User blog comment:Mckrongs/Monster Hunter 4 for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-4993026-20120706131659/@comment-77.5.231.120-20120706134102

Either that or it's a new species ;)

Just remember that the flagship-monsters for every new generation were new species

Rathalos (MH1) => Flying Wyvern (Although it was the very first game I think you could say that it's a new species^^ )

Tigrex (MHF2) => Pseudo-Wyvern

Lagiacrus (MH3) => Leviathan

And if that shadow-thing is the flagship-monster for MH4, I would say that it's highly possible that they introduced some new species ;D