Why is Kirin labeled as an elder dragon?

[twiggy]

kirin is a unicorn, he looks nothing like the other elder dragons, especially in size and he cant even fly/doesnt have wings

[Metbert]

I also have another proof to consolidate the fact that Kirin is an ED just like the rest, the official ecological tree. Not able to give you an answer to why though.
https://twitter.com/Miya_DQX/status/765382696751075328

Like I said before Frontier makes clear that to be an ED you have to posses a special kind of blood (that's the reason why Raviente isn't one of them) and that tree confirms how Kirin and all the other EDs are related... somehow.
Strange and irrealistic? yes but we are talking about Monster Hunter, a universe where a monkey that can go super sayan is related to a weak honey bear and some kind of snow rabbit.

[FafnirChaos]

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I was more baffled when I saw that Diablos was a categorized as "flying wyvern" I mean come on, they could have easily slipped it under brute wyvern or something and nobody would've cared, but FLYING WYVERN?

It does fly though. But only to escape from getting trapped in sand. I can understand Kirin being an elder dragon. But Yama Tsukami heh

Welllll Just because something flies through air doesn't mean something that fly through sand(Or dirt)

[Rurushi]

because he's not young

[DJukor]

Some elder dragons is older games are also Squid like such as Nakarkos and Yama Tsukami.
But true Kirin and Lunastra and Teostra are the only mamal like Elder dragons.

[Metbert]

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Some elder dragons is older games are also Squid like such as Nakarkos and Yama Tsukami.
But true Kirin and Lunastra and Teostra are the only mamal like Elder dragons.

Counting Spin-offs there are more than them.

[K7]

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Stop trying hard., you are not a pretty girl. op, and never you will be.accept the reality , you are ugly.end of story.

[sAVAA]

Kirin was once a dragon, however he got turned into a unicorn by a witch... That explains why hes so mad all the time !

[Katitoff]

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no one has explained why its classified as an elder dragon yet lol

I have, but you ignored it, so let me write that again:

Elder dragons are NOT actual dragons(however cathegory includes these too), anything that doesn't suit any other category and/or has a direct impact on elements(such as Kirins ability to invoke storms) is labeled as elder dragon.

[Cregath]

Zorah is an Elder Dragon too, despite being a giant Turtle.

[Run Ha]

you see, when kelbi cultivate thunder core for thousand years, kirin is born.

thats why kirin is an elder

why elder dragon, simpe. his power become so big that it can bring calamity

[MechaTC]

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Can you sickoes go somewhere else with your necrophilia?

Sorry... I was desperate to share "Akantor/Ukanlos is a Flying Wyvern" meme

Raising awareness of core series and all that stuff :c

[Velesianus]

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Can you sickoes go somewhere else with your necrophilia?

Not just any necro, it's a vintage winner thread.

[Xilo The Odd]

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Can you sickoes go somewhere else with your necrophilia?

Not just any necro, it's a vintage winner thread.

proof hes been doin this for years.

[RaRa]

elder dragon is a classification not a specific species or family tree. it means it can't be sorted into any other classifications: fanged, brute, bird, flying, piscine wyvern. so it's an elder dragon

[Velesianus]

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elder dragon is a classification not a specific species or family tree. it means it can't be sorted into any other classifications: fanged, brute, bird, flying, piscine wyvern. so it's an elder dragon

we still humpin this corpse?

Winner was and is correct. The primary classifications of large monsters per the field guide are wyvern,dragon, beast and relict. A unicorn is quite clearly a beast.