Giant Tamow

The Giant Tamow split from its ancestor the Adorned Tamow. It has become a large browser eating purple and black flora trees and shrubs. It has doubled in size and its neck and legs have grown longer to reach the treetops. Their keratinous quills have become scalemail-like and help protect them from predators when they are younger. After they become fully grown they are much to big for any predators like the Sparkleshrog, except for the Tyrannical Vonnegona. Even full-grown adults fear them. While their armor should protect adults from attacks from Tyrannical Vonnegona, a persistent one can take and adult Giant Tamow down. Thanks to them they are no longer solitary and travel in small herds. With more eyes and ears, there is a better chance of survival.

Like their ancestor they have symbiotic microbes such as Guttoplaques to digest the large amount of leaves it consumes daily. Its tail is vestigial and no longer servers a purpose other then armoring their butt. Their tongues have become longer and help them grab leaves and branches. Their large legs on 3 toed feet help hold up their massive bodies. Their two middle toes have fused into a single wider toe. They are surprisingly fast for their size.

Like their ancestor they give birth to helpless fetal young. Males do not participate in parental care at all. Joeys will live in their mother’s pouch and drink milk until they start to grow in their armor, at which point they leave the pouch already able to run from predators. They are fast as juveniles, but slow down considerably as they age and their armor finishes growing in. Juveniles will continue to suckle from their mother for up to 2 years after leaving the pouch before they are weaned and begin eating leaves instead.