A pair of [very strange critters] (they hatch two to an egg, you know).
Short, segmented tail. Legs for leaping. Two toes on front legs, three/four on back, one on arms. Not taur. Arms midbody, raised high, could become wings or claws. Don't forget the fifth leg, middle back beneath the body, giving them seven limbs (eight if you count the tail-stub).
"Scared of a scratch? Oh for dying out loud!" "Pff. Forget that arm, it'll grow back."
Yaaaaay pointycritters!
"Brother, shall we chew on him?" "What, and ruin my supper? Just cut his throat and let's go."