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License: CC0 1.0 Universal Kaelygon 2024
Lacertocyon plumocrista (feather crested lizard dog), also known as feather maned dragon or simply maned dragon. Despite the name and similarities to reptiles and canids, Lacertocyon belongs to an entirely different family, Lacertherids, that diverged from late Eutherians.
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Lacertheriformes
- Family: Lacertheridae
- Genus: Lacertocyon
- Species: plumocrista
Average size: 100 cm at withers, weight 45 kg Speed: Up to 50 km/h in short sprint
Traits
- Warm-blooded, Placental Mammal, Predator, Omnivore, Venomous
Appearance
- Maned dragons are covered in thin fur, and they have a feathered mane that reaches from their head down to the tip of the tail. The mane consists of feather-like keratinous strands evolved from fur.
- This mane can puff up to appear bigger when threatened and acts as a protection and in heat regulation on cold nights.
- Maned dragons have long ears with tufts at the end.
- Their color is a mix of yellows, browns, and greens with lighter countershading. Colorization can also vary depending on the region.
- Maned dragon's teeth resemble those of canines or raccoons, which are suitable for an omnivorous diet.
- Their whiskers are as wide as their body front profile. When traversing narrow pathways, these whiskers would indicate when the gap is too narrow to fit.
- They have five 3-segmented fingers and four 2-segmented toes, which are closer to reptilian hands than canine paws by appearance.
- Skull shape is similar to reptiles, with external nares positioned like crocodiles. It lacks a rhinarium, but smell receptors are still located in the nasal cavity. The nasal cavity is still wet to help with smell
- Maned dragons have long digitigrade legs to be able to see in tall foliage. Making their gait akin to Maned Wolves.
- The similarities to canines and reptiles are largely superficial. These features evolved convergently to compete with modern carnivora.
Behavior
- Maned dragons are diurnal. They have trichromatic color vision, which is more advantageous in foraging, but this comes at the cost of poorer night vision.
- Their habitat is dry tropical forest and semiarid desert, and they are most active around temperatures of 10-25C.
- Maned dragons may share overlapping territories. Despite this, they are rarely aggressive against others unless food is scarce.
- The species is a solitary hunter and can hunt up to 60 kg, but their preferred prey weighs 20-40 kg.
- Maned dragons are omnivorous and often forage and eat various vegetable matter.
- When food is scarce, they can resort to scavenging. Their stomach acid is strong enough to digest bones.
- Any indigestible material, such as fur or large fragments, is regurgitated in compacted pellets.
- Maned dragons communicate via howls and barks or roars like Maned wolves. When they are threatened, they make hissing or growling sounds.
Reproductive organs
- The reproductive organs of maned dragons are similar to those of some aquatic mammals, such as cetaceans, with a few differences.
- Unlike cetaceans, L. plumocrista's anus is located outside the mammary slit before the root of the tail.
- Both male's and female's sexual organs are internal, resulting in a visually flush underside.
- In males, the penis and testes are internal, with the penis extending during mating.
- The species has six teats similar to canines, which are hidden under the fur and become only pronounced in nursing females.
- Outside reproductive organs, the species has very little sexual dimorphism.
Reproduction
- The female gives live birth and nurses a litter of 2 to 6 young with a gestation a period of 3-4 months.
- During this period, the male may share the territory and assist with raising the offspring by hunting and providing protection. They don't necessarily share the same living space until at late stage of the gestation. While the species is mostly solitary, they form some relations between individuals.
Venom
- Maned dragon has venom glands in the lower jaw. Some of the bottom teeth have grooves for the venom.
- Venom is useful when prey is too large to be disabled quickly by teeth and claws alone.
- If the prey becomes troublesome to kill, L. plumocrista may stalk the prey until the venom takes effect.
- The venom may also be used in defense, as it induces intense pain to repel the attacker.
The maned dragon would likely have evolved a unique venom composition with effects similar to these components:
- Intense pain: Bradykinin, Capsaicin
- Muscle paralysis: Dendrotoxin, Fasciculins, Conotoxins
- Venom spread promoters: Phospholipases, Metalloproteinases, Vasodilator
Evolution
- Lacertheriformes diverged from Eutherians some time before carnivora and convergently evolved alongside them, developing a unique set of traits.
- Amniota -> Cynodontia (259 mya) -> Eutheria (145 mya) -> Palutherium (100-66 mya) -> Palusaurictis (66 mya) -> Lacertocyon (34 mya)
Edit2: further updates at https://github.com/Kaelygon/Lacertocyon-plumocrista
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Drew my best friend and little sister Stealthy! Went with a lineless approach because it seemed like it'd be a challenge and I hadn't done it in a while.
