Teacup Musmi Obambuloterra minimamus
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The Teacup Musmi is a small rodent-like dragon reminiscent of Rabbits and Jerboas. These Musmi have excellent hearing and a strong sense of smell. They are quiet, graceful and oh so very cuddly.
Their fur is a short, dense, velvet-like texture. They sport tiny sharp claws, excellent for digging. The Musmi love to help the Korou find and dig up truffles, which is their favorite treat.
They sport small horns or antlers on their heads. We aren't sure to what purpose these have, the Musmi don't particularly spar with each other. We believe they are used as a means to attract a mate. Both males and females sport these horns.
They are excellent jumpers and climbers. They often live in the treetops with the Korou. It is not unusual to find small packs of Musmi roaming around the forest floors, living among the brush. Now that the humans are nearly extinct, the Musmi are able to regain their more natural lifestyles and habitats. The Musmi are even beginning to reclaim their native territories in the Shrublands and Savannahs.
A family of Teacup Musmi often has a "guardian" Korou in their family. This is the primary Korou that each individual Musmi family will interact with. This often extends to the rest of the Korou's family as well. As a whole, the two species live harmoniously together and will help any member of either species.
Their fur is a short, dense, velvet-like texture. They sport tiny sharp claws, excellent for digging. The Musmi love to help the Korou find and dig up truffles, which is their favorite treat.
They sport small horns or antlers on their heads. We aren't sure to what purpose these have, the Musmi don't particularly spar with each other. We believe they are used as a means to attract a mate. Both males and females sport these horns.
They are excellent jumpers and climbers. They often live in the treetops with the Korou. It is not unusual to find small packs of Musmi roaming around the forest floors, living among the brush. Now that the humans are nearly extinct, the Musmi are able to regain their more natural lifestyles and habitats. The Musmi are even beginning to reclaim their native territories in the Shrublands and Savannahs.
A family of Teacup Musmi often has a "guardian" Korou in their family. This is the primary Korou that each individual Musmi family will interact with. This often extends to the rest of the Korou's family as well. As a whole, the two species live harmoniously together and will help any member of either species.
Length:
Male:
- 3 - 4 ft Long
- 1.5 - 2 ft Tall
Female:
- 3.5 - 4.5 ft Long
- 1.5 - 2 ft Tall
- 3 - 4 ft Long
- 1.5 - 2 ft Tall
Female:
- 3.5 - 4.5 ft Long
- 1.5 - 2 ft Tall
Weight:
- Male: 20 - 35 lbs.
- Female: 25 - 40 lbs
- Female: 25 - 40 lbs
Unique Traits:
The Teacup Musmi have very large feathered wing ears. Not only do their ears have excellent hearing, they also allow for gliding with very short bursts of powered flight. It is not uncommon to see a Musmi hopping along the ground, much like a kangaroo, then flap it's ears and glide a fair distance as it tries to evade predators.
Diet:
The Teacup Musmi primarily eat fruits, fungi, nuts and grubs.
Reproduction:
Teacup Musmi reach sexual maturity at the age of 5 and live an average lifespan of 100.
Much like the Korou, they don't feel the need to breed every year, choosing to breed every second year after they find their lifelong mate.
Much like the Korou, they don't feel the need to breed every year, choosing to breed every second year after they find their lifelong mate.
History:
The era of the humans destroyed many of the Shrubland and Savannahs that the Musmi lived in. They fled to nearby jungles and forests in an attempt to survive. The Musmi were small enough and elusive enough to evade being detected by the humans. While being elusive enabled them to survive, they were incapable of fighting the humans back to save the lands they call home. In what seemed like a loosing battle, the Teacup Musmi needed outside help.
The Teacup Musmi teamed up with the Korou and formed a formidable team together. The Musmi's excellent hearing were able to alert the Korou of encroaching humans and the Korou would act. The Korou sang haunting songs and using their magical elements were able to summon varying ghastly apparitions along the heavy fog. The songs are quite similar to today's Arctic Loon.
The humans became terrified of what they thought were haunted jungles and even went to great lengths to retreat out of the jungles, abandoning many temples which have been reclaimed by nature.
Since this historical moment for both of these species, the Korou and Musmi continue to reside together in harmony.
The Teacup Musmi teamed up with the Korou and formed a formidable team together. The Musmi's excellent hearing were able to alert the Korou of encroaching humans and the Korou would act. The Korou sang haunting songs and using their magical elements were able to summon varying ghastly apparitions along the heavy fog. The songs are quite similar to today's Arctic Loon.
The humans became terrified of what they thought were haunted jungles and even went to great lengths to retreat out of the jungles, abandoning many temples which have been reclaimed by nature.
Since this historical moment for both of these species, the Korou and Musmi continue to reside together in harmony.