Japanese Mythical Animals Inspired Feathered Desert Hybrid

Imagined non-existing flying terrestrial blending amphibian and cetacean traits, small dog-sized, depicted in natural history illustration style in a desert dunes habitat. Anatomically believable design — coat, scales or skin texture coherent, eyes and limbs in plausible proportions. Single creature, calm posture, environment provides natural lighting and scale reference. No humans. No animal cruelty, injury, blood or gore. No monster-of-the-week horror — this is a wildlife-style render of a believable invented species. Specifically: feathered dinosaur cat hybrid. Target search intent (rendered visually, no on-image text): "japanese mythical animals" (en).