Feld
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| "Duzin," one of Nwngan Dydd's sketches depicting a feld. The man depicted here is ethnically teelian. | |
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| Species: | N. Dimus
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| Nemocyon dimus | |
Felds (Nemocyon dimus; also Dimi (SG Dimus)) (Phyrean: Fwyl; Ascon: Bel; Teelian: 人 romanisation: lega) are one of two sapient species present on World, the other being Clúnydd. They are the most abundant species of canid. They are bipedal, on account of their historical tree-dwelling making their anterior limbs into graspers. They are theorised to have originated in southern Anidon around 50 000 BNB.
Name
Feld is derived from Phyrean fwyl, the name of the species in the language. The scientific name of their genus, Nemocyon, is derived from ancient Greek nemo-, meaning "tree," and kyon, meaning "dog." Dimus is the word for feld in Callidian.
Appearance
Head
The head of a feld is noticeably similar to that of other canids, with a long snout and big ears.
Body
Felds are elmiforms, and therefore they walk upright on their hind limbs, with their front limbs being used to grasp and manipulate their environment.
Fur patterns and coloration
Feld fur is highly varied and comes in several different patterns. It presents colours ranging between whites, blacks, greys and browns.
Eye colour
The most common eye colours in felds are, by far, various shades of brown. Blue and green are rarer, but known to exist.
Evolution
Felds are the only extant member of genus Nemocyon, part of the subfamily Nemocyoninae, a sister clade to canines (wolves, dogs, jackals, coyotes...), and located under the family of canids. They share their subfamily with the lesser tree dogs, genus Parvocyon, their closest extant relatives.
| Caniformia (dog-like carnivorans) |
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