Vohdian Squirrel

Among the generally hostile feeling that everyone gets from interacting with Vohdian flora and fauna, a friendly creature makes for a nice change. These little mammals populate the mushroom forests and, in a way, are responsible for their continuous growth. Although all the different mushroom colonies in Vohd can reproduce on their own at a steady rate, the squirrels play a role in maintaining variety throughout the planet. They collect truffles and take them to holes, ditches, and other hollow places, slowly forming a trove. Other times, they stash these collections of truffles on structures and objects that have been abandoned by the sentient inhabitants of Vohd, like the cockpit of a small spaceship or little containers left in the middle of the forests.

Often, the squirrels forget the location of some of these troves. The truffles, then, as they are left unattended and remain untouched, start to reproduce and become huge colonies of fungal wildlife growing out of wherever the original stash was. These growing truffles could explain the weird patterns in the distribution of fungal trees around Vohd, making it almost impossible to assign a specific location to a single type of fungus.

Due to recent urbanization in some parts of the planet by UTiCo, their associates, and others, the natural habitats of Vohdian squirrels have diminished. However, the critters have adapted to the situation rather quickly. Instead of retreating to the wild, they have learned to survive in these areas and profit from the natural pack-bonding instincts of Humans, Near-Humans, and the rest of the sentient species. Now, the squirrels are treated kindly by almost everyone who sees them, a lovely sight for kids and adults alike.

(concept submitted by pavlogs_)