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* Life forms with no explicitly specified planet of origin
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==Notes==
* Life forms either with no explicitly specified planet of origin or of artificial construction


==Animal==
==Animal==


* Aboran Til cat (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
===Aboran Til cat===
** Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] on or near [[Talax]] (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
* Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] on or near [[Talax]] (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
* Circassian hellcat (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
===Circassian hellcat===
** Vicious and/or short-tempered animal (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
* Vicious and/or short-tempered animal (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
* Hupyrian beetle (DS9: "Family Business", "Ferengi Love Songs"; DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
===Glommer===
** Larvae are carnivorous (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
* Artificially-created predator species for tribbles (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"; TOS Novel: ''Forged in Fire'')
** Chief component of Hupyrian beetle snuff, [[Ferengi]] delicacy (DS9: "Family Business", "Ferengi Love Songs")
* Designed by Klingon geneticists to aid in wiping out tribble infestations (TOS Novel: ''Forged in Fire'')
** Presumably native to the [[Hupyrian]] homeworld
===Hupyrian beetle===
* Jacinnan racing cat (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
* Larvae are carnivorous (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
** Noted for its speed (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
* Chief component of Hupyrian beetle snuff, [[Ferengi]] delicacy (DS9: "Family Business", "Ferengi Love Songs")
* Javathian oyster (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Presumably native to the [[Hupyrian]] homeworld
** Edible by [[Chelon]]s (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
===Jacinnan racing cat===
* Jebret (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
* Noted for its speed (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
** Small animal (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
===Javathian oyster===
* Kryonian tiger (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 2"; TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'')
* Edible by [[Chelon]]s (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Looci hen (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
===Jebret===
** Nesting bird known to [[Kazon]] (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
* Small animal (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
** Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
===Jhimn adder===
* Lubbockian slime devil (TNG Comic: "Perchance to Dream"; TNG Novel: ''A Time for War, A Time for Peace'')
* Predator noted for its speed (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'')
** ''Presumably akin to Denebian slime devils of [[Deneb Kaitos IV]]''
* Known to [[Romulan]]s (TTN Novel: ''The Red King'')
* Osmotic eel (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Minefield", "Marauders", "Exile", "The Council", "Countdown", "Home")
===Kryonian tiger===
** Seemingly consumes microorganisms and parasites in the blood symbiotically, while halting bloodflow, consuming small amounts of blood in the process (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Minefield", "Countdown"; ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Mentioned (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 2"; TNG Novel: ''A Time to Kill'')
* Peroghian pig-lizard (VOY Short Story: "Isabo's Shirt")
===Looci hen===
* Plorgha (VAN Novel: ''Reap the Whirlwind'')
* Nesting bird known to [[Kazon]] (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
** Creature noted idiomatically for sweating (VAN Novel: ''Reap the Whirlwind'')
* Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
** Possibly native to [[Denobula]]
===Lubbockian slime devil ===
* Rintannan (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
* ''Presumably akin to Denebian slime devils of [[Deneb Kaitos IV]]''
** Native to [[Gamma Quadrant]] planet (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
===Osmotic eel===
** Resembling more rigid, spheroid jellyfish (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
* Seemingly consumes microorganisms and parasites in the blood symbiotically, while halting bloodflow, consuming small amounts of blood in the process (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Minefield", "Countdown"; ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
** Communal chameleon predator species, forming larger structures to blend into local landscape (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
===Peroghian pig-lizard===
* Slijm (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Mentioned (VOY Short Story: "Isabo's Shirt")
** Appearing to be a cross between a dog and a walrus (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
===Plorgha===
** Covered in blubber coated in smooth, brown fur (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Creature noted idiomatically for sweating (VAN Novel: ''Reap the Whirlwind'')
** Domesticated (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Possibly native to [[Denobula]]
** Possibly from the [[Zakdorn]] homeworld (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
===Rintannan===
* Talarian hook spider (TNG: "Realm of Fear"; DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
* Native to [[Gamma Quadrant]] planet (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
** Presumably native to somewhere in [[Talarian Republic|Talarian]] space
* Resembling more rigid, spheroid jellyfish (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
* Toskanar dog (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
* Communal chameleon predator species, forming larger structures to blend into local landscape (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Twilight'')
* Treni cat (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
===Slijm===
** Small animal (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
* Appearing to be a cross between a dog and a walrus (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Tumodian lamprey (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Covered in blubber coated in smooth, brown fur (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
** Feeds on contaminants in blood symbiotically (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Domesticated (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
*** Can serve as a natural form of hemodialysis as a result (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Possibly from the [[Zakdorn]] homeworld (VAN Novel: ''Summon the Thunder'')
* Vayan hornfly (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
===Talarian hook spider===
* Vghlar beetle (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
* Presumably native to somewhere in [[Talarian Republic|Talarian]] space
** Can serve as natural vitamin supplement for humanoids (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
===Toskanar dog===
* Vicarian razorback (DS9: "The Die is Cast"; DS9 Novel: ''Avatar, Book Two'', ''Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit'')
* Mentioned (VOY Novel: ''Mosaic'')
** Native to a world near [[Third Republic of Bajor|Bajoran]] and [[Cardassian Union|Cardassian]] space
===Treni cat===
* Yurhaath (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
* Small animal (DS9 Novel: ''The 34th Rule'')
** Bird-like species known to the [[Hurraait]] (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
===Tumodian lamprey===
* Feeds on contaminants in blood symbiotically (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
** Can serve as a natural form of hemodialysis as a result (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
===Vayan hornfly===
* Mentioned  (DS9 Novel: ''Mission Gamma: Cathedral'')
===Vghlar beetle===
* Can serve as natural vitamin supplement for humanoids (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')
===Vicarian razorback===
* Native to a world near [[Third Republic of Bajor|Bajoran]] and [[Cardassian Union|Cardassian]] space
===Yurhaath===
* Bird-like species known to the [[Hurraait]] (ENT Novel: ''Live by the Code'')


