User blog comment:Aandrew07/Discussion of the Week: Subspecies/@comment-5020152-20121021170912/@comment-1011548-20121021184250

Silver and Gold Raths do use the same models as normal Rathalos and Rathian, as far as I can tell.

And sticking them in Tower instead of the Forest and Hills or wherever they're fought in MH1 is hardly the height of imagination.