Are Merseians mammals?
To which Vach does Tachwyr the Dark belong?
Why is Dominic Flandry surprised to learn that Aycharaych is a universal telepath when Terran Intelligence had already acquired that information?
For a discussion of the third question and also for a "saving of the appearances" answer to it, see An Unexpected Contradiction by Sean M. Brooks.
We know that stories can exist in different versions but do not expect to find mutually incompatible accounts of a single incident within a series that is presented to us as a linear narrative sequence. See Contradictions In Future Histories.
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Kaor, Paul!
As for the question of whether or not Merseians were mammals, I would argue that and similar issues were matters of long debate by human scientists. Some would argue that if non-Terrestroid life forms fitted the descriptions of various kinds of life found on Earth, then terms like "mammals" could be applied to them. Other scientists would disagree and insist it would be a mistake to apply such terms to off Earth life forms.
I think Anderson, in a rare goof, simply forgot about the name of the Vach Tachwyr the Dark belonged to in ENSIGN FLANDRY in the later books.
Ad astra! Sean
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