Poki

Poki is a ring-tailed winged lemur that lives at the Southern Air Temple. He was adopted and trained by Meelo, under the instruction of Tenzin.

History
When Meelo first arrived at the Southern Air Temple, he found this lemur, and decided to name him Poki. However, shortly after Meelo declared Poki his pet, Poki wriggled himself free from Meelo's grasp and proceeded to run away, prompting the young airbender to pursue him. The boy managed to catch up with the lemur, and the two subsequently established a connection.

Poki stayed by Meelo's side as the boy attempted to train him to perform several tricks, such as sitting and rolling over. However, the animal was not very interested and Meelo's first attempt had little success, as Poki became easily distracted by other noises. Upon his father's instruction, Meelo attempted to establish his dominance over Poki, but the lemur again failed to learn anything, instead jumping onto Meelo's shoulder and tickling the young airbender. Although their training was not proving to accomplish much, Poki still remained strong friends with Meelo, wanting to sleep in the boy's bed. However, as part of the training, the animal was told to sleep on the ground as he needed to learn that he was not Meelo's equal. Poki eventually did so, though with great reluctance and sadness.

Poki's training eventually paid off, and he performed several tricks at Meelo's command to the rest of his family and even led an aerial display with the other lemurs living at the air temple whom Meelo had also successfully managed to train.

Trivia

 * Unlike the rest of his species, the inner membranes of Poki's ears are white. Other ring-tailed winged lemurs have grayish pink inner ear membranes.