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From the Encyclopedia of Divergence Species
Volume 4, page 69
Name
Dignes
Pronunciation
Dig-ness
Common name
Wild muse
Species
Musichio
Sub-Species
Digkas
Related species
Museo (See volume 8, page 346), Muse (See volume 8, page 336)
Lifespan
unknown as non has ever studied one from birth to death, and non have ever been captured alive.
Average Height (when fully grown)
About one foot when on all four for both sexes, and about two feet when on hind legs
Average Length (when fully grown and from snout to beginning of tail)
Males; two and a half feet
Females; two feet and three inches
Specimens have been recorded to be bigger or smaller by scientists
Tail Length (when fully grown)
Both sexes have a two-foot long tail
The biggest males have been reported to have a three or four foot tail
Fur (see page 72 for full range of colors)
Most Dignes are one solid colors, but some rare ones come in two colors of either spots or stripes.
Common colors include colors of eco such as red, blue, green, and yellow. No one knows if there is a connection. But the colors may vary still to; purple, orange, gray, teal, brown, beige, pink, and the like.
Vary rarely will anyone ever see a pure white or black Dignes, though some have seen a Dignes with black or white spots or strips.
Eye Color
The color of their fur and if fur is spotted then the most abundant color of the fur color. (see figure a)
Habitat
The lush forests of the north. But there is said to be some that live in the Haven forest. Also from many hundred years ago Haven scientist found Dignes remains in what used to be a great jungle where the residential part of the city now resides. They lived both on the forest floor as well as the forest trees and canopy, depending on where they lived.
The Digkas is an exception. They can be found in the vast wasteland. But they are even rarer then the Dignes, so almost nothing is known about them other then the fact that they live in the desert and that they are omnivores, unlike their close cousins.
Diet
Diet is mostly unknown, but most scientists agree that Dignes are more then likely herbivores. Eating everything from leaves, to grass, to bark, to berries. Others say that with their plant eating behavior they also eat bugs.
General Physical Description
Dignes are often confused with their more commonly found related cousins, the Museo. As the Dignes, the Digkas, the Museo, as well as the extremely rare Muse, all share most of the same characteristics.
Dignes have a cat like appearance with large ears that they are able to move freely in their sockets. The Dignes’s ears are so flexible that they can turn completely around, a full 360º, giving the Dignes a full field of hearing.
They have long prehensile tails that they use much like monkeys do, such as grabbing tree braches or bracing themselves. But Dignes tails also act as a third hand which allows them to pick up and hold objects in their tails. As such it isn’t uncommon to see and Dignes mother leading her offspring with her tail (see breeding for more information) or for Dignes to follow each other using their tails to grasp each other.
Dignes have four finger like paws on their front paws and an almost thumb (see figure b). And on their rear paws they have five ‘toes’ (see figure c). The bottom of a Dignes’s paws are covered in a hard pad that they use to climb trees and also to move without noise in the underbrush, thus making them difficult to track. Why they must make no noise is something still not quite understood.
Troop life
Troops consist of many females and their offspring as well as a few males. A leader pair heads them, but unlike some species not just that one pair may breed. An average troop has around thirty (30) animals in it.
The troop is a close-knit semi family. Semi because not all the troop is from the same pair, some come from other troops, or were kicked out of there old one.
The troops, as far as we can tell, have no real social structure or organization other then the leading pair.
Dignes troops are constantly moving. Never staying the same place twice. It is unknown if they are nomadic or if they patrol their territories.
Breeding and Offspring
Although most is unknown about the breeding habits of the Dignes, scientists can take a common guess from their cousins the Museos. Scientists believe that Dignes breed in the bitter winter, so that they may have their offspring in the start of spring, much like Museos do.
The gestation period for a Dignes is once again simply a rough guess but scientists think it is around a moth to two months. By then the baby Dignes haves fully formed into small balls of fur. Each female Dignes has around three or four babies, but only one or two makes it to adolescents.
Once a baby Dignes is born it has to stay in the nest for around two weeks once its eyes and ears open after three days. But even in that time they are not that vulnerable as there are female Dignes from the same troop share baby duties. But still some do wonder away and either drops down out of the tree, or are snatched up by a predator.
Dignes mysteries
It has been thoroughly recorded in scientist field journals that while tracking a troop of Dignes that they will simply vanish. And no amount of searching will reveal them. But then when the scientist goes back to the camp they made the night before a few hours later the Dignes will be there again as if they never left.
