AI Civ Traits and Ship Range

A newbie question:

Do individual races have something akin to the "10 points of bonus features" that Humans do? For my most recent game, the Tolarians were able to colonize planets two sectors away at the start of the game, without any +range techs. Even with spending points on +1 range for my civ, my colony ships could only reach adjacent sectors.

Sorry if this has been handled elsewhere, or if I am missing something obvious.

Thanks,
SuperGamera
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