Draconic Taxonomy

Casual observers may initially perceive dragons as reptilian in nature. While it is true that both have scales and hatch from eggs, dragons differ from reptiles in at least one important respect: they are warm-blooded. In the field, the crews of harnessed dragons may seek shelter against their dragon's sides for the warmth given off. This is undoubtedly one of the characteristics that caused Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) to list Draconia as a separate class of vertebrates, ranking with Mammalia and Reptilia, in his Systema Naturae.