No one knows what happens to the Dignes while they hide. But there have been many extravagant theories and ideas. (For more information see page 74)
Volume 4, page 69
Name
Dignes
Pronunciation
Dig-ness
Common name
Wild muse
Species
Musichio
Sub-Species
Digkas
Related species
Museo (See volume 8, page 346), Muse (See volume 8, page 336)
Lifespan
unknown as non has ever studied one from birth to death, and non have ever been captured alive.
Average Height (when fully grown)
About one foot when on all four for both sexes, and about two feet when on hind legs
Average Length (when fully grown and from snout to beginning of tail)
Males; two and a half feet
Females; two feet and three inches
Specimens have been recorded to be bigger or smaller by scientists
Tail Length (when fully grown)
Both sexes have a two-foot long tail
The biggest males have been reported to have a three or four foot tail
Fur (see page 72 for full range of colors)
Most Dignes are one solid colors, but some rare ones come in two colors of either spots or stripes.
Common colors include colors of eco such as red, blue, green, and yellow. No one knows if there is a connection. But the colors may vary still to; purple, orange, gray, teal, brown, beige, pink, and the like.
Vary rarely will anyone ever see a pure white or black Dignes, though some have seen a Dignes with black or white spots or strips.
Eye Color
The color of their fur and if fur is spotted then the most abundant color of the fur color. (see figure a)
Habitat
The lush forests of the north. But there is said to be some that live in the Haven forest. Also from many hundred years ago Haven scientist found Dignes remains in what used to be a great jungle where the residential part of the city now resides. They lived both on the forest floor as well as the forest trees and canopy, depending on where they lived.
The Digkas is an exception. They can be found in the vast wasteland. But they are even rarer then the Dignes, so almost nothing is known about them other then the fact that they live in the desert and that they are omnivores, unlike their close cousins.
Diet
Diet is mostly unknown, but most scientists agree that Dignes are more then likely herbivores. Eating everything from leaves, to grass, to bark, to berries. Others say that with their plant eating behavior they also eat bugs.
General Physical Description
Dignes are often confused with their more commonly found related cousins, the Museo. As the Dignes, the Digkas, the Museo, as well as the extremely rare Muse, all share most of the same characteristics.
Dignes have a cat like appearance with large ears that they are able to move freely in their sockets. The Dignes’s ears are so flexible that they can turn completely around, a full 360º, giving the Dignes a full field of hearing.
They have long prehensile tails that they use much like monkeys do, such as grabbing tree braches or bracing themselves. But Dignes tails also act as a third hand which allows them to pick up and hold objects in their tails. As such it isn’t uncommon to see and Dignes mother leading her offspring with her tail (see breeding for more information) or for Dignes to follow each other using their tails to grasp each other.
Dignes have four finger like paws on their front paws and an almost thumb (see figure b). And on their rear paws they have five ‘toes’ (see figure c). The bottom of a Dignes’s paws are covered in a hard pad that they use to climb trees and also to move without noise in the underbrush, thus making them difficult to track. Why they must make no noise is something still not quite understood.
Troop life
Troops consist of many females and their offspring as well as a few males. A leader pair heads them, but unlike some species not just that one pair may breed. An average troop has around thirty (30) animals in it.
The troop is a close-knit semi family. Semi because not all the troop is from the same pair, some come from other troops, or were kicked out of there old one.
The troops, as far as we can tell, have no real social structure or organization other then the leading pair.
Dignes troops are constantly moving. Never staying the same place twice. It is unknown if they are nomadic or if they patrol their territories.
Breeding and Offspring
Although most is unknown about the breeding habits of the Dignes, scientists can take a common guess from their cousins the Museos. Scientists believe that Dignes breed in the bitter winter, so that they may have their offspring in the start of spring, much like Museos do.
The gestation period for a Dignes is once again simply a rough guess but scientists think it is around a moth to two months. By then the baby Dignes haves fully formed into small balls of fur. Each female Dignes has around three or four babies, but only one or two makes it to adolescents.
Once a baby Dignes is born it has to stay in the nest for around two weeks once its eyes and ears open after three days. But even in that time they are not that vulnerable as there are female Dignes from the same troop share baby duties. But still some do wonder away and either drops down out of the tree, or are snatched up by a predator.
Dignes mysteries
It has been thoroughly recorded in scientist field journals that while tracking a troop of Dignes that they will simply vanish. And no amount of searching will reveal them. But then when the scientist goes back to the camp they made the night before a few hours later the Dignes will be there again as if they never left.
No one knows what happens to the Dignes while they hide. But there have been many extravagant theories and ideas. (For more information see page 74)