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Love the texture and the subtle striping, looks solid. I would not have thought by myself that something like a finger deletion could remove wings, but it makes sense.

As I mentioned a while back in the discord, think it would be possible/workable for these to eventually evolve full ears with pinnae ala mammals?

It probably could happen, probably not super soon though. They'd need to get ear canals and then have a need for really, really good hearing.

"lamarck," Lamarck.
"Hollow Bone" should be "Hollow Bones".

Completely losing its wings all at once, in one step, is certainly odd. Given the time scales of Generations, and the fact a finger deletion is so simple, this is probably possible, but it does bring up the question of why it would spread. One could argue that the wings were prone to frostbite and had limited value (due to cold conditions) for large parts of the year, and perhaps that flight was difficult for a big, heavy grazing herbivore (something like hoatzins), and perhaps it had no predators that necessitated flight throughout its entire lifespan, but why wouldn't the wings simply become vestigial? Humans themselves have several vestigial or near-vestigial traits, such as third eyelids, simply because there was no evolutionary pressure to lose them entirely.

A drastically shorter wing-finger with a tiny finger-webbing-esque wing could be a good compromise. It would be easy to hide under fluff right next to the body's warmth. Alternatively, you could give them turkey-wings too small relative to body size to let adults fly, but the young could do brief, low-altitude bouts of flight. (Though perhaps not to escape predators: no predators are listed, and the main cause of death in the ancestor's young seems to be starvation and freezing.)

EDIT: On second thought: it's fine. Just go into extensive detail on how it would occur and why it spread.

It's "hollow bone" and not "hollow bones" because bone is the material. It would be the same if it were, say, a sauceback, which would be listed as having "hollow chitin".

The wing, being membranous, is prone to tearing, especially with the hands being used as manipulators. Since it stopped flying, keeping it was disadvantageous.

It's possible you didn't see my quick edit after my initial post. After a few minutes of thinking about it, I determined it was actually fine. Just go into detail on how and why it occurred. You could list wing tearing as one of multiple factors.

I did.

" as it rarely few and the wing ". Missing L

The image is now missing. It just says, "user posted image". Were you making image edits?

That's weird. The image host I use must be having issues.

Edit: sure enough,

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I'd have liked a little more warning, Grant :/

Approval Checklist:
Art:
Art Present?:y
Art clear?:y
Gen number?:y
All limbs shown?:y
Reasonably Comparable to Ancestor?:y
Realistic additions?:y

Name:
Binomial Taxonomic Name?:y
Creator?:y

Ancestor:
Listed?:y
What changes?:
External?: loss of wings, tympanic membrane, darker coloration
Internal?:
Behavioral/Mental?: ability to interpret sound
Are Changes Realistic?: y
New Genus Needed?: yes, loss of digit

Habitat:
Type?:3
Flavor?:2
Connected?:y
Wildcard?:

Size:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Within range?:
Exception?:

Support:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Diet:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Transition Rule?:
Reasonable changes (if any)?:

Respiration:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:yu
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Thermoregulation:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Reproduction:
Same as Ancestor?:y
Does It Fit Habitat?:y
Reasonable changes (if any)?:
Other?:

Description:
Length?: short
Capitalized correctly?:y
Replace/Split from ancestor?:split
Other?: " listen for danger.As it lives in generally" for whatever reason it appears that a space ended up missing here.


Opinion: Approved

"wing was often being torn" Wing was often.
"lamarck, mostly": capitalization error.
I still recommend adding more explanation over the mechanism of deleting a wing finger. With my fairly advanced knowledge of the genetic underpinnings of evolutionary change, I understand it's not that drastic, but it does look drastic by a cursory browse, and I don't want future members with less knowledge on gene deletion to be confused.

Edited.

There is a small possibility this is in violation of the locomotion rule. Its ancestor's description said, "It isn’t as great at flying as its ancestor, but can still take off to avoid predators."

The locomotion rule says:
"Air to Land

Flight -> Poor Flight (Like Chickens) -> Terrestrial"
It would have helped to know whether the "chickens" described refer to more-or-less modern heavy chickens or less top-heavy historic breeds, but neither is particularly good at flight, so that's not urgent.

So, for thoroughness's sake: is the Snowy Florasnapper equivalent to a chicken here? If it is, then just a quick habitat check remains before approval. While the new habitat rules surely allow it in principle, it does seem to have a broad habitat range for such a large herbivore with a relatively narrow diet.

EDIT: White-tailed deer have a similarly broad habitat range, and can actually get even bigger than these, but they have broader diets. Vingrasions being a genus group helps, but it would surely need to eat other genus groups, too, to have a reliable food supply for something so large in the majority of circumstances across such a wide range of habitats. Lamarck Temperate Rainforest doesn't even have two of its food items.

The snowy florasnapper was meant to be a poor flier like a chicken, yes. Capable of flying some to escape predators, but no sustained flight.