Reaver Bat
Habitat: Reaver bats live on both Asul and Tahn, but the vast majority live on Asul. They are found in dense forests where there is enough free space between the trees to fly around comfortably and the canopy is dense enough to block out most sunlight. In Asul, they can be found in the near pitch black forest north of the War Uzg in the day or other similar forests on the isle. On Tahn, while very small in numbers, they live in the vast forest along with Linandria. The Tahn Reaver bats tend to live further away from settlements and roads though, so the recent settlers have forced them to change their homes, and they might eventually branch out to other areas on Tahn.
Description: Reaver bats, named after their tendency to whisk farm animals such as pigs away in the middle of the night, are omnivorous creatures that might be mistaken for a young drake due to its impressive wingspan and fur that mostly black (except for its head, where it slowly changes into a shade of dark gray). They have an aversion to harsh light like what the sun shines down, so they usually either spend the day sleeping hanging from whatever they find that can support their weight, scavenging mushrooms, or hunting for prey. Their diet usually is mostly mushrooms and other flora edible to them, but they will not shy away from eating small animals that can easily be picked up and fly away with the animal in its mouth. When hunting large prey, they swoop down to bite down on the animal with its pointed row of teeth, much like that of a shark's, and use the momentum it has to pull the a good hunk of flesh off of most animals. They typically prefer prey that they can carry away with them so that nothing else eats it. But, while most reaver bats would only be able to pick up a deer in one piece, groups of them will occasionally gang up on animals and divide the food between each other, with one group of five reaver bats being capable of killing a wyvern. It is unknown if, like wolves, there is a hierarchy that determines who would get the most food from those events. At night, they tend to venture a little bit further out of the forest in order to search for food. When they go out, they usually stay in open areas, where they are capable of flying without too much fear of bumping into anything. These bats are not particularly social, but they will alert one another of predators. Reaver bats normally do not attack people unless provoked by attacking them, their young, or prey that had caught its eye, but small children risk being taken away by them if the children are alone in a forest that these bats inhabit.
There are a couple differences between the populations of the two isles reaver bats are known to inhabit. The most prominent of these is the changes in wingspan. Both variations have similar abdomen sizes (usually around 3.5, or 1.1 meters, standing up) but the Asulian reaver bat has a smaller wingspan, typically ranging from 8-10 feet (2.4-3 meters) in order to more easily glide through the rather low clearings they're accustomed to, and are also masters of swooping through the air. Due to the low treeline, the area in which they live, while overall very open compared to other forests or the nearby jungle, is extremely cluttered with roots and trees and other obstacles. So, they have learned to deftly fly through the air and how to navigate, seemingly mastering the art of flight in a way few birds ever could. They do not fly particularly fast, but they are masters of maneuvering around.
Tahnian reaver bats are larger, usually 9-12 feet (2.7-3.7 meters) since they have much for open area. They do not have the same prowess with flying Asulian reaver bats do, as they spend most of their time gliding around underneath the canopy of the forest, but they are very strong. Tahnian reaver bats consist a lot more on meat than their Asulian counterparts, most likely due to mushrooms and other things like that that grow in the forests on Asul are less common there. These bats are capable of going after and flying away with heavier prey than their Asulian counterpart could, but they are also much rarer on Tahn than they are in Asul. And with their impressive wingspan, they are usually capable of gliding through the forest like a hawk or another large bird would.
Author: 2samspan
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Illustration of a Tahnian Reaver Bat (this was not my work or commissioned by me, I just decided to use it as a base to make this creature off of) http://saeedramez.deviantart.com/art/Bat-565535127