==Plant==
==Plant==


* Diomedian scarlet moss (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
===Diomedian scarlet moss===
* ''Draebidium calimus'' (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
* Mentioned (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
** Flower similar to violets (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
===''Draebidium calimus''===
* Elaminite (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Flower similar to violets (TNG Novel: ''The Battle of Betazed'')
** Tree or tree analogue (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
===Elaminite===
** Produces heavy wood (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Tree or tree analogue (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Gordian oak (SCE Short Story: "Aftermath")
* Produces heavy wood (TTN Novel: ''Taking Wing'')
* Kelodan rose (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
===Gordian oak===
** Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] in or near [[Talax]] (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
* Mentioned  (SCE Short Story: "Aftermath")
* Leola (VOY)
===Kelodan rose===
** Rare plant found across various [[Delta Quadrant]] worlds in vicinity of [[Talax]]
* Native to [[Delta Quadrant]] in or near [[Talax]] (VOY Short Story: "Closure")
** Root is considered a delicacy among [[Talaxian]]s, other nearby cultures
===Leola===
* Shendurian stingvine (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Rare plant found across various [[Delta Quadrant]] worlds in vicinity of [[Talax]]
** Bulbous yellow-green plant seemingly a blend of vine and cactus (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Root is considered a delicacy among [[Talaxian]]s, other nearby cultures
** Extremely pungent, sweet aroma (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
===Shendurian stingvine===
* Bulbous yellow-green plant seemingly a blend of vine and cactus (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
* Extremely pungent, sweet aroma (ENT Novel: ''Uncertain Logic'')
 
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Latest revision as of 13:35, 30 January 2026

Notes

  • Life forms either with no explicitly specified planet of origin or of artificial construction

Animal

Aboran Til cat

Circassian hellcat

  • Vicious and/or short-tempered animal (VOY Novel: Mosaic)

Glommer

  • Artificially-created predator species for tribbles (TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"; TOS Novel: Forged in Fire)
  • Designed by Klingon geneticists to aid in wiping out tribble infestations (TOS Novel: Forged in Fire)

Hupyrian beetle

  • Larvae are carnivorous (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)
  • Chief component of Hupyrian beetle snuff, Ferengi delicacy (DS9: "Family Business", "Ferengi Love Songs")
  • Presumably native to the Hupyrian homeworld

Jacinnan racing cat

  • Noted for its speed (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)

Javathian oyster

  • Edible by Chelons (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)

Jebret

  • Small animal (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)

Jhimn adder

  • Predator noted for its speed (TTN Novel: The Red King)
  • Known to Romulans (TTN Novel: The Red King)

Kryonian tiger

  • Mentioned (SCE Short Story: "Wildfire, Book 2"; TNG Novel: A Time to Kill)

Looci hen

Lubbockian slime devil

Osmotic eel

  • Seemingly consumes microorganisms and parasites in the blood symbiotically, while halting bloodflow, consuming small amounts of blood in the process (ENT: "Broken Bow", "Minefield", "Countdown"; ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)

Peroghian pig-lizard

  • Mentioned (VOY Short Story: "Isabo's Shirt")

Plorgha

  • Creature noted idiomatically for sweating (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
  • Possibly native to Denobula

Rintannan

  • Native to Gamma Quadrant planet (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
  • Resembling more rigid, spheroid jellyfish (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
  • Communal chameleon predator species, forming larger structures to blend into local landscape (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)

Slijm

  • Appearing to be a cross between a dog and a walrus (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
  • Covered in blubber coated in smooth, brown fur (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
  • Domesticated (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)
  • Possibly from the Zakdorn homeworld (VAN Novel: Summon the Thunder)

Talarian hook spider

  • Presumably native to somewhere in Talarian space

Toskanar dog

  • Mentioned (VOY Novel: Mosaic)

Treni cat

  • Small animal (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)

Tumodian lamprey

  • Feeds on contaminants in blood symbiotically (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
    • Can serve as a natural form of hemodialysis as a result (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)

Vayan hornfly

  • Mentioned (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Cathedral)

Vghlar beetle

  • Can serve as natural vitamin supplement for humanoids (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)

Vicarian razorback

Yurhaath

  • Bird-like species known to the Hurraait (ENT Novel: Live by the Code)

Plant

Diomedian scarlet moss

  • Mentioned (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)

Draebidium calimus

  • Flower similar to violets (TNG Novel: The Battle of Betazed)

Elaminite

  • Tree or tree analogue (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)
  • Produces heavy wood (TTN Novel: Taking Wing)

Gordian oak

  • Mentioned (SCE Short Story: "Aftermath")

Kelodan rose

Leola

  • Rare plant found across various Delta Quadrant worlds in vicinity of Talax
  • Root is considered a delicacy among Talaxians, other nearby cultures

Shendurian stingvine

  • Bulbous yellow-green plant seemingly a blend of vine and cactus (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)
  • Extremely pungent, sweet aroma (ENT Novel: Uncertain Logic)