Pteronaps

Pteronaps have either: feathered, furred, or batty patagium; a type of membrane connecting their forelimbs and hips together. There are, however, occasionally Pteronaps that have other types of patagium; such as that resembling insects.

They use these ‘wings’ to glide from tree-to-tree, or just to glide along with the wind to travel short distances.
Every Pteronap has long legs, as well as small feet paws. They use their long legs to help push them up into the air; their legs being incredibly strong and well-built. While their feet paws are sometimes small, they have retractable claws that can come out at will. The claws are long and sharp enough to help them grip onto tree branches and other rough surfaces. Their paw pads are very squishy, and make good padding for landing.

Pteronaps have rings of fur around their necks; though these rings are typically just called manes. During the Spring and Summer, their manes are smaller and thinner, but once it becomes Autumn to Winter, their manes suddenly grow out much larger and thicker! The fur helps keep them warm. Their entire bodies are also covered in fur, even the Pteronaps that have batty or insect patagiums have fur all over their bodies. The body fur tends to be shorter, but still rather thick to help keep them warm during the colder seasons.

Most Pteronaps have large ears to help them hear, and most Pteronaps have large tails to help aid them in steering and jumping, as the larger tails can help push up and propel them into the air along with their strong legs. There are, however, Pteronaps that are born with smaller, or more ‘petitie’ parts. The Pteronaps with these parts tend to have lesser hearing, and less mobility and range when it comes to gliding; most often finding it hard to even glide at all.
There are also Pternaps who were born with more 'huge' parts, thus making it especially hard for them to glide due to the parts weighing them down!

Some Pteronaps also have whiskers on their face, and these can range in size and quantity. A typical whiskered Pteronap has two large whiskers on either side of their cheeks, but Pteronaps can have up to six whiskers at a time. However, the more whiskers a Pteronap has, the more likely it is that the whiskers will be smaller in size.

Pteronaps can also have extra fluff anywhere on their body. It is not trait-related! Same with the whiskers!
 

An odd feature that all Pteronaps have are ‘butt wings’, or wings along the top side of their tail. These wings help push them up into the air, and it especially helps with the Pteronaps with smaller tails! It helps give them an extra boost up into the air! The wings can range in sizes, but are typically rather small. The wings can be larger of course; but the Pteronaps with larger butt wings tend to find it hard to balance themselves when walking around. The wings start to take up too much space on their body, and the Pteronaps with huge parts tend to have to learn to walk differently than normal Pteronaps.
 

A typical Pteronap is about one and a half feet in size (1 1/2 ft.). Larger Pteronaps exist, but these Naps are extremely rare. A Pteronap can also be smaller, but these are even more rare!
Larger and smaller Pteronaps are both called 'unusuals', and there are very few of them in the world!
 

As an added bonus, Pteronaps have long, bat-like tongues that help them drink the nectar out of fruits, flowers and berries. These tongues are typically split, but can also be just pointed. Their tongue tips are never round!

We encourage people to come up with new themes instead of already using themes that have already been used!
Be creative!
Pteronaps do not live in big cities on their own unless they are a pet, etc. They are primarily in forests, zoos/sanctuaries, or in general nature!
Pteronaps are also NOT human-sized, nor are they human!
Pteronap anatomy is naturally androgynous, and they do not have any sexual dimorphism seen in other species such as humans. They can express themselves in any gender, but don't have defining physical gender characteristics. This includes breasts, etc.
Please avoid using any references to pop culture and already existing brands in your Pteronap's design and clothing; as well as not making your Pteronaps based off of canon characters.
Thank you!