Race and species

Species (大種族, Dai Shuzoku, lit. "greater race") of demons is the category that contains the more specific demon races or clans in the Shin Megami Tensei traditional series and Devil Summoner subseries (except for Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha series which uses another demon categorization system). "Species" received its official English localization only in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE. Because in other localized games of the series, species is a "hidden" mechanics behind the demon fusion system and only mentioned in the game manual.

In the Japanese version of Digital Devil Saga duology, the "race" that indicates before the generic enemy demons' name is actually the "species" succeeded from the SMT series. However these titles do not play much important role in the game system and only serve as the tip of the enemy's attributes.