Solar Lynx

There are many creatures out there hiding in the mist. Solar lynxes used to be the ones easier to spot, as the tops of their floofy ears have a bioluminesce part of it that makes it look like they are on fire. It creates a little halo around their head and when the sky gets clearer it seems like the entire cat body is flickering due to the sheen of their fur. Hence the sunny glowing name. They are the only natural predators to the giant moths and they can use the magical weather currents to help them leap into great hights in order to catch these menacing flying things. They also hunt and eat other insects and mammals.
Unfortunately, due to their speed and agility and the beauty of their fur, they became a popular hunting target for the nobility and skilled members of the general public. Having a rug or another trophy made out of Solar Lynx was a sign of prestige and luxury. Due to their popularity and demand, the entire population of lynxes shrunk, which gave the opportunity for other beasts to flourish in the mist and take over their territories. Legislative demanding protection of wild felines came as too little too late and for the past decades it have been extremely rare to see a wild cat anywhere in the country side or even the most closed off mist regions. As for the solar lynxes specificaly, they were considered exctinct for the past 80 years.
Fortunately, some pack of what could be solar lynxes was spotted in the south by an expedition of botanists exploring the jungles there. As the mist patterns shifted, some new locations have been made accessible for skilled explorers and there have been a couple of reports of spotting the lynxes in the distance, finding out bits of fur on the trees or their paw prints in the mud. Castings of one set of those paw prints were sent to the main island for further comparison and study and one of them can be seen by public in the Oti Museum during its opening hours.