Gremlin (SciiFii)

The gremlin (Deinocephalemur brevicauda), also known as the stump-tailed aye-aye and the short-tailed aye-aye, is a species of lemur of the aye-aye family (Daubentoniidae) that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii due to demands for more exotic species in zoos and safari parks. The gremlin is the largest living member of the aye-aye family, commonly attaining a weight of about 13 to 19.5 kilograms (29 to 43 lb) and length of 58 to 61 centimeters (20 to 24 inches) long. The gremlin is an omnivore that feeds on a wide range of arthropods, mollusks, worms, smaller vertebrates, carrion, raw and cooked meat, fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, pinecones, flowers, nectar, buds, and man-made food. Unlike other aye-ayes, the gremlins are not specialized in hunting wood-burrowing insects, and as such, the gremlins have teeth typical of most lemurs, with its incisors not growing continuously like rodents, and the gremlins have hands more like those of typical lemurs than aye-ayes, lacking an elongated middle finger of other aye-ayes. The gremlins have dark brown fur with some grey blotches on their faces. Like indris and unlike most lemurs, including other aye-aye species, the gremlins have short, stumpy tails, as an adaptation to a much more terrestrial lifestyle more akin to macaques and baboons. The gremlins highly social nocturnal animals that live in large troops consisting of up to around 150 individuals at a time, although troops as large as 300 have been known. The gremlins are intelligent animals and are about as smart as several parrot species, and like the unrelated mogwais (Neonanotherium domesticus), the gremlins can mimic human speech, best described as "resembling a parrot's speech without a squawking tone". The gremlins breed fast in comparison with most other lemurs, being more akin to a rabbit than a typical lemur in terms of reproduction, allowing them to quickly adapt to their surroundings. Unlike in pop culture, gremlins do not get harmed in bright lights such as sunlight nor do they reproduce with water, and the gremlins are not adult forms of mogwais, which are unrelated separate species of lemurs. The gremlins live throughout the wilderness and human-modified habitats of Eurasia and North America, most likely due to natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods, and earthquakes in certains regions, allowing the gremlins in the zoos and safari parks in those effected areas to escape and establish breeding populations. The gremlins are considered invasive species in some areas due to being known to prey on several endangered arboreal rodent species, and the gremlins are able to adapt to life in the cities and suburbs, considered as a nuisance due to gremlins being known to damage property and steal food, mobbing larger animals such as people to steal the food they're carrying, similarly to baboons in parts of Africa.
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