Coeurl

Coeurls are Electric / Psychic-type monsters.

Physiology
Coeurls resemble white leopards, with dark blue spots, sitting couchant style. They have a pair of powerful black tentacles for whiskers. The tentacles are tipped with horny edges which can inflict wounds and resemble club-shaped catching tentacles of a squid.

Special Abilities
Coeurls use a magical displacement ability, a form of illusion which causes it to appear farther away than it really is, making it very difficult to hit. This combos well with their dangerous tentacles which shoots luminous energy which can paralyze its victims.

Behavior
These sentinel, magical cats often kill purely for pleasure, though they never fight among themselves. They can communicate to one another telepathetically. In fact, they're almost always laying down and will use their tentacles to do most of their work.

Habitat
Coeurls primarily live in temperate hills and mountains.

Origin
The coeurl is a fictional alien race created by science-fiction writer A.E. van Vogt.

Name Origin
The coeurl directly takes its name from the fictional alien race its based on.