Mongoloid/ˈmɒŋ.ɡə.lɔɪd/ is a term now often deprecated as offensive, for peoples indigenous to East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Eastern Russia, the Arctic, the Americas, parts of the Pacific Islands and parts of South Asia. Individuals within these populations often share certain associated phenotypic traits, such as epicanthic folds (epicanthus), sinodonty and neoteny.