Sentient creatures

The following is a list of sapient creatures known to inhabit Middle-earth. Sapient creatures were capable of independent thought and thus the capacity to ally with either Sauron or the Free Peoples; many of them were able to speak in one or more languages of Middle-earth. 
== Sapient races ==
=== Humanoids/beings ===
*Ainur
*Dwarves
*Elves
*Ents
*Hobbits
**Fallohides
**Harfoots
**Stoors
*Men
*Ogres
*Orcs
*Skin-changers
*Trolls
**Cave-trolls
**Half-trolls
**Hill-trolls
**Mountain-trolls
**Olog-hai
**Snow-trolls
**Stone-trolls
*Badger-folk
=== Animals/beasts ===
*Bears
*Crebain
*Dragons
*Great siege beasts
*Hawks
*Horses
*Huorns
*Mûmakil 
*Ravens
*Thrushes
*Spiders
*Valar animals
**Great Eagles
*Wargs
*Werewolves
*Were-worms
*Watcher in the Water
*Foxes
=== Other/unknown ===
*Nameless things
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