Talk:Ghoul/@comment-25509684-20160216042011/@comment-186.18.63.24-20160225174929

Huh. Just did some research on the subject. It turns out, no one seems to agree on this. The best solution I've come across is to be consistent with whether you capitalize them or not. In reality, they are not proper nouns because they are not referring to a specific person or entity. However, due to the heavy usage of the capitalization of such words in fiction, it's become acceptable to capitalize every species name, as long as you remain consistent throughout the text.