Creature Type

Some effects and features care about your creature type. Your creature type refers to your character's biology, such as your morphology and species relations.
The vast majority of playable species have the Humanoid creature type - this refers to a creature with a general appearance that resembles a human, two arms, two legs, a head, etc. Some creatures have additional types, depending on their relationships with each other or their origins, see the table below for the list of creature types, their definition, and the list of species with that type.

Creature Type	Definition	Creature of that Type
Amphibian	Creatures who can breathe both air and water, but also require some time in water order to survive.	Grung, Locathah
Aven	Creatures who can trace their ancestry to birds and griffons. Uniquely, Aven typically are hexapods, having arms, legs and wings.	Aarakocra, Owlin
Beast	Creatures who can trace their ancestry to mammals other than primates.	Harengon, Leonin, Loxodon
Celestial	Creatures that can trace their origins to the Upper Planes.	Aasimar
Dragon	Creatures that can trace their ancestry to dragons.	Kobold
Elemental	Creatures that can trace their origins to the Elemental Chaos. They often can channel the Elements in some capacity.	Genasi
Fey	Creatures that can trace their origins to the Feywild. The magic of the Feywild infuses itself into creatures that live there.	Bugbear, Centaur, Changeling, Eladrin, Elf, Fairy, Firbolg, Gnome, Goblin, Half-Elf, Harengon, Hobgoblin
Giant	Creatures who are can trace their ancestry to True Giants, such as Fire Giants and Frost Giants.	Firbolg, Goliath
Goblinoid	Goblinoids can all trace their ancestry to a very recent common ancestor and are very closely related	Bugbear, Goblin, Hobgoblin
Humanoid	Humanoids all have a body plan similar to Humans , they are tetrapods with two arms and two legs.
Reptile	Creatures that can trace their ancestry to reptiles. Reptiles are typically covered in scales, some have tails, and are sometimes even cold blooded.	Kobold, Tortle
Shadow	Creatures that can trace their origins to the Realm of Shadow. The grim magic of the the realm infuses itself into the creatures that live there.	Shadow Magic Sorcerers