[The Lost Gremlin]

Just a little lioness with stubby legs. I'm only calling it a lioness for now, just until I can get round to scribbling on a mane for it.
Might work on this again a bit later, just to clean up the lines and perhaps colour them.

edit;; cleaned up the lines and now it's coloured. Also started roughly sketching a face ref. Still need to work on the mane.

edit 2;; have added 4 mane types plus cub lines. Altered eyes slightly.

edit 3;; added a background, face ref, palette and gender signs... so I guess this is done now. Can I go home now?


Honestly don't know what to do with these once I'm done. Might consider selling them if anyone's interested since I don't know if I'd really be overly interested in creating adoptables out of them myself.

Feedback welcome and appreciated. I'd love to get some anatomy tips since I'm not the best when it comes to lions X3


Contains:
- two sets of female lines
- four sets of male lines, plus their manes
- one set of cub lines
- face ref
- gender symbols
- palette
- several minor extras
- one background (another to be added)


Species: African Munchkin Lion [AML]

About:
Munchkin Lions are, as their name might suggest, miniature lions that live exclusively on the African continent. Although they can be found just about anywhere, they are most commonly found in the jungles and forested areas, where bigger cats and predators don't typically live.
They are much smaller with proportionally larger heads, longer tails and stubbier legs when compared to their larger African lion cousins, leading zoologists to class them as a separate species. They also have large ears, which are believed to aid in keeping them cool by losing more excess heat.
Munchkin lions are also different in the fact that they seem to come in a very broad range of colours and markings - nothing extraordinary like hot pink with blue polka dots, but nonetheless it's believed that no two individuals are identical.

Physical attributes aside, they share many behavioural and life-style similarities African lion; they too are a social species that live in family prides. These prides usually consist of 2 - 15 lionesses and their juvenile offspring, plus 1 - 4 adult males, although prides without a dominant adult male have been observed. Larger prides consisting of up to 30 cats total has been observed, though extremely rare.
Although classed as a big cat, Munchkin lions are unable to roar due to the fact that they lack the special morphology of the larynx. Instead they communicate with pride-mates and other Munchkins using scent-markers and a broad range of vocalisations - hissing, growling, purring and mewing being amongst the most common sounds heard.

Since the males of any pride tend to change over time it is the females that are typically in charge, with a so-called 'Queen' who calls all the shots. The Queen is generally the oldest and wisest lioness, the one who leads the other subordinate lionesses on hunts and the one who ultimately gets to decide whether a male can stay or not.
Males are not expected to hunt, though they can and will occasionally. Males are instead usually tasked with guarding the territory and keeping an eye out for rival males and larger, more formidable predators such as leopards, hyenas and African lions.

Due to their size and lack of speed, Munchkins cannot normally prey upon large animals such as zebra and buffalo. Instead, they tend to feed upon the smaller critters including rodents, rabbits, birds, insects, warthogs and, when the opportunity arises, young antelope, zebra and buffalo. They also feed on carrion and have been observed chasing jackals, caracals and servals from their kills.
Munchkins are strictly carnivorous meaning that they exclusively feed on meat. Plants and fruits have only been known to be eaten in desperate situations.

AMLs will have 1 - 3 cubs per litter, with two being the average. AMLs have a high cub mortality rate, with an estimate of only 30% of cubs surviving to 12 months, and less than 15% of those survivors making it to adulthood. However, in combination of greater conservation efforts and the felines moving deeper into heavily forested areas where they are less exposed, there has been a steady incline of numbers and surviving cubs in some populations.

[jellie10]

They're so cute X3
If you decide to sell them, expect me to offer a VR bunny...ohmygosh these are just too cute im gunna die//

[The Lost Gremlin]

Haha, thanks ^^
I'm still on the wall as to what to do with them since I already have my hands full with another one of my adoptables. I did have fun drawing these (not the most original or inspired species I know, but still) and spent a great deal of time on the lines so I'd hate to see them go to waste.

I'll think it through, and I'll consider any and all offers from those who are definitely interested =)
I'll also be redoing the eye on the adult lines at some point too, since it looks a bit... off.

[violentPrince]

oh my
I'd love to buy these
I'd just
Make so many <3