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I’m posting this just for fun, here. But since a while, I’ve been playing (just for the fun of it) categorizing the fantasy animals, just like zoologist made with real animals. You see, many of these creatures reproduce the concepts or principles of other fantasy creatures, though they were not necessarily come from the same parts of the world.Take, for example, the Sphinx and the Manticore. Both have a feline bpdy with a human face, but they have differences (scorpion tail and three rows of teeth for the manticore, for example). And the Griffin looks a lot like the egyptian Hyericosphinx. And what to say about the Ram-headed sphinx that is approximately the inversion of the Chimera (lion- small cattle-serpent for Chimera, small-cattle-lion for the ram-headed sphinx).
And now, I’m looking at the little poads. They are small and probably they hide from other animals, like whistlers or rabbits. But they still definitly look like the Griffin and the Hyericosphinx: bird-like head on mammal-like body. Could the Poad be part of the Griffin family, which I call the “GRIFFINIDAE”? 😀
I don’t think so, but then, I tend to classify “griffin” more rigidly — “feline body + avian head with wings.” So Poads, which don’t look feline (are they supposed to be? I’ve never seen one up close), and are nonflighted, would be a separate taxa by my accounting.
🙂 I’m so glad that someone else out there enjoys classifying mythicals, though — I thought I was probably the only one! (One day I should show you my cockatrice sketches-with-anatomy-and-taxonomic-classifications!)
I vacillate on exactly what level to split off Griffs from the rest of the universe; having SIX limbs makes them pretty hugely different from any of the existing animal groups aside from insects. I think they’d definitely be a separate Class — Class Griffonidae? Or maybe Class Quadripodoptera? 🙂 And then separate Orders for Griffins, Sphinxes, etc?
I use “Avifelis” as the genus name for my griffs — I think I’ve got a pic of Avifelis auranucha in my gallery… 🙂
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Oh! Skygod, rodents have no beaks, unlike the poads! This is why I put the poad somewhere else. In this case, I imagined poads and rodents as an example of “convergence”: not related, but the same lifestyle made them look like each other. What do you think? 😉
And Nightcrow, no, you’re not the only one having fun trying to classify Mythicals!
I enjoy doing it as well. OK, let’s get back to our poads and griffins. You see, as griffins had six members, I put them, like other Mythicals, as “Neo-Vertebrates”, a philum created by me 😆 to put them all in: centaurs (two torsos), unicorns (some have bovine feet and others have horse feet), pegasi (six members), cyclops (impair number of eyes), and so on. Simply because they hardly ever follow the “vertebrates” biological rules. 😛 So, to you, poads cannot be Griffinidae? OK. But are Hyericosphynx? They don’t have wings, and their ears are hidden, but they do look elsewhere similar to Griffins to me… And if Poads are not in the same family as Griffins (and Hyericosphinx), maybe they are part of the same Order. Griffiniforms? Or, maybe Hyericosphinx is some sort of “in-between” species, just between poads and griffins? 🙄
I’m moving this to “Ask Melody”, I know it’s not technically a question for her but I think she’d get a kick out of this conversation! 😉
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My art: featherdust.comOK, Melody, as the Poad Specialist here, probably is the best person to answer our question. What is the Poad’s closest relative? Is it the Griffin or the Hyericosphinx? 😀 Or maybe it’s something very different? So, Melody, tell us about the little Poad here. Where does it live? What is its way of living? 😉
By the way, here’s a very original version of Griffin-Hyericosphinx made by Imperial Toy corp., back in the mid-1980’s:
Could this animal be a relative to the Poad?
Bowhead Whale wrote:Hi!
I’m posting this just for fun, here. But since a while, I’ve been playing (just for the fun of it) categorizing the fantasy animals, just like zoologist made with real animals. You see, many of these creatures reproduce the concepts or principles of other fantasy creatures, though they were not necessarily come from the same parts of the world.Take, for example, the Sphinx and the Manticore. Both have a feline bpdy with a human face, but they have differences (scorpion tail and three rows of teeth for the manticore, for example). And the Griffin looks a lot like the egyptian Hyericosphinx. And what to say about the Ram-headed sphinx that is approximately the inversion of the Chimera (lion- small cattle-serpent for Chimera, small-cattle-lion for the ram-headed sphinx).
And now, I’m looking at the little poads. They are small and probably they hide from other animals, like whistlers or rabbits. But they still definitly look like the Griffin and the Hyericosphinx: bird-like head on mammal-like body. Could the Poad be part of the Griffin family, which I call the “GRIFFINIDAE”? 😀No. The primary classification breakdown of fantasy animals is how many limbs they have. Of course,this is a tricky classification because some have limbs that sometimes vanish when not needed(some griffins are known to do have this ability as well as some dragons.)Poads have only four limbs. No wings. They are similar to Monotremata because of the mammalian and birdlike characteristics and a birdlike beak, pouch and egg laying, But since they do not reproduce, therefore haven’t evolved from anything, they are not actually related to anything.
They haven’t any defenses because they don’t need any. Nothing eats them. However they are far from harmless, though benevolent.Bowhead Whale wrote:OK, Melody, as the Poad Specialist here, probably is the best person to answer our question. What is the Poad’s closest relative? Is it the Griffin or the Hyericosphinx? 😀 Or maybe it’s something very different? So, Melody, tell us about the little Poad here. Where does it live? What is its way of living? 😉
By the way, here’s a very original version of Griffin-Hyericosphinx made by Imperial Toy corp., back in the mid-1980’s:
Could this animal be a relative to the Poad?Oh! I had one of those toys! We accidentally left it in a restaurant! I miss mine!If I can figure out what to call it, I’ll seek another one on ebay!
Bowhead Whale wrote:OK, Melody, as the Poad Specialist here, probably is the best person to answer our question. What is the Poad’s closest relative? Is it the Griffin or the Hyericosphinx? 😀 Or maybe it’s something very different? So, Melody, tell us about the little Poad here. Where does it live? What is its way of living? 😉
By the way, here’s a very original version of Griffin-Hyericosphinx made by Imperial Toy corp., back in the mid-1980’s:
Could this animal be a relative to the Poad? http://www.windstoneeditions.com/galleries/displayimage.php?album=16&pos=14 I can’t get the image to show, but that creature looks like he is related to this one. ( I drew this about 38 years ago!)
pegasi1978 wrote:Was this the one you were trying to link?
Yeah! Why wouldn’t that work for me? Gad, I am hopelessly lame!Melody wrote:Poads have only four limbs. No wings. They are similar to Monotremata because of the mammalian and birdlike characteristics and a birdlike beak, pouch and egg laying, But since they do not reproduce, therefore haven’t evolved from anything, they are not actually related to anything.
They haven’t any defenses because they don’t need any. Nothing eats them. However they are far from harmless, though benevolent.Ha!!!! I was right, Poads™ lay eggs!!! What do I win??[/list][/list]
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