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A lineless digital drawing of an MtF cyan anthro fox named Stealthy. She has black ears, black paws, and black tips on her long cyan hair, some of which is covering your left (her right) side of the face. She has a white muzzle, turquoise eyes, a gray band above her nose and the middle of her tail, white claws, pink paw beans, and a white tail tip with a black zig-zag separating the tip from the rest of the cyan tail. She's wearing a cozy turquoise sweater, along with a darker turquoise skirt.
Stealthy is beaming with a large, open mouth, fangs visible smile. She is waving her right (your left) arm up to say hello. She is standing on top of a large, cylindrical purple podium, and behind her is a light lavender backdrop with a few large darker wavy lines, along with a few white stars which dot the area. Beside her foot-paws is text on the ground which reads "Stealthy"
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Hi folks, I finished #drawing the artwork I teasered recently. Making this was a lot of fun and I learned things I want to do in the future. I'm trying my best to build the world and the characters to tell the story inside this illustration one day.
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In-game footage (no sound):
https://x.com/LinTheShark/status/1792999899287503306
Wishlist on Steam to help boost her game's visibility (iirc if a game gets wishlisted 1000 times, it automatically gets put on the Steam Store front page):
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Hi folks, It's time for another illustration from my webcomic. These are the main two characters which have yet to meet in the comic. If you're curious, you can read the beginning at https://comics.nek0.eu/remnants/.
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Catbox backup link in case of federation issues.
One of my favourite parts about working from home is that I can take short breaks to walk around, stretch, or cuddle Blahaj whenever I want :3
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A digital drawing of my canine fursona sitting on the floor in their room and cuddling a Blahaj (IKEA's shark plushie). They look very happy. Their work laptop is on a desk in the foreground, implying that they are cuddling a plushie instead of working. End alt text.
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What are you waiting for, it's free!
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Digital art of Kate, an anthro gray house-cat with long, brunette hair. She has part of her hair in a beehive, bangs, and the rest falling behind and over her shoulder. Kate is wearing pajamas, consisting of a loose fitting pink nightgown, and purple sweatpants. She is looking directly at the viewer, distinct tired bags under her eyes, with a large smug grin. Her left (your right) arm is gesturing towards an empty cardboard box beside her. The box is open, with all four flaps at varying heights on each side. To your right of Kate, and above the cardboard box, there is text which says "It's free real estate". Kate, the box, and the text have a large white stroke around them, imitating a sticker design.
This phrase is a reference to a skit from Tim and Eric (Free House For You, Jim), which spread around and became a bit of a meme several years ago now. It is used in this context relating to cats tending to lay in shipping boxes. She is laying claim to the cardboard as if it were indeed, free real estate.
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This picture is based on a irl photo, so its almost as if we took a trip through the looking glass, and ended up in a fantasy world, changing into our characters
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Canvas (Lemmy version of Reddit's r/place) event begins in about 8 hours
(canvas.fediverse.events)
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src for this adorable artwork by Nellorain
found this on Furaffinity! A pink snow leopard and a brown dog sitting on the floor at night and kissing :3
Characters are MattyThePinkSnowLeopard and their partner
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cross-posted from: https://yiffit.net/post/11100536
Made by Crowne Prince
I decided I wanted a better profile picture, so I bought some art. (Moths are furry, just look at the fluff)
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found this on Furaffinity! A cross fox sitting in a car parked in the woods :3
Character is Andy by Washeka
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I should have done this a while ago, but hey now my profile is finally complete.
Come check it out if you want!
FYI I revenge all attacks :3
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Axel chilling in his bed with his phone, waiting for Luis to sleep. I couldn't help but make this, it was a nice opportunity to practice a night light
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(And also drawing my deer boy barefoot again π
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Well, I hope you like it!
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Main img: commissioned by me from Bibi πΊπ¦ (aka Popkorny)
https://x.com/Bbibiarts/status/1533457317479567363
art by @GlamrockChica
https://x.com/GlamrockChica/status/1723441332293616053
art by Keisha Leigh Austria
https://x.com/austria_keisha/status/1691335666943369216
art by Welwraith
https://x.com/welwraith/status/1552356512965820419
art by Firulais
https://fixvx.com/Mamaofllamas/status/1494397724120203269
art by RakoonGrey
https://x.com/Rakoongrey/status/1476979083779190787
art by Hiroshark
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Are there furry #ttrpgs?
Got on a train of thought while debating What To Do With Orcs (I don't see how to fit them within my #dnd setting) when I realized that I could just have #Anthro #Hamsters fill their role. (I mean, they may be small, but I know my hampner would bite my finger off if I let him. Imagine one the size of a person) Which made me think, "Why not go all in on the furry?"
My question is, has a #furry #ttrpg been done? Like, one where you can #roleplay as your #fursona?
