Fonaeta
	
	Nemen's Most Common Grazer
	
	
	OVERVIEW:
	
	With grace and swiftness, this long legged-mammal bounds over plain and prairie. With its four long (80 cm), slender, hoofed legs, the gazelle-like Fonaeta can easily outrun most predators of the grasslands of eastern Nemen (most commonly) and all over the world. Standing at the shoulder only about 125 cm, it is a bit shorter than its distant woodland cousin, the Mefoura. Usually, this deer is a brown/yellow color with irregular brown markings, which are more common in infancy, and eventaually all but disapprear (only 4 or 5 left). These colorings help it to better blend in with its grassy surroundings, however, more rarely, an albino Fonaeta is born, which is almost unicorn-like in that ithas slightly magical capabilities (odds~1:50,000). It has two cup-like ears which allow it excellent hearing and is rearely caught unaware, unless the intruder happens to be a stealthy predator. It has brown eyes and a short, tapering tail with long fur. A rather long neck allows for easy grazing, and it has three sharp horns on its head, which can be extremely dangerous. These horns are twisted (like a cloth in the process of being wrung), with brown and white colors interwoven (or, perhaps, marbled) between one another. The horns curve slightly downward, thus allowing the deer to inflict much damage to it's enemy's body. However, the Fonaeta has a strong sense of self-preservation, and for this reason it?s first instinct is to flee. As they live in herds, the stampeding of such can be heard for miles, and are sometimes thought of as an omen of misfortune.
	
	The Fonaeta is purely herbivorous and usually feeds on the ever-existent Hazra grass, but will eat almost any plant. It is killed for its meat and its hide, the latter which is thick and as thus can be used a light, thick body armor. The meat is very nutritious and has some health-restoring properties to some common diseases.
	
	As what pertains to mating: females choose the male for mating, and competition among males to be selected is fierce. With their sharp horns, they may kill or severely injur each other when fighting. for this reason, the ratio of female to male is about (respectively) 3:1 in a herd.
	
	The young grow quite quickly, and within four years they are fully mature adults. They grow at a rate of about 15 cm (in height) a year, and usually grow up to 30 cm their first year of life.
	
	
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	|| '''SUMMARY:''' ||
	|| CLIMATE/TERRAIN: || Grassy Plains ||
	|| FREQUENCY: || Common ||
	|| ORGANIZATION: || Herd (from 10-200 fonaeta) ||
	|| ACTIVITY CYCLE: || Diurnal (Day) ||
	|| DIET: || 100% Herbavore ||
	|| INTELLIGENCE: || Instinct-Based ||
	|| WORLD VIEW: || Prey with some fighting-back abilites ||
	|| AVG. LIFESPAN: || Up to 15 years; mature at 4 years || 
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