DYRNIDS - anatomy

DYRNIDS info sheetGENERAL
Dyrnids are a species from a story I started writing in 2009. In the narrative, they're long-lived creatures with human-level sapience, intelligent enough to form their own cultures, and an unparalleled affinity for soul magic. Right here and now, though, they're just a cute sparklebeast species.
They're large quadruped mammals about the size of draft horses, although not so heavy since their bulk is really mostly fluff; their lifespan is around 80 years, with sexual maturity being around 25 years.
SOCIETY & CULTURE
They’re omnivorous but they mostly eat fruits and nuts, some tubers, and the leaves of succulents; they need a lot of sugar.
Dyrnids consider it rude to move around a lot, so there's not much body language; instead, they use vocalisations to convey general emotion and intent, and telepathy for complex dialogue.
They consider themselves very dignified so they don't like to run or appear startled, which is why they rarely hunt. They sometimes s  

the info sheet is a little bit under construction but it has most of the necessary points! some highlights:

a group of dyrnids is called a dignity
they are omnivorous but they're terrible hunters, so they mostly eat fruits, nuts, tubers, and the leaves of succulents. they need a lot of sugar, so they love sweet treats like honey and human candies.
they're hermaphroditic and their concept of gender is pretty weird, so you can pick whatever pronoun you like to refer to yours with! the dyrnid language doesn't have gendered pronouns in any of the dialects, so it's only for communicating with humans.

dyrnids are a closed species!