Luquine Breedsheet

EDIT: The Luquine is now officially listed as an HArpg registered breed ;3

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Okay, so this has been a personal made-up breed of mine for a few years now, and I've done some mini "re-vamps" to it a few times and this is the final outcome :3

And yes, since it's an old breed it's part wolf >> Sue me, I was a little wolfaboo once upon a time. o-o; I do still love my luquine though, since they were the first real breed I ever made up <3

It's an open breed, so feel free to make one if you like~
Please read through all the info if you would like to make one though

And if you make one show me, I would LOVE to see the designs you all can come up with

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Species Name: Luquine
Scientific Name: Equus Lupis
Region/Habitat: The luquine is capable of adapting to any climate. They are more common in regions that have a stable temperature year-round.
The most common locations to find them are in flatlands with a large amount of open space to run about in.
Origin: Luquine are not a natural phenomenon-- they are man-made. For years scientists had been trying to combine the DNA of prey and predator in order to create a perfect balance of the two and they at last succeeded in creating a species that survived the testing. It was the combination of the DNA of a generic horse, and generic feral wolf, and due to some mishap that occurred during the fusing that was not noticed, they were only successful with one species.
They called it a luquine because of it’s origins { Equine and Canis Lupis } and set about breeding them into prosperity. For the first ten years of their existence, luquine only ever existed within two government funded breeding facilities where they were bred, and flourished successfully.

Eleven years after their creation the luquine were released to be legally owned by the common public in order to help spread out the massive numbers of the beasts that had accumulated in the breeding facilities. It was only due to their popularity in the news the previous year that people caught on to the wild trend of owning the famous creations and some were bought by the dozen. Unfortunately it was quickly discovered that the luquine had a savage side to them, and the populace nearly ceased purchasing them altogether.

The breeding facilities were faced with a huge problem: what to do with the hundreds of luquine still housed in the facilities? They came up with one solution and, packing off every single luquine they had, they released them into an unpopulated area and shut down the facilities entirely.

The luquine released into the wild had all been raised with no knowledge of how to survive in the wild, and more than half of the numbers of the released died off within weeks. Some adapted though, and they scattered across the land, forming small herds similar to one of their originators, the horse.

After a few years the species was all but forgotten. Those in captivity had been released into the wild until almost no one even owned a luquine, and the species did well at hiding itself from populated areas.
People soon picked up an interest in them though, and began rounding some of them up and creating small breeding farms to breed more docile and domestic luquine. Some were successful, and the species began creeping back into the lives of horse owners around the world.

Description: The luquine more similarly resembles their horse origins in anatomy and structure. They stand about the height of the average horse and have peculiar, toed hooves. Each foot has four “toes” that forms into, almost, mini hooves. Their heads were what starkly show off the combination of their genes, as it has the basic shape of a horse’s head, but near the front of the mouth, two long canine fangs protrude downward from their upper jaw.

Their eyes are shaped like a horse’s but do not contain the oblong pupil of the horse’s but a small point-like pupil of a wolf. Their lips stretch back further than a horse’s, going all the way back to the cheek, and their upper lip is slightly split in the front like a canine’s, with a nose that splits off into slits that stretch along the sides of the bridge of the nose about two inches.
Color: Luquine have no set design of colors because of the mix of completely opposite genes, and some earth-tone unnatural colors even occur along with the occasional wolf coat design. Normal horse coat designs are more common among them though. { Chestnut, bay, dapple gray, flaxen chestnut, etc. } There are NO neon colors that can naturally occur in a luquine, though they can be contracted through a breeding with another equine that has no blood ties to a luquine.

Height: Average height ranges between 5’7’’ and 5’9’’ at the withers.
Weight: Ranges between an average of 900 to 1200 lbs
More than one Type?: No, they are a highly adaptable species, but there are no separate categories to officially list them by.
Does it have any Predators?: No natural predators, seeing as how they are a scientifically created species. Mountain lions could be considered a threat to them, along with other big cats willing to try to hunt them, but most often they are not bothered due to their ability to fight back with their sharp canines.
Mating: Luquine never mate for life. A luquine stallion will form a herd of about 5-8 mares and eventually build himself a larger herd. Other stallions are not permitted within a stallion’s herd, and any male offspring are driven away once they become one year of age.
Offspring: Luquine usually only have one calf per birthing, and or a luquine to have twins is not rare, but not common, and the calves are born blind. The blindness only lasts a day, however, and after a day they are fully capable of standing, walking, and even running. For the first two weeks of their lives, they see only in black-and-white, but soon their vision becomes fully developed, and they are able to determine colors by the third week of life. The calves are only dependent of their mothers for seven months, and after that, it is possible for them to live on their own successfully.
Lifespan: For some unknown reason, luquine have so far been found to live quite a long time. It’s been many years since their creation, and the oldest one known lived to over 59 years. The calculated average lifespan of a healthy, domestic luquine is from 40-55 years of age. In the wild they are known to die sooner, putting their lifespan at about 30-35 years
Temperament: Each individual luquine has an entirely different personality from the next, making it very hard to determine a set personality for the beasts. Most often they have what most luquine breeders call “Split personalities” where the canine gene is dominant in them and they are more headstrong, bold, sometimes hostile and prone to fits of aggression if not given proper training by a good trainer. The other “personality” that luquine can tend to have is the equine gene being dominant, and the animal will then tend to be much more docile and submissive, but also easily spooked, and sometimes antsy. It’s luquine with the dominant equine gene that most breeders prefer to raise, and encourage buyers to purchase because it guarantees a more acceptable luquine and one that a buyer could be satisfied with.

There is the occasional case where a luquine has balanced out the genes and has a mixed balance of the two personalities, giving the animal an equal chance of being both docile and fierce at any given moment. They are greatly loved by breeders though for their excellent resilience in any field of discipline. Yes, the average luquine can also work well in many disciplines, but an equally balanced luquine has been proven to show more quality in their work, and more stability in their personality.
Diet: Depending on which gene is dominant in the individual luquine they require a diet of both meat, and grain and vegetation. Each luquine has their own preference, as in some prefer meat, and some prefer the diet of an herbivore. It is imperative that every luquine have a diet of both grains/vegetation, and meat. Without a solid diet of both, the luquine’s health will decline until the diet is fixed.
Additional Notes: Illnesses that a luquine can contract are the same as a horse’s. It has been confirmed that they cannot contract illnesses that are solely found in canines, or specifically, wolves, because, for some inexplicable reason, the canine gene within them is not strong enough to allow the illnesses to affect the animal.


An available lineart of a luquine: [link]

Luquine © BlackSpiritWind