Volaticotherium (SciiFii)

Volaticotherium horridus is a species of gliding, insectivorous mammal that originally lived in what is now Asia during the Jurassic period, around 164 mya, and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii. It was originally planned to be included for Cretaceous Park, located in Sacromento, California, but an accident occurred where SciiFii's workers forgot to close the transport cages for the Mesozoic flying mammals, letting them fly out and escape into the wilderness. Ever since the accident, decades later, the populations of Volaticotherium horridus in the western United States and Mexico have increased from just 19 pairs to more than 5 million, thanks to their prolific nature and being adaptable, surviving in a wide range of natural environments and human settlements. It has a gliding membrane, similar to a cross between those of native modern flying squirrels, marsupial gliders, and wing membranes of bats, that extends not just between the limbs and at least the tail base, but also the long digits, "sandwiching" them. It is densely covered by fur to keep it insulated from the cold of night. The tail is flat, increasing the airfoil, and the limbs are proportionally long, comparable to those of modern flying and gliding mammals. The toes are grasping, as typical for arboreal mammals. The teeth of Volaticotherium horridus are highly unusual, possessing long, curved, backwards-pointing cusps, used for shearing; this, combined with the long canines, giving it a carnivorous diet, which at its small size is composed by insects. It is a much more efficient glider than the Asian colugo due to its wing size and other adaptations, but is a poor flyer due to its wing size, preferring to glide over flying.
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