Kitkonat

The Kitkonat split from its ancestor the Kakonat. It has grown larger but fills a similar niche as it's ancestor. Its fur-like wooly cotton helps insulate it from the cold as well as camouflage it in the red rusty soil. The sub-species that live in black soils are all black in color.

It is a pest to most shrogs and will sneak into their nests during construction and feed from their food stores. Like its ancestor it has It has petrolignin (aka calcified cellulose), convergent with the Stonebeak Phlyer, which replace the material of its fangs so that it may use them to cut food and deliver nasty bites. The fangs are mobile and close sideways to cut. When eating, it will use its prehensile tongue to pull food partway into its mouth and then bring its fangs together to snip it. It can snip flora and fauna alike. The prehensile tongues of the Kitkonat are used to shock and stun prey. This also is a great defense from predators since the shock, while not lethal can give a nasty surprise, giving them enough time to sprint away.

Like its ancestor, the Kitkonat engages in intraspecific combat when selecting a mate. These battles are usually between males, but females may also fight one another or, occasionally, males that are too persistent. Unlike their ancestor they do have a mating season in the fall. Males are more aggressive than their ancestors and have head spikes. Females have small domes like their ancestor. When they do battle they clash horned domes. Theses horns also help defend against predators. They can form mating groups as its ancestor did. They produce 2-3 offspring per breeding and provide parental care. Like most plents, they mate mouth-to-mouth. Those in the same biome as a Plated Tamow will use their abandoned burrows as shelter and/or as a den to raise their offspring.