitehart]

There are no character creation rules for them but I can add them to the list.

They’re listed as “unsuitable”

 

[Jame Rowe]

The Sred*Ni are unsuitable as PCs, but let's list them for thoroughness.