Ursipes

3D Model

Honey badger + honey possum + brown bear (Name is a combination of ursus and tarsipes)

Ursipes is a daytime forest dweller. Relatively lazy, non-hostile and always hungry- Ursipes like to dig for grubs and climb trees to harvest honey from Primordial’s giant beehives. Armed with incredibly thick skin and a natural resistance to insect venoms, Ursipes is the perfect beast for tangling with Primordial’s vicious bugs. Ursipes climbs trees or digs up nests using its large powerful claws and sensitive sniffer. If it can’t quite reach into the nest to dig it up, it will probe the holes it’s made with it’s long, thin snout and even better, it’s long sticky tongue. Bards on the back of the tongue help pull in the more resistant bugs and debri. Ursipes has a thick opposable tail which is uses to cling to tree branches to support it’s heavy body while up in the trees. Black fur around it’s small eyes prevents the sun’s glare, and a nictitating membrane protects the eyes from stings.