User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter Wiki: User Suggestions Board/@comment-3096061-20101014030142/@comment-1520318-20101014061446

*Insert original monster* Subspecies is actually the official and proper names for these monsters in Japan. For example, in the japanese games, the ice barroth is properly called the "boruborosu ashu". Ashu meaning subspecies. The game never refers to them as "ice boruborosu" other than their item name. For example, Ice Barroth Shell in japan is "Shell of Ice Crushing Dragon"

Another thing is that the colors sometimes don't reflect the monsters' actual color. For example, the black tigrex. It's freaking brown.