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|creator = Disgustedorite
|image = Argusraptor Complex.png
|ancestor = Brighteyes
|habitat = Dixon-Darwin Boreal, Dixon-Darwin Rocky, Dixon-Darwin High Grassland, Dixon Savanna, Dixon Tropical Scrub, Dixon Tropical Woodland, Javen Tropical Woodland, Javen Tropical Scrub, Darwin Savanna, North Darwin Tropical Scrub, North Darwin Tropical Woodland
|size = 1.2-1.6 meters long excluding tail▼
|locomotion=Biped, Pillar-Erect Legs, Fluttering, Gliding
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|diet = Omnivore/Carnivore ([[Ouranocorn]], [[Hikahoe]], [[Gnarbolonk]], [[Ramchin]], [[Neoshrew]], [[Swiftsnapper]], [[Barkback]], [[Shrubrattus]], [[Oviaudiator]], [[Thorny Toadtuga]], [[Spineless Toadtuga]], [[River Hikahoe]], [[Spinemander]], [[Montemsnapper]], juvenile [[Westward Haglox]], [[Short-Necked Shrew]], [[Scrambled Shrew]], [[Phouka]], [[Regal Sphinx]], [[Gryphler]], [[Brighteyes]], [[Dusty Spelunkhoe]], [[Rosybeak
▲|size = 1.2-1.6 meters long
▲|diet = Omnivore/Carnivore ([[Ouranocorn]], [[Hikahoe]], [[Gnarbolonk]], [[Ramchin]], [[Neoshrew]], [[Swiftsnapper]], [[Barkback]], [[Shrubrattus]], [[Oviaudiator]], [[Thorny Toadtuga]], [[Spineless Toadtuga]], [[River Hikahoe]], [[Spinemander]], [[Montemsnapper]], juvenile [[Westward Haglox]], [[Short-Necked Shrew]], [[Scrambled Shrew]], [[Phouka]], [[Regal Sphinx]], [[Gryphler]], [[Brighteyes]], [[Dusty Spelunkhoe]], [[Rosybeak Phyler]], [[Cragagon]], [[Dualtrunk]], [[Sitting Dundi]], [[Nightsnapper]], [[Binsnoo]], [[Scrub Barkback]], [[Robynsnapper]], [[Xatazelle]], [[Pickaxe Tamow]], [[Desert Tilecorn]], [[Gracilxata]], [[Xatagolin]], [[Tasermane]], [[Briarback]], [[Hedgimal]], [[Snoronk]], [[Varant]], [[Dundigger]], [[Grassland Lizatokage]], [[Shroom Herder]], [[Mothhead]], [[Rainforest Buttpiper]], [[Grabnub]], [[Xatadeega]], [[Dixon Hookphlyer]], [[Umbral Sphinx]], [[Vermisnapper]], [[Exoskelesor]], [[Fluneinzee]], [[Bristlepile]] fruit, [[Sapshrooms]], [[Supershrooms]], [[Berry Arbourshroom]], [[Tamed Berry Arbourshrooms]], [[Crystal Brambley]], [[Boreal Tubeplage]] fruit, [[Crystal Swordgrass]], [[Gecoba Tree]] fruit, [[Bloodsap Melontree]] fruit, [[Signpost Crystamboo]], [[Pagoda Crystal]], [[Scrubland Tubeplage]] fruit, [[Crystamble]], [[Fuzzpile]] berries, [[Mainland Fuzzpalm]] berries, [[Tropical Gecoba Tree]] fruit, [[Woodland Grovecrystal]], [[Pixy Plyent]], [[Crown-of-Thorns Plyent]], [[Tropical Crystamboo]], [[Caprystal]], [[Rifamboo]], [[Fruiting Grovecrystal]], [[Minikruggs]], [[Leafplate]], [[Snowplower]], [[Robust Rainforest Ukjaw]], [[Plehexapod]], [[Striped Phlock]], [[Drakogg]], [[Giant Hornface]], [[Snoofloo]], [[Scrubland Hornface]], [[Phanadon]], [[Proto-Uksoar]])
|reproduction = Sexual (Male and Female, Bird-Like Eggs)
|respiration=Active (Microlungs)
|thermoregulation=Endotherm (Feathers)
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|genus = Argusraptor
|species = complicatus
|meaning=complicated Argus-thief
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These Argusraptors have very high genetic flexibility, but the two main subspecies remain more or less consistent during stable conditions. The Lesser Argusraptor is smaller and more omnivorous, while the Terrible Argusraptor is larger and primarily eats meat. The two regularly trade genes related to pack hunting, resulting in spurts of wolf-like Lesser Argusraptors and, more significantly, pack-hunting Terrible Argusraptors capable of filling the role of a significantly larger superpredator. This constant trade of genes and shifts in niche and behavior makes the Argusraptor Complex too complex and adaptable for many fauna to compete against. This has resulted in their conquest of predatory niches affecting not just saucebacks, but many of the other carnivores in their environment as well, including ones significantly larger than them.
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These Argusraptors lay hard-shelled eggs. Their lack of echolocation means that predators cannot locate their nests by sound. The babies hatch legless and featherless and are fed regurgitated food by their parents. In pack-hunting groups, the entire pack will help raise the young of the lead breeding pair.
The Argusraptor Complex has caused the complete local extinction of [[Gnarblunter]], [[Harnessback]], [[Desert Ukjaw]], [[Shikaaree]], [[Stride Sauceback]], and [[Terrorbeak]] through outcompetition. As mentioned before, they were able to outcompete especially large predators by hunting in packs. However, they have failed to outcompete the [[Shepherd Harnessback]], as it is able to defend herds against argusraptor attack. A number of oddly-colored organisms which they do not particularly compete with have also been eaten to extinction within their range due to them not being prepared for the appearance of a sauceback that hunts by sight and can see such a wide range of colors: [[Leafplate]], [[Snowplower]], [[Robust Rainforest Ukjaw]], [[Plehexapod]], [[Striped Phlock]] (it was not particularly dazzled by its conspicuous colors), [[Drakogg]], [[Giant Hornface]], [[Snoofloo]], [[Scrubland Hornface]], and [[Phanadon]]. It has also eaten the [[Proto-Uksoar]] to extinction locally as a result of the species being maladapted. All of these sudden
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