Gryphons

A gryphon is a flying mammal with the head and wings of an eagle, front claws like a reptile, and body, hind legs and the tail of of a lion, just except the body was feathered. Gryphons are one of the only three mammals to hatch eggs alongside platypuses and echidinas. There are seven subspecies of gryphons. The egg of a gryphon is colored orange with a spot in the color of the gryphon's main hair color that determines what color of gryphon the baby will be.

History
Gryphons have been around since the Dragon Ages. It was said they were hunted down by mankind, but that was just propaganda to force the armies into place to fight the dragons by saying that they will have only the dragons as threats. Gryphons are meat eaters and they would be happy to eat any anything except for humans, elves, trolls, goblins, dwarves, and fairies, as they are very loyal and friendly to any of them. However, if you insult one at it's face, a gryphon will bite off your head. Like all magical creatures. Gryphons could live very long as the oldest lived to a hundred and the last ever North Black lived to 97. Only 32% of the human population could ride gryphons, however 100% fairies and higher percentages for elves, trolls, goblins, and slightly lower for dwarves are noted.

Sub species

 * 1) White gryphons: Found anywhere in the Land of Stories. Colored white with a light grey body and golden wings and tail.
 * 2) Jet black gryphons: Colored pure jet black. Also very common with huge population mostly in the Charming Kingdom, where it is considered a national animal (like bald eagles to the US)
 * 3) Silver gryphons: Colored silver with a dark grey body and silver wings and tail. Mostly found in dwellings in the northern Dwarf Forests and the Eastern Kingdom.
 * 4) Green gryphons: Colored dark green with a black tail and gold wings.
 * 5) Dark grey gryphons: Colored pure dark grey. Can be mostly found in the Northern mountains.
 * 6) Light grey gryphons: Colored pure light grey. Currently endangered and most of the population lives in the Fairy and Corner Kingdoms
 * 7) North black gryphons. Colored Northern Kingdom Forest black. Used to live in the Northern Forest but due to forest fires, chilling weathers, and disease they went extinct.

Gryphon sports

 * Gryphon Racing: Where two or more racers compete on their gryphons.
 * Gryphon Derby: Where two or more players fight against each other on gryphons
 * Gryphonball: Where 12 players on each team play on gryphons and throwing a red ball through hoops. Throw a ball through a hoop and the player's team gets 1 point. First to get 20 points is the winner.

Trivia

 * Gryphons are the fastest air mammal and second fastest behind cheetahs.