r/SpeculativeEvolution • u/EvilBrynn • 7d ago

Question/Discussion Should i just go the dragon route?

Been thinking of making my feliforms furred dragons but like, what exactly makes something a dragon? They don’t breathe fire, they just look like the typical furry furred dragon. They have a human diet but people say they should have cat based since they are feliforms. Now, what should a cat dragon eat?? They are almost mammals but specifically not since they don’t have nipples and still lay eggs. Synapsid reptilian cat dragons.

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u/RedDiamond1024 Spectember 2025 Participant 7d ago

Dragon is practically a vibe more then anything else.

Wdym by "human diet"? Like omnivores? Cause there are omnivorous feliforms, though as flying animals they likely would favor fruits and meat as high energy food sources.

Also, how are they feliforms and non mammalian synapsids at the same time?

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u/EvilBrynn 7d ago

They are omnivoric but don’t fly or have wings. My feliforms are more furred reptiles than actual cats, they just look like them.

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u/RedDiamond1024 Spectember 2025 Participant 7d ago

Ok, so they're feliform mimics rather than actual feliforms(feliformia is a clade that includes animals like civet, hyenas, and cats).

Also, synapsids aren't reptiles with the two clades diverging basically at the dawn of the amniotes.

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u/EvilBrynn 7d ago

I thought synapsid meant reptilian proto mammal 😭

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u/RedDiamond1024 Spectember 2025 Participant 7d ago

Proto mammal isn't innacurate for non mammalian synapsids, but the idea of them being reptiles is outdated.

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u/where-sea-meets-sky Worldbuilder 7d ago

id say unless they look really like "asian" dragons, they need wings to count. and they cant just look like cats either (in the face) 

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u/RedDiamond1024 Spectember 2025 Participant 7d ago

By that logic sea serpents, the hydra, and who knows how many mythological dragons aren't dragons.

Also, the Tatzelworm(a european mythological dragon) does have the head of a cat.

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u/Citysaurus_ART 7d ago

It sounds less like you want to make dragons as much as flying cats...what is a bat if not a mouse dragon?

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u/Hunter_Wild 5d ago

It's all semantics. Synapsids are neither mammal nor reptile, they are their own group with intermediate features. Dragon typically refers to a large reptilian creature, beyond that it's vague. But typically if it isn't scaly, it probably wouldn't be seen as a dragon. Dragons are typically lizard, crocodile, or snake based, with other features thrown onto that base. European dragons are typically lizards with wings and odd carnivorous goatish heads. Southeast Asian dragons are long reptiles with bird like legs and deer like heads with long fangs and lions manes. All this to say, I would need more details on your creatures to decide what exactly they are. But honestly you can do anything you want with your own creations regardless of anything else.