The Dromaeosaurs created by Ingen are any of the raptor dinosaurs that were created in Isla Sorna and, in some species, imported to Isla Nublar.
Differences from their Mesozoic Ancestors[]
Among all the species of the cloned dromaeosaurs, they have pronated forelimbs and lack of feathers, which is quite the opposite of the original Mesozoic dromaeosaurs. In nearly all of the species, both sexes were fully scaled. However, males of a crested Deinonychus ingens sornensis seen wild on Isla Sorna have quills on the top of their heads; the variants of the similar population on Ile Saint-Hubert (which may possibly be the same subspecies as the Sorna population or a distinct subspecies Deinonychus ingens hubertii) also have quills on the top of their heads.
Behavior-wise, Ingen's dromaeosaurs behavior quite differently from their Mesozoic counterparts, being much smarter and quite social to others of their kind; their intelligence are heightened to an extreme, allowing them to be around as smart as cetaceans and non-human primates, unlike the more bird-leveled intelligence of their Mesozoic counterparts. Additionally, due to more pronounced serrations in their infamous sickle-shaped claws, they are capable of disembowling their prey in a manner similar to a cassowary, quite unlike the "raptor-prey-restraint" hunting technique performed by Mesozoic dromaeosaurs, which would have involved a dromaeosaur pinning its prey to the ground with its clawed feet in a similar manner to modern birds of prey.
Velociraptor[]
Velociraptor nublarensis is a small, roughly turkey-sized, raptor dinosaur that resides in Isla Nublar; it is the only authentic "Velociraptor" that Ingen had created for their park, due to being about the same size as its Mesozoic ancestors and having a correct slender and elongated snout, unlike the more boxy-shaped skulls of Deinonychus that are marketed as "Velociraptors". Unlike the the cloned Deinonychus species, V. nublarensis does not have notable sexual dimorphism, due to both males and females being quite similar apart from the males being slightly larger than the females. The skin color of this cloned species consists of a deep brown body with darker brown blotches and with a pair of blue crests over each eyebrow ridge; all known Mesozoic dromaeosaurs lacked this crest structure.
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V. nublarensis is quite social among others of its species, allowing it to hunt reasonably-sized prey up to the size of a human or a sheep, though they also prey on smaller creatures such as small mammals, lizards, and insects. Juveniles raid the nests of other dinosaurs. V. nublarensis packs have been known to vary in numbers, although they averagely consist of up to 6-7 members. When attacking a large animal, a Velociraptor would lunge at with its arms outstretched and puncture an animal's skin with its sickle claw. It would do this several times until its prey was subdued from blood loss, allowing other members of its pack to finish off the wounded animal.
Deinonychus ingens[]
Deinonychus ingens is closest to the fossils of the dromaeosaur found in Montana. Despite being marketed as "Velociraptor" by both Ingen and the general public, these dinosaurs are clearly not Velociraptor, due to their skull shapes and their large sizes.
Deinonychus ingens ingens[]
D. i. ingens are sexually dimorphic, with wild females having a brown color (sometimes having faint black lines) with translucent green eyes similar to crocodiles while the wild males have a coloration similar to that of a tiger with yellow eyes. When they are born, they imprint on the first creature they come in contact with, even if this creature is not of their own species, and would be loyal to this individual. According to Jurassic Park game warden Robert Muldoon, these raptors were "lethal" at eight months of age. Muldoon also claimed that these raptors are able to reach speeds of 50-60 MPH in the open and are “astonishing jumpers”.
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In terms of behavior, these raptors do not vocalize as much as the other cloned species when hunting with the only instance of this behavior when a female individual called for her subordinate when hunting Tim and Lex Murphy. It has been observed that they rely primarily on stealth when hunting, which might explain the limited vocalizations. The trapping method that Dr. Grant theorized for the non-clones is also employed by the clones that lived in Jurassic Park. Like wolves, this species sometimes display aggressive behavior towards packmates, usually for or to remain in control of the pack, though other factors can be involved. The Big One notably displayed aggressive behavior when she killed nearly all the raptors being kept in the Raptor Paddock for control of the pack sparing only two members of her species.
Deinonychus ingens sornensis[]
The skulls of D. i. sornensis are longer and have crests located on the nasal bone of their skull, traits which are absent in the Nublar subspecies. Furthermore, no known dromaeosaurid in the Mesozoic has been found with crests.
Like with the Nublar subspecies, sexual dimorphism is present, with m males being of a grayish blue color with light blue horizontal striping from the start of the neck to the end of the tail, and their eyes were red and small with a blue ring around the socket. Males also possess quills on the top of their heads as well as having red crests. The females are a beige color with black markings across their body and have yellow eyes. The females' head crests are also less pronounced and not red, unlike the males'. Both sexes have either vertical or round pupils in their eyes, depending on an individual.
Unlike the Nublar subspecies, D. i. sornensis vocalize and trap more in hunting. Their traps are rather complex, an example of this being when a male stalked the rescue team for Eric Kirby throughout the InGen Compound and putting its head inside one of the empty tanks, pretending to be one of the dinosaur fetuses found in the laboratory waiting for one of the members of the rescue team to encounter him. Another example is when the previously mentioned male pinned down rescue team member Udesky to draw out his fellow teammates that were seeking refuge high in a tree. From the only pack observed, they are highly respectful of each other, especially their leader. Aggression among packmates, such as to usurp the leader, is relatively unknown in this species with no observations of this behavior. However, when one male individual threatened to attack the rescue team, the Alpha roared at said pack mate, commanding it to stand down. Their nests are created close to other nests of their kind. Whether these groups of nests all belong to more or just one pack is unknown. When one or more eggs are taken from the nest, the pack who own that nest are known to relentlessly pursue whoever stole their eggs.
Deinonychus masranii[]
Dromaeosaurus[]
Utahraptor[]
