What race is General Grievous?

General Grievous is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He was introduced as a villain in 2004 in the animated series Star Wars. In the Star Wars "Legends" universe of non-canon novels, comic books, video games and animated series, Grievous was originally a Kaleesh warlord named Qymaen jai Sheelal, who suffered great injuries in a ship crash and was then rebuilt as an alien cyborg.