DuFortier's Arboreal Hedgehog

DuFortier's Arboreal Hedgehog
TBD
Base Information
Classification	Omnivore/gatherer
Terrain	Forest
Locomotion	Walker
Size	50cm, 2-3kg
Speed	Unknown
Strength	Unknown
Social Structure	Individual
Weapons	Bite
Armor	Unknown
Source
Homeworld	Terra (Solomani Rim 1827)
Multi-world	Yes
Canon	No
Extinct	Extant
Reference	TBD

The DuFortier's Arboreal Hedgehog is a creature lifeform that is not a sophont.

• It is a Mammalianoid species that most closely resembles a Terran Hedgehog.

Description (Specifications)

It is a small rodent-like creature originally native to the forests on Terra (Solomani Rim 1827).

Physiology & Ecology

The Arboreal Hedgehog, also called a "Flyspiney", is a bilaterally symmetrical quadruped with an agile but not truly prehensile tail. They are covered with a short, heavy fur and an outer layer of modified hair that is sharp, keratinous, and useful for defense. Arboreal Hedgehogs are usually a greyish brown or greyish tan. They are quite curious, with agile paws and a more agile nose.

Unlike their Terran ancestors, Arboreal Hedgehogs are agile climbers and skilled leapers. Their ancestral protective coat of spines is proportionally larger and quite flexible, and can be stretched out by splaying their limbs to aid in semi-guided gliding in sufficiently heavy atmospheres.

Life Cycle & Reproduction

Arboreal Hedgehogs have a life span of about fifteen standard years. If allowed to breed, they do so about once a year after the age of two or three, giving live birth to three to five young.

Diet & Trophics

Arboreal Hedgehogs are omnivores, preferring grubs. They will also eat fruit, other insects or other pests.

History & Background (Dossier)

Generally assumed to be a natural adaption of the Terran Hedgehog to life in space, the Arboreal Hedgehog is actually an old Interstellar Wars era GenAssist project to aid various colonization efforts. Considerably larger than their stay-at-home ancestors, Arboreal Hedgehogs are also more active, less prone to hibernation, and every bit as curious and voracious.

Arboreal Hedgehogs are readily domesticated, and are used as pets on several worlds. They can be trained to recover items or as pest control.

Derived Products (Goods)

They make good pets and are popularly sold as such. They are particularly well suited to shipboard life, and are seen all over Charted Space as ship's pets, valued for their talents at pest control and adaption to low gravity. Passengers aboard a Flyspiney's ship are advised to round corners cautiously, as long corridors with clear glide paths are favorite "hunting" ground for mischievous Arboreal Hedgehogs.

Travellers' Aid Society Advisory

The Travellers' Aid Society (TAS) classifies the DuFortier's Arboreal Hedgehog as non-threatening to most sophonts and makes no special advisory regarding this creature.

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Worlds & Sectors (Astrography)

This creature can primarily be found in the following areas:
Charted Space:

• Solomani Rim Sector
• Diaspora Sector
• Magyar Sector
• Daibei Sector

They can, however, be found all over Imperial, Julian, and, surprisingly, Zhodani space.

Homeworld: 1105

The homeworld of this creature is:

• Terra (world)

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• Author & Contributor: James Kundert