Probing Waxface

The probing waxface split from its ancestor, the woolly waxface, and moved into Barlowe Desert. Following the end of the ice age by the solar flare, the remaining woolly waxfaces adapted to the desert conditions of western Barlowe. They lost the bulk of their wool, but kept a layer of fur to act as insulation against the cold desert nights. Their fur also remained light in tone to reflect the heat of the desert sun. Their tusks have now completely fused into a proboscis, which is used to suck the blood out of the sole prey animal of Barlowe Desert, the xatakpa. They obtain most of their requisite liquids and water for survival in the dry desert from their prey. Their proboscis retains its ancestors wax coating, though it is no longer necessary in the absence of any chitinbane carrying species. Their ears have grown to aid in keeping cool and for better hearing. Their legs have grown longer as well, to aid them in sprinting across the rusty-red sands. The young are still kept in the mother's tail feathers, and are fed a liquid diet regurgitated by the mother until they reach maturity. Probing waxfaces live in small packs of one or two families, and hunt in synchronization to bring down their fleet-footed prey.