Darans
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so i made these species and after several disgarded names i desided(with some help) to call them darans. i will be posting all of their species info in a bit and afterwards will probably start adopting them out.
here's an example of what the generaly look like:
Male
Female
tell me what u think of them so far.
Infomation & Facts
General
Darans are horse-like creatures that tend to live in small herds. Darans can live for 30-35 years in the wild and up to 40 years in captivity. Darans are herbivores and mainly eat grass but bark, berries, and almost any other plant they can find is considered food. Their horns are used as defence mechanisms and will also kick and bite. Adult male darans are called stallions and adult females are called mares. Baby darans are called calves. Calves stand up only minuts after they are born and start wandering from their mother's side by 6 months old. One year old darans are called yearlings and by then have stoped drinking their mother's milk and moved on to eating other foods. Darans are official adults at age 4 and can start breeding at that age. Male 4 year olds are kicked out of their head and will form "gangs" of other 4 year old stallions before mating season comes around and then they claim mares for themselves to start their own herds. Female calves will stay with their mothers, fowllowing them from herd to herd after each mating season but will offically break away at age 3 or 4 and join other herds.
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Apperence
Darans have similar anatomy to horses but with obvious differences. First off, darans have horns on their head that resemble the horns of a rhio. Male darans(stallions) have a large horn on their forehead and a small horn lower down their face on the bridge of their nose. Female darans(mares) only have the larger horn on their forehead. Stallion can be from 15hh to 17hh and female are from 15hh to 16hh. The back hooves of a daran are the same as a horse's but their front feet have 2 toes like a goat or cow. The back of their front legs tend to have light "feathering" from their knees to the bottom of their feet. Darans have long ears for excellent hearing and also have a good sense of smell. Their eyesight, like most prey animals, is their weakest sense. Darans are covered in short, rough fur that gets thicker and longer in winter. Their manes are generaly very thin and they have unusual tails that lack hair on the top but does have fur. Daran's fur comes in earthy colors and every daran has unique markings that vary from stripes to dappleing. Any white on a daran is very rare but there are color patterns that resembles an overo pinto pattern although it is the rarest coloration found in darans.
Color Refs:
Blue ~ Common. Dark brown base color with a silvery-grey mane and tail. Tail is "singed"(ends of hair is same as base color). Simalar to the "blue taffy" color found in domesticated horses.
Sunset ~ Common. Light brownish base color with beige mane and tail. Legs and underside is also beige.
Charcoal Bay ~ Common. A charcoal-brown base color with darker brown "points"(mane, tail and legs). Head is also a darker brown.
Swamp Sorrel ~ Common. Swamp green base color with flaxen or beige mane and tail.
Silver ~ Common. A light grey base color with a pale mane and brownish grey singed tail. Has pale colored legs and brownish grey lower legs.
Sunrise ~ Uncommon. Beige base color with light brownish mane, tail and underside including the throat and most of the face. The oppisite of "sunset" color.
Copper ~ Uncommon. Brown base color withe copper colored highlighits that vary.
Moonlight ~ Uncommon. Very dark brown base with lighter colored points and also on the face.
Smokey Silver ~ Uncommon. Brownish grey Base color with off-white legs, underside, mane, and some of the face. Black tail and knees. Some smokey sivers have singed tails.
Black ~ Rare. Black all over the body. Black tipped horns are most common in blacks but not all black darans have them for it is very rare.
White ~ Rare. White all over. mane and tail usualy a stained white color. Markings also an off-white, making them difficult to see. Pink skin and pinkish brown hooves.
Rough Overo ~ Very Rare. Any base color found in the species with a sort of rough white spotting.
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Behavior
Darans use their large ears to express their emotions. When their ears are forward they are alert and probably heard or saw somthing ineresting. Sideways, relaxed ears show contentment, calmness or sleepiness. Although darans are generaly docile, they are well known for their tempermental nature. They show agression and iritation by pinning their ears back against their head. If they are really mad they will swish their tails and paw the ground and somtimes shake their heads to wave their deadly horns. And ir a daran is really mad, they will kick, rear, and strike at the sorce or their anger or just at ny thing they can get to.
