Elerit Taalen

Domain    Kingdom  Phylum   Class    Order    Family    Genus Species
Eukaryota Animalia Chordata Hexapoda Ilienera Hominidae Alae  vulgaris

[[Talan]]  [[Vatiel]] [[Utiel]]    [[Tvanel]] [[Atiel]]  [[Atel]] [[Varel]]  [[Luzel]]
[[Arenal]] [[Tfanil]] [[Vaalénel]] [[Aurian]] [[Tveren]] [[Urat]] [[Elerit Taalen]]

This creature lives in Ilien, an Earth-like planet.

It is a culturally-rich species which illuminates the world. It has learned to live in harmony with the other species on the planet, including the immigrants from Earth, with which it cannot interbreed, despite many outward appearance similarities.

Metrics

• Heigth: ~2.5 metres at full growth
• Weighth: ~35 kilograms at full growth

Lifestyle

• Foods: primarily synthesised yeast products.
• Source of water: from purified ocean water.
• Source of gases: via lungs (or through engineered gills)

Reproduction

• Fairly similar to humans physiologically, but culturally, artificial insemination is preferred
• Male genitals are retractable, and are 'stored' in retracted position.
• Light-baskets are collapsed during intercourse.
• Females have large openings to the front of the womb inside their light-baskets.
• Gametes are in appearance identical, without examining genetic material. (This does not apply to Elerit Taméntz.)
• Elerit Taméntz is the result of extensive genetic modification based on the principles of human genetics.

Evolution

• Evolved from insect/bird-like creatures (above specimen is Arenal Tfanil Vaalenól Aurian Tveren Arien Lllalav Uige͜řen; uige͜řen is an archaic form of the word uizen, literally, wall), gaining adaptations suited to a life on the ground.
• During the time during which the Ilienian atmosphere's equilibrium was heavily damaged by humans (Arenal Tfanil Vaalenel Utanef Vtésal Toalan Uóraan (various)), and the Ilienians' atmosphere reparation systems were also damaged and were being replenished, the Ilienians used artificial selection techniques to rebreed for a life on ground, in case a battle needed to be fought. This ability to survive on the ground through rapid adaptation was vital in the Ilienian-Human War of IY 536.

Unique adaptations

• Light-basket (this is a bioluminescent, stiff, collapsible basket for carrying food or children)
• Tall, for good speed when moving
• Arms (evolved from second set of legs), for eating

Planned or altered evolutionary descendants

The Ilienians later employed similar artificial selection techniques to breed several new species, in a period of rapid scientific advancement between IY 955 and 147.1032. The resulting species were engineered to not have any wings (generations 1 through 3), have gills (second generation), be able to interbreed with humans (third generation; see '#Reproduction' section above), and have resistance to several human-born pathogens that were not harmful to humans but had devastating effects on the Ilienians (most notably, some of the mutant strains of the Escherichia coli bacteria commonly found in humans and their livestock; these caused several disease outbreaks affecting humans on Earth in GYP 1990 through 2043) (fourth generation). The third and fourth generations were developed coöperatively with humans after the Ilienian-Human truce of 128.1024 (this date was chosen for offical signing of the truce because powers of two are considered auspicious in the Ilienian tradition; the date of informal adoption was 34.1022).

First generation

Elerit Tatelén

Second generation

Elerit Tavól

Third generation

• developed coöperatively with humans

Elerit Taméntz

Fourth generation

• developed coöperatively with humans

Elerit Tamuilan