Skin-bird

Cutisaves atroxoides

The Skin-bird is a strange, almost birdlike volucerictid from the uplands of Skull Island. It has a 5-7 foot wingspan. Like the smaller Volucerictis defienta, Skin-birds do not live in colonies, instead they are completely solitary animals. They eat only small ground-restricted lizards and other flightless creatures, since they are not nimble enough to take flying prey in the air. Skin-birds are not as adept on the wing as most of the other volucerictids, they are gliders more than full flyers, this has led researchers to believe the Skin-birds are a more primitive example of the volucerictids. They hunt in the air but land to catch prey. Skin-birds are among the only species that seem unperturbed by the noxious dung smell of Terapusmordax colonies. Brave individuals will penetrate a colony to prey on their pups, but they will have to be quick to get in and out before being set upon by the adults of the bigger volucerictids. Terapusmordax will drive skin-birds away from their colonies when they spot them.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Volucerictidae
Subfamily: Volucerictinae
Genus: Cutisaves
Species: C. atroxoides

Status: Alive.

Rank: Subservient.
Containment Status: Geographically Restricted.
Category: Jama.
Temperament: Passive Aggressive.
Height: 60 cm.
Wingspan: 1-2 meters.
Weight: 10 kg.