User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter Frontier Season Forward 1/@comment-173.238.15.118-20110807224457/@comment-1837917-20110808074100

Technically Yian Garuga is more of a bastard child of a Rathian/Kut-Ku, but seriously, it is more of a distant cousin. This Rathian, while being very much upgraded, is still a subspecies. It's base name hasn't changed.