Seriously SE???

[CGMidlander]

We have artworks and models, it's really not just an assumption. Lore and animations have nothing to do with sticking a bunch of dragon ears and a tail on a jailbait and calling it a day. Coming up with that look wasn't a 40$ effort, you can tell that much already.

Lore and animation most certainly do have importance in differentiating races.

Otherwise, Miqo'te are just Hyur with cat ears and tails right?
Roes are just resized Hyur with different skin colour?
Elezen are really tall Hyur with pointy ears and small heads.
Lalafell are small, fat Hyur, I guess.
Au Ra are Hyur with scaly patches, a tail, and dragon horns.

Damn, SE is so uncreative with all these bipedal races.