Yoshi (species)

The Yoshis are a recurring species in the Mario series. They are bipedal, reptilian, creatures who inhabit the Mushroom World. They originate from Yoshi's Island and appear to have a very intricate society. Most of the Yoshis inhabit Yoshi's Island or other tropical islands found in the Mario Universe. There is a notable green Yoshi that appears in the Mario games more often than others.

Appearance
As previously mentioned, Yoshis are bipedal, tailed reptiles that inhabit the Mushroom Kingdom. All Yoshis have saddles given to them at birth as well as nice shoes that also were obtained at birth. While all very similar in appearance, Yoshis do vary in colors. Yoshis are known to appear in several different colors:


 * Green (Orange/Red/Brown)


 * Yellow (Green)


 * Red (Blue)


 * Blue (Magenta)


 * Pink (Yellow)


 * Sky Blue (Purple)


 * Orange (Blue)


 * Purple (Red-Brown)


 * White (Sky Blue)


 * Black (White)


 * Brown (Only in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island) (Dark Brown)

The color of the shoes of Yoshis changes depending on the color (the color in brackets is the color of the shoes of the various Yoshis)

Abilities
One of the Yoshis' key abilities is to grab enemies with their tongues. From there, they can transform enemies in their mouths into eggs, and throw the eggs, or they could spit the enemy back out. Another ability is the Flutter Jump which allows them to gain extra height after a jump. Yoshis are also able to do Ground Pounds. They are also able to transform into different vehicles. In Super Mario Sunshine, they could squirt the juice from fruits they could eat out of their mouth. In Super Mario Galaxy 2, they can use their tongues as grappling hooks; this is similar to one of the things they could do in Yoshi's Story.

As seen in  Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, if the Yoshis are fed special fruit called Bean Fruit, then they could produce colorful Neon Eggs.

Language
Although some Yoshis can speak the language of most denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom, the Yoshis have developed their own language of sorts. In older games, like in Super Mario World the Yoshis' only "voice" was an odd sound created by a backwards record scratching. In later games, the language consists of numerous exclamations and unintelligible noises. Oddly, most Mushroom Kingdom characters are able to understand the Yoshi language.

Government
As seen in Paper Mario, the Yoshis are governed by a chief Yoshi, a tribal leader-like Yoshi that has a large physique with feather on his head.

Trivia

 * Yoshis vary in different colorations.
 * Yoshis are similar to dinosaurs and other real life creatures.