User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-4361439-20130313230024/@comment-4555457-20130314091419

It would cause the Dragon Virus status if it did, which it doesn't - and Ancient Rathian is a more correct name for it, if you take note in the videos its even capable of Gravios-like gas emissions which leads to its status as an 'ancient' rathian, it may even be suggesting that the Rathian line is the baseline for all flying wyverns.