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a group of the diurnal skeletons of the maschoran forests

cheirodromeous, more commonly called a thickcoated sprinter, are large centauroid with a thick coat of archeina, similar to their relatives on the fungal steppe, the frilled rakers, they can produce a green translucent milk like substance from specialized glands on their palms, called galakeir, which they feed to their young, they tend to wander in small packs comprising 3-8 adults and about 18-21 chicks, however they can usually get along by themselves, do to their thick coat and galakeir, ◗ta farmers have domesticated them many times, in a similar way that human farmers have domesticated wild mustard into many different crops, there are domesticated cheirodromeous with thicker more evenly distributed coats as opposed to their wild counterparts, as well as ones which produce more galakeir than their wild counterparts, as well as ones specifically bred for hunting and the rare one bred for meat, they were presumably quite the hassle to domesticate due to their speed, stealth, and agility, if you have any questions about this ostomesa please dont be worried to answer im more than happy to answer

parahwta, more commonly called a forest stalker, are interesting seelenlos, being the closest living relative to the ◗ta, theyre quite smart organisms, capable of tool use under certain circumstances, as well as having a similar vocalization skill to ◗ta, though they usually communicate through small chirps and whistles, but are capable of mimicking words or similar sounds, giving them another common name of forest whispers, similar to their sophont relatives they are generalists however unlike their relatives they are hypocarnivores as opposed to the mesocarnivorous ◗ta, parahwta are facultative quadrupeds being able to shift between bipedal locomotion and quadrupedal locomotion depending on the scenario, they have become quite the nuisance to settlements nearby or within the maschoran forests do to them liking shiny objects and attempting to steal them from ◗ta, if you have any questions about this ◗ta relative please do not be afraid to ask i am more than happy to answer

microsomaderes, more commonly called a small fleshhoof, are some of the largest seelenlos in the maschoran forests but also the smallest fleshhooves on ngiu◗, theyre generally solitary but arent particularly territorial, when they mate they usually only lay one or two eggs, and are fiercely protective oviparents, willing to get into fights with packs of lycoperiergo and cheirodromeous, and will even attack much smaller organisms that wouldnt attack them, microsomaderes are obligate folivores and prefer pseudokladi though they will eat most leaves without much issue, however usually microsomaderes kits are usually the ones eating the smaller plants, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

sagittaetos, more commonly called a roseheaded stork, these ostomesa spend most of their time in and around bodies of ammonia waiting for an ichthyongui to swim past them, their beaks are serrated to help them get a better grip on their prey, their bodies are countershaded to look like the foliage in the forest canopy, their heads and undersides of their necks are used for display, the light rose colour giving then their name, they usually lay a clutch of 4 eggs, which once hatched, the oviparent will be fiercely protective of, usually carrying their pups on their back while they go from bodies of ammonia, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

lycoperiergo, more commonly called a longfaced snapper, are forest dwelling relatives of pouched snappers of the steppes, they are commonly found in groups of 3-5 called kettles, they are some of the few ovoviviparious ostomesa on maschora, internalizing their eggs until they hatch and giving birth to chicks directly, they are primarily carnivorous but will opportunistically eat plants, similar to their steppebound relatives they use a tuft of colourful archeina as a display feature, for both disputes between kettles as well as internal mating disputes, they usually have a clutch of 6-8 chicks, which once reaching maturity leave the kettle, their bottom jaws have specialized teeth which keep their prey in their mouths, these fangs are also constantly growing similar to the teeth of telluric rodents, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask i am more than happy to answer

alcesiceratus, more commonly called a giant stabber, are large solitary seelenlos, which feed on the plants that litter the forest floor, they are the second largest seelenlos in the maschoran forest, and use their horns primarily during intraspecies conflict and mating displays, though if threatened by a large enough flock of predatory seelenlos they will use them as weaponry for self defense, they are also highly territorial and will usually fight other alcesiceratus in their territory unless they wish to mate, but if the other alcesiceratus doesn’t wish to mate it will usually end in a fight, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

