Traits

Resemble fish like creatures, including salmon, eels and pike. May have small fins along the top of the head, or under the jaw.

A smooth soft bill of the platypus, that can be short and squat or long and narrow. Bill may be natural browns and blacks, or lighter or darker than the base coat. Markings may affect this trait if the range covers te face.

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Heavily scaled and powerful looking, Dragon Balikin have ridges along the back of the head, ending at the shoulders, as well as large plates on the muzzle. Optionally they may have larger than normal fangs that hangout over the lips, or a patch of short fur along the jaw and upper neck that is any solid color.

Powerful blunt muzzles, usually with large teeth more visible than normal. Tundra Balikin have dense fur, which appears wild and uneven, fur can cover some of the face, or all of it spare the area around the nose.

Resemble bats with large up turned fleshy noses, soft furring or smooth skinned areas around the muzzle. Night Forest Balikin have large eyes that may reflect light or have a small glow.

Share more mammalian traits, and have areas of dense fur, either along the chin, cheeks, or brow area. May have thin whiskers anywhere on the face. Fur will be the same color as the coat areas around it.

Share more reptilian traits, and may have subtle scaling around the eyes, and sides of neck. East Balikin will have a smooth patch starting at the chin and running to the chest.

Share more avian traits, and have a solid beak on the upper jaw, with a flexible smooth lower jaw with normal teeth, upper jaw does not require teeth. Southern Balikin may have small colorful feathers on the top of the head, these should not resemble a crest, and instead by spread out and varied.

Share more mammalian traits, with a blunt face shape and have areas of dense fur along the jaw and muzzle. Fur can be a different range of the coat color.

Soft features with no sharply defined traits.

Resemble dolphins or porpoises, with smooth beaks and small teeth.

Resemble narwhals, with rounded features and a single long horn in the center of the face.

Resemble shark like creatures with pointed muzzles and smooth features.

Resemble mosasaur, with large toothy jaws and reptilian features. May have small ridging from the top of the head and down the back.

Resemble plesiosauria or depictions of the Loch Ness monster. Facial features will be rounded and small, with an elongated neck.

Resemble river dolphins, with elongated beaks and small features. May have areas of subtle pink coloration.

Resemble walruses, with long tusks and whiskers. Will always have muzzle nostrils, instead of blowholes.

Resemble manatees and seacows, with rough skin and rounded faces. May have whiskers. Will always have muzzle nostrils, instead of blowholes.

Resemble baleen whales with large toothless mouths. May have barnacle growth on face and chest.