| Nightglider | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Naming | |||
| Binomen | Hastatus volans | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Mammalian | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Non-Sapient | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | South America | ||
| Habitat | Jungle | ||
| Diet | Carnivorous | ||
| Locomotion | Arboreal Gliding | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | After Man | ||
| Created by | Dougal Dixon | ||
| Designed by | Dougal Dixon | ||
Nightgliders (Hastatus volans) are a curious group of small, predatory arboreal mustelids which inhabit the jungles of South America, about 50 million years in the future.
Biology[]
There are many different Nightglider varieties, each with a different color and texture to their fur, allowing them to camouflage themselves on different trees.
Having descended from arboreal mustelids, the Nightgliders acquired a membrane between their limbs which allows them to parachute and glide silently from the tree branches. Their hunting technique is most curious, however. They possess sharp modified quills on their chest, which are used to impale prey as they land over their victims from above.
As their name suggests, they are nocturnal, and their diet includes insects, amphibians and small mammals.
Appearances[]
- After Man: A Zoology of the Future, by Dougal Dixon (1981)
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- The Nightglider is described as a mustelid in the book, but the cladogram included at the end places it in the "insectivores" branch, making it a distant relative of the Reedstilt, Testadon, Tusked Mole, Tree Drummer, Truteal, Pfrit, Parashrew, Leaping Devil, Desert Shark, and Trovamp.