PRIMARY CONSUMERS
Nitidupus Frons
Common Name:
Buffalo Rabbit/Rabbuffalo
Ancestor: Rabbits
Diet:
Grass
Range: The European grasslands, 25 MYF
Origin
of the Latin name: "Nitidus" (fat), "lepus" (rabbit), and
"Frons" (brown). The name together forms "Brown Fat Rabbit".
5 foot
tall descendants of rabbits, they are the peaceful giants of the
grassland. Their neck has lengthened and they no longer hop. Although
they no longer hop, they can still run, but not as fast as a horse.
Although
they are not social animals, it isn't rare to see a group of 3 or 4
buffalo rabbits grazing on the grass. To protect themselves they have
powerful legs which can shatter bone and a thick skull, which they use
to headbutt.
Sorry about the nose.
Dinodeer/Water Deer: A 7 foot long dinoceratan-like water deer. They have only 1 pair of knobs from their horns.
Procerumapra
Common Name:
Goatraffe
Ancestor: Domestic Goats
Diet:
Shrubs
Range: The European grasslands, 25 MYF
Origin
of the Latin name: "Procerus" (tall), "Collum" (neck) and
"Capra" (goat). The name together forms "Tall Necked Goat".
Procerumapra,
the Goatraffes are giraffe-like goats. They can reach shoulder heights
of 7-8 feet and head heights of 13-15 feet. The particular species
pictured below is Procerumapra Magnucornu, or Tall Necked Big
Horned Goat, which has shoulder heights of 7 feet and head heights of 14
feet.
Procerumapra have huge territories due to the
amount of brush they need to eat. The adults have no predators, except
for a large pack of Lionboons.
Platyoris Gramerussi
Common Name:
Grazer Duck
Ancestor: Ducks
Diet:
Grass
Range: The European grasslands, 25 MYF
Origin
of the Latin name: "Platy" (flat), "Oris" (mouth) "Gramen"
(grass), and "Perussi" (consume). The name together forms "Flat Mouth
Grass Consumer".
3 foot tall duck descendants, they have small ridges
on their beak to chew it up, and the rest is broken up by gizzards. Platyoris
Gramerussi is actually quite stupid, on the level of the dodo.
Aquasus Iratus
Common Name:
Hipposwine
Ancestor: Pigs/hogs
Diet:
Aquatic vegetation
Range: The coastlines of the
European grasslands, 25 MYF
Origin of the Latin name:
"Aqua" (water), "Sus" (pig), and "Iratus" (angry). The name together
forms "Angry Water Pig".
The type species of Aquasus, they are
semi-aquatic descendants of pigs filling the niche of hippos in Europe. Aquasus
Iratus is 9 feet long and 5 feet tall.
Like hippos and Toxodon,
they have a huge powerful mouth and an angry temper. They will not
hesitate to impale anything that angers them. Unlike hippos they do not
use their bulk and their mouth as their main weapons, rather their
keratin covered tusks.
Megabeaver/European Beaver: A 5 foot long grazing terrestrial beaver.
Megantler/Fallow Deer: A 5 foot tall deer. They have megaloceros-like antlers, but they are only 9 feet long.
Rabballaby/European Wallabies:
A quadrupedal grazing descendant of European wallabies. They are 7 feet
long.
Roe Horse/Roe Deer: A horse-like descendant of roe deer. They have grown to be 5 feet tall.
Swinephant/Wild
Hogs: An
elephant like swine descendant. They are descended from woolly species
during the last extent of global glaciation. They look like elephants
except that the nose is more like a tapirs and the tusks are a lot
shorter. 12 feet tall.
SECONDARY/QUARTERNARY CONSUMERS
Bear marten/Martens: 2 foot long marten descendants that look like tiny bear dogs. It feeds on eggs and small animals like rodents and ducks.
Flamingoose/Geese: A 5 foot tall flightless goose with longer legs, it lives on the coasts and feeds on fish and crayfish.
Lionboon/Hamadryas Baboon: A lion-like carnivore baboon. They are 5 feet tall.
Megacat/Wildcat: A
7 foot long tiger-like wildcat. They have slightly elongated canines.
Neoleopard/Common
Genet: A 6 foot long golden leopard-like genet.