Darans can make noises and are actually quite vocal. Darans "neigh" and it sounds smilar to a horse's neigh but is more high pitched. The louder and more high pitched the neigh the more excited the daran is weather it's out of joy, aggresion, or fear.
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Herd Life
Darans live in heards made up of mostly mares and a stallion or two. The leader of the herd is the alpha mare. The alpha mare leads the herd to water and desides when it's time to head for the valley for mating season. The alpha stallion is the protecter of the herd and to inforce protection somtimes will alow a second stallion called the delta stallion. Alpha and delta stallions are normaly brothers(half brothers or full) or cousins. The months of May and June is mating season and in early May daran herds will come together in vallies and males will compete for females. Stallions impress mares mostly by fighting other stallions and puting on a show of prancing, rearing, and head tossing. Some young males who are not as big or experienced as older stallions will take a less violent aproach and while the stallions are busy fighting, they will quietly court desiered females into their own herd. Stallions that already have herds will also come and will end up with a few more(or less) females or even an entire new group of females. This mare exchange prevents inbreeding and keeps up genetic varyation. Calves will stay with their mother until they are 4 years of age and by 6 months start exploring without their mothers and by 2 years are completly independant but will stay their mother's heard util they are breeding ready and join or start their own herds.
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Habitat
In the wild, darans move from place to place according to season. Darans mostly live in redwood forests but during mating season in may and june all nearby herds come together in a vallies to breed. Somtimes darans have to coss through or even over mountian ranges to get to the vallies for mating seson and then go back. Darans normaly head for the mountians in mid or late spring, following old routes to a nearby valley and meet up with the other herds there. They spend the months of May and June in the valley for mating and herd grouping. By July the darans leave the valley with their new or old herd, crossing the mountians again. Mares give birth nine months later in March or april.
Redwoood Forest:
Mountian Pass:
Valley(click here)
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Adopt
Adoptables!
Exclusive Darans
RPGs
Daran RPG: Survival
Color-ins/Gift Art
#1
#2
#3
Other
Fanclub <3
so i made these species and after several disgarded names i desided(with some help) to call them darans. i will be posting all of their species info in a bit and afterwards will probably start adopting them out.
here's an example of what the generaly look like:
Male
Female
tell me what u think of them so far.
Infomation & Facts
General
Darans are horse-like creatures that tend to live in small herds. Darans can live for 30-35 years in the wild and up to 40 years in captivity. Darans are herbivores and mainly eat grass but bark, berries, and almost any other plant they can find is considered food. Their horns are used as defence mechanisms and will also kick and bite. Adult male darans are called stallions and adult females are called mares. Baby darans are called calves. Calves stand up only minuts after they are born and start wandering from their mother's side by 6 months old. One year old darans are called yearlings and by then have stoped drinking their mother's milk and moved on to eating other foods. Darans are official adults at age 4 and can start breeding at that age. Male 4 year olds are kicked out of their head and will form "gangs" of other 4 year old stallions before mating season comes around and then they claim mares for themselves to start their own herds. Female calves will stay with their mothers, fowllowing them from herd to herd after each mating season but will offically break away at age 3 or 4 and join other herds.
drawn by giảm đau
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Apperence
Darans have similar anatomy to horses but with obvious differences. First off, darans have horns on their head that resemble the horns of a rhio. Male darans(stallions) have a large horn on their forehead and a small horn lower down their face on the bridge of their nose. Female darans(mares) only have the larger horn on their forehead. Stallion can be from 15hh to 17hh and female are from 15hh to 16hh. The back hooves of a daran are the same as a horse's but their front feet have 2 toes like a goat or cow. The back of their front legs tend to have light "feathering" from their knees to the bottom of their feet. Darans have long ears for excellent hearing and also have a good sense of smell. Their eyesight, like most prey animals, is their weakest sense. Darans are covered in short, rough fur that gets thicker and longer in winter. Their manes are generaly very thin and they have unusual tails that lack hair on the top but does have fur. Daran's fur comes in earthy colors and every daran has unique markings that vary from stripes to dappleing. Any white on a daran is very rare but there are color patterns that resembles an overo pinto pattern although it is the rarest coloration found in darans.