a handful of the nocturnal skeletons of the maschoran forests

nemaursus, more commonly called a redtailed mouse, are arboreal seelenlos which lack the tapetum lucidum typical of most nihlimus, most likely due to its close relation to diamus, they climb around on the pseudokladi which create a canopy alongside smaller trees, nemaurus primarily eat eggs and ostoexoapo, though they will oppertunistically scavenge, their feet have small claws which help them keep a grip on the branches they walk on, due to their lack of tapetum lucidum they generally tend to be crepuscular and have highly reactive klariech compared to other nihlimus, they use their tails to keep themselves steady while sleeping in the canopy, as well as for display during mating rituals, though the red colouration makes them an easier target for predators, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

smilodactyl, more commonly called a scittering snouter, are small fox like seelenlos which are the closest living relative of the grabbing snouters on the fungal steppes, these grothiabates cling to the trunks of trees or burrow into the ground during the day to rest, sleeping on the trunk of a tree leaves them pretty out in the open for any carnivore which wants to eat them, theyve evolved to be almost the exact colour of the trunks they cling too, their hands are covered in small thin hooks of brachodas which they use for gripping and also defense under specific circumstances, if you have any questions about this organism please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

psittacocheri, more commonly called a fern grazer, are dexterous seelenlos, they commonly eat seed ferns and unintentionally spread their bur like seeds, they are capable of arboreality and use that skill to avoid predation, they will stay with their mate until their kits are grown and then will move on, however unlike most terrestrial ostomesa with a similar lifestyle psittacocheri parents will fertilize their mates eggs as well as lay their own, psittacocheri kits will hold onto their parents backs when theyre young and when they get older its only to traverse rough terrain or to avoid predation, they usually build nests at the bases of trees and if they cant defend that nest they will hold their eggs and climb up said trees and hope the predator leaves, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

cynomimus, more commonly called a skittish stalker, are small nocturnal ostomesa, they wander the maschoran forests at nighttime, and will scavenge on corpses they find, and will even attack sleeping prey if they are confident enough or desperate enough, they are highly territorial towards other cynomimids, however are very jumpy in regards to other ostomesa, they have been noted to follow ostomesa to their nests and then eat their eggs and young, theyve also been known to prey on small seelenlos, theyve widely been considered pests by the ◗ta due to their opportunistic nature, as well as them being quite intuitive, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

monocanthakrossos, more commonly called a stripetailed frill, are small seelenlos which riddle the maschoran forest, they have a unique trait in their distal digits on their forelimbs have an odd amount of flexibility being near opposable, their frill, like other members of their clade, is covered in tuberculate scales derived from suppressed archeina, they are very social organisms and use their tails to help communicate with each other, their diet is primarily composed of seeds and ostoexoapo, though they will opportunistically scavenge on corpses and fruits if they find them, they use their frill as a threat display alongside their oddly long fangs, unlike most members of their clade they dont use their frill for sexual display, instead using the stripes on their tail, monocanthakrossos chicks wont have these distinctive stripes instead having solid coloured tails or speckled tails, if you have any questions about this frilled seelenlos

pterolestes, more commonly called a wreath grazer, are flying seelenlos which are considered quite a pest among ◗ta settlements near and inside maschoran forests, due to their cocky nature and frequent theft, though they are less of a problem than telluric seagulls or pigeons due to them ranging from nocturnal to crepuscular, though a more modern trend for pterolestes is being cathemeral, pterolestes will usually build their nests near large patches of prygoanthids due to them being their primary food source, during hard times they will resort to eating its tubers and flowers, however they usually just settle for the nectar and fruit of the sedereamischos, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

sarcoraptor, more commonly called a gliding cutter, are small gliding ostoexoapo, which are the closest living relative to the lampoelytron, they use long flat wide extensions of their shell to glide across the canopy of the machoran forests, due to their low weight and size they can glide for extremely prolonged periods of time, they use their dexterous foremost forelimbs to cut off small bits of skin of ostomesa as well as forcefully pull smaller ostomesa out of their shells and kill them, in their larval state they will usually eat eggs and ambush other larval ostoexoapo, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please don't be afraid to ask i'm more than happy to answer

