Sentience scale

The sentience scale was a numeric scale used by humans to rate the intelligence of various species.
* Alphane and Medusan intelligence was comparable to that of humans.
* Treecats of Sphinx:
** real intelligence ≈ 1.00
** dissimulationBefore the treecats decided to reveal their true intelligence, which was actually equal to that of humans, to their human companions. () = 0.83
* Gremlins of Beowulf < 0.83 (slightly)
* Dolphins of Earth < 0.83 (slightly)
* Amphors of Barstool = 0.70 ()
* Barthoni ? One of the few nonhuman species to have established a multiple planetary presence. ()
Other animals that might also be considered a sentient species:
* the herbivorous Growlers, a degenerated form of the Alphanes. ()
* the carnivorous Gilgamesh River Devils, a semi-sentient animal species. ()
Terran great apes were not mentioned.
== Progress of discoveries ==
* There had been twelve recognized non-human sentient species - including treecats and amphors - in 16th Century PD. ()
* There were twenty-seven sentient nonhuman species discovered to 1920 PD. ()
== External links ==
* David Weber's Infodump posts: Treecat intelligence I and Treecat intelligence II
== References ==
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