Gender locked race?

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Ronso and miqote are both cat-inspired races. :v Bunnies and cats are completely different animals.

I think they mean Miqotes and Vieras are merely humanoid with cat/bunny ears and tails, while ronso have more animal features (face, jaw/ teeth, horn, fur etc.)

Which seems to be FFXIV's way of doing, all characters are alway slender or well built, and the animal "features" are small. Any Hrothgar with a mane would be like this in my mind. Some kind of bulky human with a mane of hair and maybe a lion tail and feline eyes, if we go with the lion route.
Having only one beast playable race with all the other ones being very human based would feel weird in the FFXIV's scope.