Cave Night Glider

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Cave Night Glider
(Cavernavespertilio synophthalma)
Artwork of Cave Night Glider
Species is extinct.
17/116, loss of food due to the Cave Plague
Creator Giant Blue Anteater Other
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Superclass
Class
Subclass
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Carpozoa
Spondylozoa
Anisoscelida
Soricia
Cynosauria
Cynosauriformes
Noxnoctolaboridae
Cavernavespertilio
Cavernavespertilio synophthalma
Week/Generation 15/100
Habitat Rabid Sandstone Caves
Size 12 cm Long
Primary Mobility Unknown
Support Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet Hemophagus ("Blood" of Plents)
Respiration Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation Ectotherm
Reproduction Sexual, Live Birth, Two Sexes, Pouch and Milk


The cave night glider has split off from the desert night glider. One population has moved into the Rabid Sandstone Cave. It is dark inside the cave, but the anterior pair of eyes grew much larger. The two other pairs fused together to form an eye that senses infrared. This evolved because the many dark spots along the night glider's back became hot biolights. These appear most vividly in infrared vision. The biolights can be used for communication, and can also be used for mating rituals.

Cave night gliders feed exclusively on plent blood. They have shrunken to 12 centimeters for the ability to drink from cave nizzards and other small plents.

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Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Smirking Soriparasite (subclass Cynosauria)
  • Longjake (class Soricia)