Cross-Species

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Cross-species is a term for when an introject is a different species than their source. This can refer to any number of scenarios, such as an introject with a human source being an animal, an introject with a different animal source than they appear as, an introject with a divine source being mundane, or even possibly going from a source who has a defined species to being a headmate who does not have any distinct or defined species, or possibly no species at all.

"Species" in this case refers to any broad category that a headmate may identify as, e.g., human, animal, star, galaxy, object, etc. It does not refer to species as is typically defined within scientific spheres. If it's something a headmate may identify as being, then, at least for the purposes of this term, it counts as a species.

This term is not to be applied to shapeshifters or other such headmates who can change their appearance unless their source is not a shapeshifter or otherwise able to change their form.

Related Terms
An introject who is different from their source may be called nonsimilous.

An introject who is a different ethnicity from the body may be called crossethnic.

History
This term was created by the Werewolf Pack on December 29, 2023.