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This is VERY OUT OF DATE - but I keep it here for the sake of records. The species is now called SIDERIAN. See my newer posts - www.deviantart.com/felisglacia…
The standard of my gigantic fantasy feline, the cheederian (Metafelis lamnis )updated march 2012.
The cheederian is a horse-sized feline with the overall skeleton and shape of a tiger (especially the hindquarters) but the head length- body length - shoulder height- proportions of an Eurasian lynx. As for the long legs and large paws. The front legs are somewhat heavier than the frontlegs of a lynx and are more tigerlike. The head and elegance of a cheederian is also inspired by the Oriental cat, as for the fur. Many cheederians have the fur of an Oriental longhaired cat. Cats form the main inspiration source for the cheederians fur.
Cheederian individuals vary in the % influence of lynx, Oriental cat or tiger in their anatomy. Some have a very high tiger influence (Stian), while others are much more lynx like (Niver) or Oriental cat like (Rubi).
I have a lot of cheederian characters and I'm working on a graphic novel with these characters.
Species used for inspiration:
*Tiger:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/…
www.luxurytripsindia.com/india…
www.grida.no/photolib/thumbs/0…
*Lynx
www1.clikpic.com/cavturbo/imag…
cdn1.arkive.org/media/1A/1ABDD…
*Oriental cats
fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/201…
th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i…
fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/201…
www.siamese-cat-breeder.co.uk/…
fav.me/d2q48pr
www.pictures-of-cats.org/image…
These references are old, and also still under construction
See here more references of the cheederian:
© Species and art by me! Please don't copy and/or use without my permission!
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Comments: 87
They are smaller now and I guess somewhat narrower than a rhino (I would rahter think about a horse than a rhino as it comes to the cheeds mass O.o). The biggest cat that ever lived was around 1.20 metres (sorry I only think in metres) - I think it was Machairodus gigantus and cheederians are now between 1.50-160 at the shoulder, so for a metaphysically influenced species it's not so extremely large anymore. Btw hyneas are feliform carnivores - but hyenadon was a creodont for as far as I remember XD
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Sooo once the day is saved thanks to BlackMysticA the deviant biologist .
thanck you very much.
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hey, could you give me a link to your novel?? thanks
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What determines the type? Genes or livestyle or geographical location?
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Hehe you actually answered the question already - mainly lifestyle differences caused by different environments, which can in turn affect the genes slightly. However there exist no subspecies because cheederians move a lot.
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Ooooo!
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Wow, they look so amazing 
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Thanks! Cheeds are just a mix of my 3 favourite felids (Siamese, lynx, tiger) and having the most beautiful elements combined - of course with some random inspiration sources included (mainly for the fur 
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Np
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haha yeah pretty unusual - most feline hybrids are pantherine hybrids (see how popular lions, tigers, leopards and snow leopards hare). But Siameses or lynxes I rarely see...But yeah I also use tigers...^^
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^^ yeah, I have never seen someone mix a lynx with anything but I have seen a few siamese mixed creatures. The typical big cats are pretty popular here, tigers, lions, ect. It gets kind of old but this one you created is pretty unique.
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So much work this I know <3 Maybe I need this done for my SV website :0
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Thanks!! yeah it took ages actually to come to such a detailed species description - mainy fails before...They finally became a lynx-tiger-Siamese hybrid ^^
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Wow. You've put quite a lot of thought into this. This is amazing.
I love your cheederian species.
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Thanks!! good to hear
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I'm sure it did. 
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Amazing work - love the powerful limbs of the jumpers, and I also adore the way your ref sheets often cover the species from several different angles so you can see what they look like from the front or from above - not a lot of artists do that, and I love how it shows your thinking and your skill.
The retractile claws look great too, and if possible, I'm now even more in love with Cheederians than before. <3
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Hehe that's really good to hear 
And yeps the retractile claws makes me loving them much more too! Especially my fav chars look much more cuter with such claws
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You're welcome, and yes, I've noticed those changes, and I like them.
And I agree - they do make them look cuter, I think.
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Yeps!! by far more biological 'logical' and also more beautiful and practical for them
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indeed! I like this new feature they have!
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I guess you can - you only need a loooot of time to study anatomy from books and real skeletons and muscles of animals in museums and such
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Tryed to study the feline skull but everything on it was false I know its false but have no idea what is false on it....simply not shure on what should I work ore.....
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It helps to trace the first times or to measure the proportions so that you 'get the feeling' of the shape
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yeah somehow are human skulls easyer than feline skulls.....hmmmm you mean to study each part separately ? I think that would help a lot hmmmm problem isI only have a picture of the whole skull ....Illl better google something ...I would show you my drawing of the skull but its too embarrasing .....
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Maybe this site helps: [link] it's a wolf but the parts are clearly marked. Just search more on that website..also a looot of feline skulls. Good to compare several species.
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hmmm wery helpfull thanks only havent seen a lot of feline skulls on the website....anyway still a lot of help...
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[link] here 15 pages of felid skulls
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How does it come that I havent seen them O_O...Anyway really thanks it helps a lot ...and sorry for bothering ...
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Hehe no problem! I'm glad I could help you
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Thanks! I'm working on a new edition - this one has some bugs
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lol cool any tips for the creature i'm making? (it's a combination of a jaguar and a aphgan hound) that could help it be as thought out as that?
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Just to study all the bones and muscles into detail...and know more about the biology behind the species you want to use. I also strongly advice to look at tutorials that make clear the differences between felines and canines. There are some on DA -not very good ones- but yeah some that can be useful. I'm thinking about making one too ^^
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yes i have already looked at several and have done so before b/c oddly enough i'm one those weird people that loves looking at the anatomy of things lol. it's only the ones that people fall asleep in that i'm completely interested in. lol yay i actually even made the anatomy all out and everything but then my computer died and deleted everything DX so i was wondering if there was anything else that i should add when redoing it.
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This is amazing. Helps me with my feline anatomy as well!
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Thanks a lot! I'm now working on a little bit more detailed drawing of the skeleton - also measured and compared to Other felids - I want to introduce more pantherine influence in the cheederian and reduce the cheetah influence a bit more ^^
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Ah, I see. I'm working on a picture of one as well, I just wanted to know if I would need your permission before upload it though.
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yeppies you have
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*whistles*
So wonderful to see someone who knows their species inside and out
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Thanks! Ha yeah indeed 
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