Dreer

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Dreer are a species that appear to be a cross between deer and birds.

Males

Males are, on average, are 1.2 meters(4 feet) tall, and weigh 25 kilograms(55 pounds). They have a dark gray pelt with brightly coloured dorsal feathers on their wings, pattern determined by genes.

Alles and patterns in order from dominant to recessive:

Red stripes: RR, Rr
Blue stripes: BB, Bb
Green stripes: GG, Gg
Purple stripes: pp

Green blotches: AA, Aa
Purple blotches: xx

Blue to green gradient: BB GG, Bb Gg, BB Gg, Bb GG
Green to blue gradient: GG BB, Gg Bb, GG Bb, Gg BB
Blue to purple gradient: BB pp, Bb pp
Purple to blue gradient: pp bb

Females

Females are, on average, 1.1 meters(3 feet 7 inches) tall, and weigh 20 kilograms(44 pounds). Their pelt is brown with various spots on their pelt and wings to blend into their surroundings.

Sex Neutral

Wings have a thin layer of fur underneath the feathers at birth that is later replaced with down feathers at 2 weeks. Wings with flight feathers are at a scale of 1:1 with the body, to have enough lift to fly at all.

Head is that of a deer. Front legs have small paws with large talons, and rear legs have small hooves.

Warm weather variants have light feathering on the paws, shoulder, and rump, and 30 cm(1 foot) long tails covered in feathers.
Cold weather variants have thick feathering on the paws, shoulder, and rump, thicker fur, and 20 cm(8 inch) long tails covered in thick fur.

Dreer tend to live to between 15-25 years of age. Fauns(dreer young) have a 27% chance of dying before reaching adulthood at 2 years.

Fauns leave their mother at 1 year, and reach sexual maturity at 1.5 years.

Diet includes berries, leaves, and grass.

Mutations

One of the most common mutations is the appearance of male colourations in a female, or the appearance of female colourations in a male. This happens in 42% of female births, and 23% of male births, and is a dominant trait.

Another rather common mutation is being born without a sex, aka without sex organs. These neutral dreer often show an even mixture of male and female characteristics, that are mostly determined by the genes from their parents, often showing more traits from their father than their mother, such as sharing the shade of grey that their base is, or having a pattern on their wings. This occurs in 32% of births, and is a recessive trait.

The most common mutation is having any amount of white on their pelt, often on their underside and legs, though it's not uncommon for them to be piebald. This occurs in nearly 63% of births, and is a recessive trait.

A rare mutation is albinism, where the entire base, hooves, talons, tongues, and talons are white, and the eyes, pawpads, and nose are pink or red. This occurs in 12% of female births, and 7% of male births, and is a dominant trait.

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