Illusadermis

Common Name: Illusadermis

Diet: N/A

Habitat: Woodland

Summary: Quadruped covered in a great deal of stimuli-sensing organs.

Threat Rating: ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

The way this creature moves is utterly entrancing.

Our study of it raised more questions than answers. We couldn't see it consume anything, unless it feeds through touching the forest floor. The hanging appendages could be another type of feeler, or perhaps they're a means for it to produce via budding? I'm not yet sure.

One thing we know for certain is that very few members of the team cared for it, and even fewer wanted to be touched by it. It wanted to touch us with its feelers (Nerves? Antennae?) very much.

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Glowtail Jaguars

Common Name: Glowtail Jaguars

Diet: Carnivore

Habitat: Woodland/Arboreal

Summary: Luminous predator that's keen to wait until you come to it.

Threat Rating: ● ● ● ● ○

Calling this a "Jaguar", I'll admit, is a bit of a misnomer.

While the beast doesn't appear to be feline in nature, its lifestyle of both trees and water travel resound similarly to the big cat of which it derives it's name.

As the name would imply, as well, there's a great deal of bioluminescence on the jaguar, localized especially on its tail. It seems to use that as a lure for smaller prey - should any humans try to investigate it, I'm sure they'd be met with a similar fate, as well. Exercise caution!

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Treestalkers

Common Name: Treestalkers

Diet: Insectivore/Detrivore

Habitat: Woodland

Summary: See further notes

Threat Rating: ● ● ○ ○ ○

(Field notes provided by Tarantulas.)

General diet: Believed by the general population to be carnivorous; however, field observation indicates opportunistic carrion-eating at best, and a strong interest in the bark and inner wood of trees. Possibly insectivores or cellulose-eaters?

Short overview: Given a wide berth by the local sapient population, as they are believed to present a clear and predatory danger to humanoids. Attempted my first approach in spider form, at roughly 13cm, and found them overly attentive to my movements, indicating sharp eyesight. Increased my size to 30cm and observed a marked decrease in attention. Subjects remained wary but no longer seemed to view me as a prey item. Several began clawing and digging behaviors in the trunks of nearby trees.

Danger Rating 1-5: 2. I strongly suspect reports of these creatures attacking humans was the product of startlement or territorial aggression rather than predation.

Further details: More observation is required, but I feel a strong suspicion that these creatures have been unfairly maligned by a suspicious humanoid population. Hunters are wary of their large size, sharp teeth, and insectoid limbs, but these traits do not necessarily guarantee their danger. My present hypothesis is that the Treestalker feeds primarily either on bark and tree matter, or on the parasites living within the trees they savage. A dissection would provide more data, but alas – I have thus far been unable to secure either permission or assistance with securing a specimen.

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