Decided to make another sphinx, and then thought i'd make them from the same universe and have different genuses (so original lmao)

so now there is a standard sphinx and dwarf sphinx

the dwarfs have only three front claws + thumb claw, and don't grow wings unless they are crossed with the standard's genetics

they also have manes, regardless of gender, and small stubby horns

they also get pretty thicc and are far smaller in size than standards

so very Tolkien all around