Myumaudae

Myumauds are terfilene scyphers in the family '''Myumaudae. '''There are 32 known species found throughout most of the Atarinian mainland. They variously resemble foxes, coyotes, euscyphids, mustelids, and wolves. There are two subfamilies: Myumaudinae and Tuinae. The type species is ''Myumaudus tiffani. ''Myumaudae is one of the three living families of scypher (the others being euscyphids and urscyphers), and is grouped together with Euscyphidae in the superfamily Scypheridea.

Description and habitat
Myumauds are found on most of Atarinia, from the plains and highlands of northern Berba and Feva, to the vast deserts of central Atarinia, to the cloud forests of far southwest Aal. Most Myumauds inhabit semiarid and arid climate zones, such as amiene plains, savanna, deserts, mountains, and forests. Some Myumaudus and Aalinis species are desert specialists, with adaptations such as elongated vascular ear lobes to help cool the blood, shorter fur to help regulate temperature, and a kidney that is better at conserving water than that of euscyphids.

The Tuinae show a tendency toward nocturnalism; indeed their night vision is the best of any living scypher. Tuines are also mostly diminutive in size, some about the size of a domestic cat. They live mostly in mountainous forests in southern Aal.

Myumaudines are on average larger and range across most of Atar. they tend to be diurnal like most scyphers. The largest is Myumaudus tiffani, about the size of a red fox. Some Phroamaudus species retain long fur, and superficially resemble small venatiscyphs, but are not closely related to them.

Evolution
Myumauds evolved from earlier terfilenes around 70 million years ago, and seem to have arose in central Aal when the Aal desert was wetter and greener than today. Mountains uplifted from the continental collisions between Atarinia, Berba, and Earthland blocked moisture from entering the center of the continent and created the vast deserts that persist into the present. Primitive myumauds retreated to the more humid edges of the desert where they radiated into extinct and present forms. Those that found refuge further inland adapted to the more arid climate in central Aal and later radiated to most of Atar.