The ability to identify the type of species of another individual.
Also Called
- Species Identification/Scanning
Capabilities
The user can find out what type of species or being the another individual belongs to without their consent or revelation.
Associations
Limitations
- May be rendered useless by Illusion or Psychic Shield.
- Requires close range for the subject to be detected.
- Darkness, cover or long distance may render this power useless.
Known Users
Film/Television
- Vampires (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and Angel); via Enhanced Smell
- Sun Wukong (Journey to the West); via X-Ray vision to see one's true self
- Juliet van Heusen (Wizards of Waverly Place); via Enhanced Smell
- Tobias Rice (Smallville); could identify Kryptonite-infected people with vision
- Melinda Gordon (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Aiden Lucas (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Becca (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Beth Gordon (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Mary Anne (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Gabriel Lawrence (Ghost Whisperer); via Empathy to identify ghosts
- Witches (The Vampire Diaries/The Originals); identify vampires through touch
- Christy Jenkins (Charmed); via Telepathy to identify demons
- Witches (Witches of East End); via a spell to identify magical people
- Grimms (Grimm); identify Wesen
- Wesen (Grimm); identify Grimms
Literature
- All supernaturals (Shadow Falls); via X-Ray Vision to see someone's brain pattern
- Vampires; also via Enhanced Smell
- Chameleons; also via Enhanced Smell
- Werewolves; also via Enhanced Smell
- Faes
- Witches
- Warlocks
- Shape-shifters
- Vampires (Twilight Saga); via Enhanced Vision and Enhanced Smell
- Quileute werewolves (Twilight Saga); via Enhanced Vision and Enhanced Smell
- Vampire hybrids (Twilight Saga); via Enhanced Vision and Enhanced Smell
- Fahai (The White Snake)
- Moroi (Vampire Academy series)
- Strigoi (Vampire Academy series)
Known Objects
- Enchanted mirrors (Journey to the West)
- Omnitrix (Ben 10); limited to alien DNA
- Ultimatrix (Ben 10); limited to alien DNA