#southern white breasted hedgehog

[snickeringdragon]

i did a bunch of sonic character designs today btw

[outofangband]

Mammals of Maglor’s Gap and Lothlann

Now that I’ve finished world building posts on birds for each Fëanorian realm pre Amon Ereb, I’m going through mammals next! Mammals of the March of Maedhros can be found here and my environmental world building Masterlist is here!

Maglor’s Gap was the widest break in the mountains and cliffs dividing Beleriand and the lands to the north. It lay between the blue mountains to the east and the March of Maedhros to the west. Lothlann was a wide expanse of plains to the north of the Gap. The rivers greater and little Gelion ran around the western and eastern borders.

Forest steppes: wild goat, wood bison, southern white breasted hedgehog, gray marmot, ground squirrel, dormouse, woolly hares, long eared hedgehog, gray shrews, northern hog badger, sable (rare), steppe mouse, lesser noctule (bat), wildcat, red fox, red deer

Bordering mountain fences: Caucasian Tur, mouflon, chamois, alpine pika, pond bat, marbled polecat, saiga antelope, steppe polecat, mountain weasel, ibex (rare), argali

Plains: goitered gazelle, steppe wolf, wild horse, northern water vole (by the rivers), snow vole, grey dwarf hamster, common hare, common rabbit, striped field mouse, ural field mouse, harvest mouse, mountain hare, field vole (also primarily by rivers), wild horse

World building notes:

The horse based cavalry of Maglor is one of the few details we have about this region. I headcanon that the horses in question are a mixture of the descendants of the Valinor born horses brought by the Fëanorian host as well as wild horses from Estolad, Himlad, Lothlann and the other plains regions of Eastern Beleriand.

Sheep and goats provide the majority of milk and cheese products in the Gap. Some of these species are imported from other regions like sheep from Thargelion.

Domesticated bovine are rare in Eastern Beleriand outside Thargelion and parts of Estolad. There are however wild and semi domesticated bison such as the wood bison, especially on the borders of forested and forest steppe regions. Fur, skin and bones from bison are used by both Noldorin and Avarin elves for clothing and other materials.

Wild hamsters, rabbits, hares and voles were used by a select few of Maglor’s cavalry as companions and even spies.

A regiment of foot based scouts had the sigil of a hare in the form of a light silhouette upon a black background.

[vifetoile]

The Goddess as Giver of Life was symbolized as birds, chevrons, and v’s, as water, zigzags and m's; as meanders and water birds; as breasts, streams, eyes, mouth and beak; as spinner, metalworker, and music maker; as ram, as net, as the power of three, as vulva and birth giver, as deer and bear, as snake.

The Goddess as Taker and Regenerator of Life was symbolized as vulture, owl, cuckoo, hawk, dove, boar; as the stiff white lady (bone), the stiff nude, the egg, the column of life, the regenerative vulva, the triangle, the hourglass, the bird claw, the ship of renewal, the frog, the hedgehog, the fish, the bull, the bee, and the butterfly.

As Renewing and Eternal Earth, she was Earth Mother, pregnant Goddess, lozenge and triangle with dots, sow, sacred bread, hill and stone as omphalos (belly), tomb as womb, holed stones, the Power of two, and doubling.

As Energy and Unfolding, she was spiral, lunar orde, make coit, hook and axe, opposed spiral, caterpillar, snake head, whirls, comb and brush, standing stone, and circle.

From Carol P. Christ’s book, Rebirth of the Goddess, on Goddess language of “Old Europe,” the Neolithic and Chalcolithic / Copper Age of southern and eastern Europe, 6500 to 3500 BC.

[thattimdrakeguy]

The YJ Core Four as Animals

Robin - Kitten

Superboy - Goldador Dog

Impulse - Southern White Breasted Hedgehog

Wonder Girl - Boxing Kangaroo

(All images are sourced from Google Images)

Approve, Disapporve, or Don’t Give a Flying Damn?

Just for sh*ts and laughs

Approved

[averymuddysparrow]

Scott Finch

Southern White Breasted Hedgehog | Genderfluidflux + Genderhoarder | Queerplatonic AroAce | Early 20s [Gemini] | Main Fursona

Current Pronouns & Gender: He/She – Fullbinary*

Height: 5’ 5”

Design Notes: Wears a lot of jewelry on her hands to fidget with | Clothes with lots of pockets [dresses MUST have pockets] | Prefers barefoot with shorts, will wear long pants & shoes if need be | Nightclothes are usually cool colored nightgowns; daytime is usually warm colored pants & shirts | Quills are supposed to resemble a mullet [he fidgets with them constantly] | Quills will straighten completely when alarmed |

Personality Notes: Skittish & jumpy, will leap in alarm & bristle at sudden noises | Resting face is either irritated or confused [tries to make it a soft smile consciously] | Introverted | Extremely easily distracted by sounds, colors, animals, plants | Fairly optimistic & altruistic, empathetic, wants the best for herself and those around him | Struggles with executive function | Dislikes touch, unless she trusts you, in which case he’s very physically affectionate [tackle hugs & hand holding mostly] |

ADHD [combined]; Depression; Anxiety; Sensory Processing Disorder; OCD [mild]; Partial Hyposmia; Tendonitis

Voice is soft & monotone when focused, but very loud & animated when comfortable & excited

+ Helpful

+ Positive

+ Creative

- Indecisive

- Easy to Panic

* NOTE: Scott’s gender is different than mine!  

[birds-and-friends]

Arici (Erinaceus concolor), Richard Constantinoff

[sonic-wildfire]

top six favorite hedgehogs?

1. Sonic the hedgehog

2. Four-toed hedgehog

3. Long-eared hedgehog

4. Desert hedgehog

5. Southern white-breasted hedgehog

6. Somali hedgehog

[dingbatland]

Hedgehog Awareness Week - Day 7

Fact of the day: let’s cap this off with a general fact. All hedgies are part of the Eulipotyphla order, a name that means: 'truly fat and blind', which is kind of great. The second bit is probably in reference to moles, but the first bit works for our portly, prickly friends. 

It’s worth noting here that only some hedgehogs are adoptable, and if you want to have a prickly child, you should look up which ones are allowed in your area, and adopt one! Many hedgehogs are sadly abandoned, mostly because they’re misunderstood. Hedgehogs require lots of attention and specific care; they’re not just strange hamsters! So if you want a hedge, make sure you’re aware of how to keep them safe and happy first. 

Anyone down for a hedgie recap? HELLS YEAH YOU ARE

SO

MANY

HEDGE

HOGS

TO

BE 

AWARE

OF

!

ALWAYS 

BE 

AWARE 

OF

THE

CUTE

Thank you for your time