User blog comment:KaiserLos24/Yordle Lore = Corki Visual Upgrade?/@comment-8506165-20140328133549

I seem to recall that Meglings and Yordles were originally conceived as separate species (Tristana being the Megling Gunner) but they were merged into Yordles at some point. Hence males having fur and females not, which they just kind of ran with for subsequent designs. So the whole Yordle design just ended up being a bit of a mess.

If you look at Tristana's oldest lore, it doesn't actually mention her or Meglings being Yordles at any point:

"If there is one thing that all Meglings have in common, it’s their love of explosions. It’s a known fact that one in three will lose either a finger, a toe, or singe off all their facial hair by the age of seventeen.

''Tristana joined the Megling Commandos at a very young age and signed up to become a “Ruby.” The Ruby Bazookas, or Rubies for short, are a crack squad armed with heavy mobile artillery. Though they typically work in teams of two (to more easily handle the awkwardly large bazookas they carry), Tristana has shown an unnatural aptitude for being able to balance and fire her weapon-despite the fact that it stands nearly two feet taller than she. ''

''Though armed to the teeth, Tristana is generally very lighthearted and easy going. Her father is very proud of her, and often comes to the Institute to watch Tristana practice or participate in tournaments (though she thinks he just comes to watch the explosions)."''