#speaking of I've no idea how they would manage on those rear paws in bipedally

[pallanophblargh]

i just stumbled across your pallanophs and wasted half an hour scrolling through your tag for them. what a lovely species design! i'm no expert in anatomy but i can appreciate that you've come up with a body plan that looks equally plausible bipedal as quadrupedal. the chest/shoulder/clavicle area stands out in particular. traditional furry art usually defaults to a human-shaped shoulder girdle, and there's nothing wrong with that, but for a species that transitions between the two modes of locomotion, something more suited to a quadrupedal lope would obviously make sense.

uhhh i'm only sending this as a submission since it was too long for an ask, lol, don't feel obligated to publish! hope you're having a good weekend :)

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Thanks! These guys have come an extremely long way from my childhood designs for them, which were equine in an uncanny valley kind of way. Maybe within the last 15 years or so, I realized my plans for them and their abilities dictated a need for anatomy that was far more accommodating. They don't spend a lot of time in bipedal stances, but it's a handy trick when you need your front limbs free or you need to intimidate someone. That said, a bipedal gait is really only used regularly by pallanophs that have frequent contact with humans, and likely only in outdoor settings as indoor settings might end with 'nophs brushing doorways with their heads. They must have enviable spine strength, ha!