This in Dindin, my Dinumi female.

That is a species i created with long thoughts and designs.
Dinumi and Dindin are ©  T-i-g-g
More Infos about Dinumis: http://tiggcreations.com/Dinumi-Species-Info.htm
This is an closed species, please refuse to create own ones without permission.







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Dinumi Species Info
Dinumi is a personal creation by Tigg and is run under her very own hand.
Dinumis are a closed species, that means you are not allowed to randomly create a Dinumi and call it this way. However, there are sometimes adoptables available, so you might see them owned by other persons than Tigg herself.

Please do not use these following references for your own work.

What is a Dinumi?

Dinumi are creatures with a high variety in appearance. They can have any colors on their eyes, skin, horns, hoofes or claws. They come along with mostly individual markings.
Depending on the geographic and natural habitat, the appearance can be different.
Dinumis can reproduce and have sex, but no one is allowed to let them breed to create own new Dinumis.

Overview

Dinums are in their behavor like Utahraptors. They are predators but omnivores, meaning they either eat vegetables or meat. However, a Dinumi always prefers meat over vegetables.
Their noises remind of a mix between dolphins and birds. They can be high pitched but also be very deep. Think about variety in our nature and what sounds birds and dolphins can make, it is large!
A Dinumis Tongue is ment for sniffing. Like snakes do, they flip their tongue out to sniff the air. For this special skill, their skull is anatomically equipped with a small slit in the upper front lip, so the tongue can always be used.
They are a species, that walks on its hindlegs, just like a raptor does. Dinumis always have hooves, but in maximum of 3 styles, shown further down and depending on their habitat.


Genders

Genderwise, males are capable of having a way larger set of horns.
Females do have smaler horn sets.
Other than that, there is no big difference in the optical overlook.
Details and NSFW genital references can be found by scrolling down.

Diet
Dinumi are omnivores, that means they eat everything they can catch or find. From plants and vegetables, grass or ferns, to insects and larger animals. A Dinumi prefers meat over everything else. Fish is welcome but due to their hoovings, they are not very good standing in rivers and hunt these.

Behaviour
Dinumi are very social and kind hearted to their own species. When well fed, they can be kept together with other living forms. However, when food is rare or just vegetarian food is available, Dinumis can and will turn into great predators and hunt down everything that is not a Dinumi.
Within their own family, a Dinumi cares for its relatives. Nesting grounds are kept save, clean and hidden by the females. Male Dinumi usually help on that, but if the family is little, they also would go to hunt and bring the mother food when the cubs are in danger to be left alone.

Interactions with other animals or even humans, depend on the situation. If a Dinumi is brought to places with many other beings, they usually warm up, forget about everything and go crazy. Curious like they are, it can happen, that a Dinumi stalks others, runs after them and sniffs heavily with its tongue. Well fed and not hungry, Dinumis socialize a lot with others and even play hide and seek or "catch me if you can".

Dinumis are usually very noisy, communicating a lot with their owns but also with strangers. Their birdlike voices can sometimes pitch very high or drop down extremely deep. A large variety of noises and sounds are possible. Chirps, purrs, and twitter... even whistles. A Dinumi could also try to immitate others, like a bird tries to "speak". However, Dinumis are very clever and if they study someone long enough, they tend to learn what the actions and noises ment to be. If a Dinumi was long enough with humans, they could eventually even talk, but with their bird like noises, it would always sound like a voice that gets changed by a voicechanger, or anything like that.

Habitat
Dinumi can be found anywhere, as long as the habitat holds enough food.
Swampy and jungle areas are usually for tripple-hooved Dinumis, since they have to get better grip. Even-toed Dinumi live in habitats that are between swamp, jungle or sandy areas. Also very rough mountains with a rocky landscape. The normal hooved ones live in all the rest. However, Dinumis prefer warm habitats, so everything with snow wouldnt fit their needs.
Dinumis can swim... if they have to! Due to their light weighted bones, they automatically swimm at the surface. Their hollow bones, filled with air, offers a great buoyancy. Dinumis look like dogs in the water, paddling their legs and keeping the head up as much as possible. Some Dinumis have learned to use their tails for better swimming, but the majority of them are not very good with this.

Dinumi are a mix between cold- and warmblood. This means, they use the morning sun to bathe in and gain power from it. But if there is the opportunity to hunt in the night, they also can gather up together and vibrate their muscles to produce warmth. Doing this in a big crowd of many Dinumis, the ones in the middle can be warmed up to go to hunt.

Reproducing

Dinumi reproduce via mating. The female gets pregnant. Usually they get just one baby, but lucky and potent couples can get two. Dinumis are mammals and the female holds the babys for 6 months untill she gets down to birth. The milkbar is between their frontarms. The bar can slightly swell when having babys that are to fed by that milk. Actually Dinumis have 8 nipples, that go from between the front arms down the belly. But only the first pair between the arms produce milk. Male and female both have these bars, but the reason for males having them, is not discovered yet.

Dinumi wont show their reproducing organs without the purpose of either mating or atracting another Dinumi. Dinumi dont have to be hetero couples, and they can even build bonds with creatures that arent Dinumis. On rare sights, there were couples sightet that are across all types or even genders.


Variety

Possible differences are:

Lenght of fur (cold/hot areas) - Dinumis always have fur, they are never skinny without fur.
Horn design - Dinumis can have realistic horns or a fantasy based set. They can even have just one horn. Dinumis never have spikes anywhere on the body. The only horn or spikewise things are the horns on the head.
Hoove design - Dinumi have, depending on their habitat, horselike hoofes, paired hoofes or even tripled hoofes (example: rhinoceros). They never have claws on their feet or any else designs as in showed down below.
Ears - Can be any, as long as they are not overall large. They should never be oversized, better hold them smaller than too big. A Dinumi is never earless, unless the ear got ripped off. The biggest Earsize, compared to their head, is for example a doe.
Tail - Dinumis Tails are at least the size so the tailtip can touch the ground. Depending on habitat it can be even longer. A Dinumi can have a two tipped tail or a maximum of 2 tails at once.
Front paws - Always have to look the same and must have 5 fingers and claws. There is no variety in this.
Wings - Is a no go. Dinumis never have wings.
Spikes - Is a no go. Dinumis never have spikes.
Whiskers - Dinumis always have whiskers, that can have any color.
Mixing? - Dinumis cant be mixed with any other species. The only thing that could relate optical to another animal is just the furmarkings. That means, a Dinumi could have zebra stripes, or leopard spots.
Fangs - The below jawset always looks the same, unless a Dinumi has lost some teeth. The upper Jawset can variy with boar teeth growing out of the muzzle or even saber teeth.