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Yi qi has the shortest binomial name of any dinosaur at only 4 letters, the longest is Micropachycephalosaurus hongtuyanensis at 37 letters. It’s tail probably had 4 display feathers based on other Scansoriopterygian material. Yi was small the smaller than most birds weighing less than a pound. It shared many characteristics with birds like talons and a hallux however it had vastly different morphology. Yi Qi's had hands with 5 digits as the fourth and fith digit supported a membrane similar to bats. Yi Qi did not posses a beak it had a mouth full of small teeth that it would use for catching insects. Yi Qi lived in subtropical forests along with other early flying animals in an evolutionary arms (wing) race. Competition likely included Darwinopterid and Anurognathid pterosaurs and early birds. Ultimately birds won the war and Yi Qi and other Scansoriopterygidans would go extinct by the Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.