biology

Physical Description

It's really hard for me to put into words what the yinrih are supposed to look like. A lot of thi...

By the Palms that Nursed Me!

The palms of the forepaws, demonstrating sexual dimorphism. Male is on the left; female is on the...

The Wrist and Writing Claw

A dorsal view of the left forepaw, in color! Notice the discolored claw on the digit next to the ...

Writing with the Writing Claw

A yinrih's writing claw is shaped like the nib of a fountain pen, and acts more or less like one ...

Bachelor's Mantle

Yet another possibly non-canon post. A Bachelor's Mantle is an anatomical display structure pres...

Front Paw Print (Female)

Here's a left front paw print (female). The writing claw is straight, so it doesn't leave a mark ...

Rear Paw Print

Here's a left rear paw print (both genders). It's not too different from the forepaw, although th...

Front Paw Print (male)

I think this is the new arrangement of palmar pads for male forepaws. On another note, after doin...

Thought on Yinrih Eyes

Just realized that because yinrih eyes are actually arrays of quarter wave dipole antennas that m...

A Spacer Doing what Spacers Do

...move and manipulate objects at the same time. Here's another attempt at depicting how the yinr...

The Butt Brain

Yinrih have a caudal ganglion, which is a secondary brain located at the base of the tail whose o...

Torpor

Every Yih week (12 days), Yinrih spend a full Yih day (a bit over 24 hours) in torpor. At no poin...

Coat Patterns

So here's what fur patterns have come up in the lore so far: - solid black (Stormlight) - solid r...

Just a Yinrih Face I Guess

Overbrooding Syndrome

Overbrooding syndrome is a psychological condition characterized by a hypertrophied parenting ins...

An Attempt at Depicting the Bachelor's Mantle

Yinrih Foreleg

I started this drawing only to find out I was out of my depth (literally, depth perception isn't ...

Mule Punch

The great thing about having hands for feet is that you can punch someone and kick them at the sa...

Still Working on Anatomy

I'm starting to finalize the look of their back legs. I think a more plantigrade stance makes sen...

Carrying the Tail

From left to right, top to bottom: The Dinosaur The Husky The Monkey The Chameleon How the tail i...

Somewhat Realistic Sketch

still not sure about their back legs. This pose definitely puts the "monkey" in "monkey fox".

On the Womb Nest and Kit Development

Oviposition in yinrih is a voluntary process. In tree dwellers and presapient yinrih it's trigger...

Some Tentative Body Proportions

Yinrih are about 200 cm long from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail. The back is about 3...

AI-generated Image of Yinrih

I refuse to call it art, but AI-generated images can be a good source of inspiration sometimes. T...

Chunky Monkey Foxes

Yinrih are arboreal animals. Their limbs are built to pull their weight against gravity and are n...

Yinlet

I drew this kit a long time ago but never shared it for some reason.

Handy Feet

The rear paws are just as prehensile as the front paws. There's no sexual dimorphism present here...

How is Babby Formed

A yinrih family consists of an equal number of male sires and female dams that can range in size ...

More on Hissing

Hisses have some paralinguistic functions similar to human sibilants. They can be used to silence...

Face Blindness

Idea: Yinrih may have a hard time recognizing one another by sight, preferring odor as the princi...

Yinrih urinary tract

Per this one and only source I bothered to check while googling, a dog's bladder can hold 44 mL o...

Improved yinrih head sprite

Now the HUD specs are shiny!

silhouette

I remember reading somewhere that the key to good character design is to have a distinctive and r...

Thoughts on racial phenotypes

Visions1 wrote: 2025-07-21T15:03:32+00:00 So are there any planets that get cold? Moonlitter (rat...

Another silhouette

Here's a spacer.

Climbing and leaping

If endurance running and throwing things accurately are the quintessential human sports, perhaps ...

swole healers

If you look at pictures of furless chimpanzees, you'll notice that they're very muscular. I assum...

thoughts on childhood amnesia

Wondering if childhood amnesia is a thing, or amnesia generally. For now it is since I included i...

Picture of a Womb Nest

A yinrih womb nest, a highly derived egg-sac with its own simple heart and circulatory system. A ...

More on torpor

I'm pretty sure yinrih get tired just like humans do, after mental stress or physical exertion. T...

More on Incubators and Prenatal care

A womb nest incubator consists of an inner capsule into which the male and female eggs are placed...

On yeaning and nursing

Yeaning is initiated when the womb-nest’s heart stops pumping. This isn't immediately sensed by t...

On yinrih blindness

Glenn wrote: 2025-10-14T10:46:22+00:00 I have tried to picture this setup, and I wanted to ask ho...

Yinrih Milk

Here's a spacer's canteen filled with yinrih milk. Their milk and their ink have similar origins,...