mixistoma, more commonly called nectar mixers, are small almost eusocial ostoexoapo, they are highly social compared to their relatives, and will create very large colonies to inhabit under the maschoran forest floor, through specific processes in a section of their foregut, they can turn moss and petals into a waxy substance they use to store their eggs in, maintain the structure of their colonies, and store nectar, they have converged on a behaviour similar to telluric bees, by churning pyrgoanthid nectar and mixing it with their saliva using their hindmost forelimbs to create a energy dense thick substance comparable to honey, their colonies have several specified “rooms” such as, store rooms for food and petals, nurserys where they keep larvae and eggs, and graveyards at the bottom of their colonies where they drop dead mixistomas they find in or near their colonies, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

phytofonias, more commonly called a leaf threader, are very small ostoexoapo which reproduce completely asexually, once they mature they will eat nearby plants almost nonstop over the span of a week and then will lay hundreds of eggs on every remaining leaves and mosses, widely considered a pest to ◗ta due to this fact, since they are capable of completely descimating crop fields between hatching and egg laying, fortunately for the plants of the maschoran forests most eggs are stillborn and they are preyed on by most small carnivorous organisms in the maschoran forests, they also have a long period between laying and hatching, due to their small size and odd life cycle they are theorized to have descended from a common ancestor of corpse leeches of the fungal steppe, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask i am more than happy to answer

biotapsora, more commonly called a scab tick, are very small seelenlos which are only visible after theyve begun feeding on their hosts, they have very flexible shells compared to other terrestrial ostoexoapo, which is useful to them since even though theyre very barebones under their shell, which is meant to be filled when they drink the blood of their hosts, they will run out of room relatively fast due to their size, they will begin to feed on their hosts after latching their legs into the skin of their host, they will routinely unlatch their legs and move them further out to accommodate their fastly changing size, their eyes are almost nonfunctional, only really capable of detecting movement, when they are ready they will release themselves off of their hosts and adjust their digestive system to be essentially an egg making factory, using any remaining nutrients to produce as many eggs as possible, once, they will die once producing their maximum amount of eggs due to the production speed, most eggs being still contained within their body, once these eggs hatch the larvae will eat other nearby eggs and their oviparents remains as well as any other nearby flesh, they will then use their eyes which function slightly better than their mature forms, they will look up around their surroundings and if theyre lucky they will find a host before they mature and latch on with specialized radula to said host, if they are less lucky they will climb onto a nearby plant or rock and use said specialized radula to latch onto it while they mature, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

xenodiaitapterus, more commonly called an infesting uking, are generalist scavengers which will fly around the maschoran forest and eat any rotting matter they come across, they are widely considered pests due to them accelerating the decomposition process, they will usually mate with whatever xenodiaitapterids they find around decaying matter while they feed and then lay a few eggs in the matter and fly away, leading to a plentiful meal for the larvae under the right conditions, on a large enough corpse infesting uking will be able to spend several days on the corpse before leaving it for their young, unlike most uking they rely on their radula more than the acidic enzymes their proboscis since the majority of their eating process relies on the intensive mastication done by their radula, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to answer

astomaverm, more commonly called a wood worm, are unique ostoexoapo which fill the plants of the maschoran forest, their life cycle is rather unique to ostoexoapo having three life stages compared to the usual two life stages most ostoexoapo have, similar to most ostoexoapo they have their larval stage where they lack their shells and have no reproductive organs, they have a second stage which most ostoexoapo dont have, which is a stage similar to their larval stage where they have thicker skin, similar to a telluric velvet worm, and also functional reproductive organs, though they are incapable of laying eggs in this life stage, once they fully mature they gain their shell and lose the ability to eat, going so far as to lose their stomach, they wander around laying small clutches of about 5 eggs inside empty holes they find on any form of wood they find, this leads to a trend of large hoards of astomaverm bursting out of infested pieces of wood every year, if you have any questions about this seelenlos please dont be afraid to ask im more than happy to tell you