Color Refs:
Blue ~ Common. Dark brown base color with a silvery-grey mane and tail. Tail is "singed"(ends of hair is same as base color). Simalar to the "blue taffy" color found in domesticated horses.
Sunset ~ Common. Light brownish base color with beige mane and tail. Legs and underside is also beige.
Charcoal Bay ~ Common. A charcoal-brown base color with darker brown "points"(mane, tail and legs). Head is also a darker brown.
Swamp Sorrel ~ Common. Swamp green base color with flaxen or beige mane and tail.
Silver ~ Common. A light grey base color with a pale mane and brownish grey singed tail. Has pale colored legs and brownish grey lower legs.
Sunrise ~ Uncommon. Beige base color with light brownish mane, tail and underside including the throat and most of the face. The oppisite of "sunset" color.
Copper ~ Uncommon. Brown base color withe copper colored highlighits that vary.
Moonlight ~ Uncommon. Very dark brown base with lighter colored points and also on the face.
Smokey Silver ~ Uncommon. Brownish grey Base color with off-white legs, underside, mane, and some of the face. Black tail and knees. Some smokey sivers have singed tails.
Black ~ Rare. Black all over the body. Black tipped horns are most common in blacks but not all black darans have them for it is very rare.
White ~ Rare. White all over. mane and tail usualy a stained white color. Markings also an off-white, making them difficult to see. Pink skin and pinkish brown hooves.
Rough Overo ~ Very Rare. Any base color found in the species with a sort of rough white spotting.
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Behavior
Darans use their large ears to express their emotions. When their ears are forward they are alert and probably heard or saw somthing ineresting. Sideways, relaxed ears show contentment, calmness or sleepiness. Although darans are generaly docile, they are well known for their tempermental nature. They show agression and iritation by pinning their ears back against their head. If they are really mad they will swish their tails and paw the ground and somtimes shake their heads to wave their deadly horns. And ir a daran is really mad, they will kick, rear, and strike at the sorce or their anger or just at ny thing they can get to.
Darans can make noises and are actually quite vocal. Darans "neigh" and it sounds smilar to a horse's neigh but is more high pitched. The louder and more high pitched the neigh the more excited the daran is weather it's out of joy, aggresion, or fear.
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Herd Life
Darans live in heards made up of mostly mares and a stallion or two. The leader of the herd is the alpha mare. The alpha mare leads the herd to water and desides when it's time to head for the valley for mating season. The alpha stallion is the protecter of the herd and to inforce protection somtimes will alow a second stallion called the delta stallion. Alpha and delta stallions are normaly brothers(half brothers or full) or cousins. The months of May and June is mating season and in early May daran herds will come together in vallies and males will compete for females. Stallions impress mares mostly by fighting other stallions and puting on a show of prancing, rearing, and head tossing. Some young males who are not as big or experienced as older stallions will take a less violent aproach and while the stallions are busy fighting, they will quietly court desiered females into their own herd. Stallions that already have herds will also come and will end up with a few more(or less) females or even an entire new group of females. This mare exchange prevents inbreeding and keeps up genetic varyation. Calves will stay with their mother until they are 4 years of age and by 6 months start exploring without their mothers and by 2 years are completly independant but will stay their mother's heard util they are breeding ready and join or start their own herds.
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Habitat
In the wild, darans move from place to place according to season. Darans mostly live in redwood forests but during mating season in may and june all nearby herds come together in a vallies to breed. Somtimes darans have to coss through or even over mountian ranges to get to the vallies for mating seson and then go back. Darans normaly head for the mountians in mid or late spring, following old routes to a nearby valley and meet up with the other herds there. They spend the months of May and June in the valley for mating and herd grouping. By July the darans leave the valley with their new or old herd, crossing the mountians again. Mares give birth nine months later in March or april.
Redwoood Forest:
Mountian Pass:
Valley(click here)
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