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==Anatomy==
The '''Crowned
Their hind feet have also adapted to life in the trees, the toes separating and lengthening for a better grip. Their hands are elongated too, and the fur on their fingers is less dense. They are a bit more balanced on two legs, they are not true bipeds, but they still can stand upright and can walk on two legs when they have support. However when chasing prey they will still run on all fours, their spears gripped tight in their hands or teeth. Gripping their spears in their hands while walking has encouraged some of them to knuckle-walk, though it is still not an ideal posture for them. They are no longer good swimmers, though they still are buoyant. They have also adapted for a smaller size than their predecessor, as the [[Four-Prongion]]s are their preferred tree to nest in, and those trees cannot stand much weight.
One pair of their eyes are larger now, and mostly is used to see in front of them. The other two pairs of eye search the immediate area around them, looking for potential prey or dangers. Their head is a bit proportionally bigger now, in part because their brain has become more complex to handle not only its intelligence but
==Behavior==
The Crowned Treeshrog typically live in small family groups of two parents and their current joeys. However they have inherited the ability to cooperate with hunts from their ancestor, and improved it. To this end they have developed two calls
Treeshrog nests still are far apart, but there is less of a gap than in the Rivershrogs. This is because Treeshrog homes are smaller, and are built into a tree, typically a Four Prongian but some nests will use [[Repeating Treebion]]s when lacking options. They will use fallen sticks to support and mold the
Most Treeshrogs get impatient while waiting in ambush, so they will grind their claws down on their spears as a sort of fidget. This leaves a multitude of shallow gashes in their spears, as well as trimming their claws. They mostly use their tails just to sharpen spears and cut branches, and rarely ever will saw down a whole log.
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Relations with their ancestor can be difficult, as [[Maineiac Rivershrog|Rivershrogs]] will enter the Boreal to harvest Four-Prongion and Repeating Treebion logs to make their nests out of. When Treeshrogs suspect Rivershrogs plan to knock over their homes they will begin to bark aggressively, and will hurl small sticks and twigs down at them. They have not figured how to throw spears, this is merely a territorial display. On less hostile occasions, Treeshrogs and Rivershrogs will cooperate on hunts, with Rivershrogs leading prey into Treeshrog ambushes.
While they can live up to roughly thirty five years, their life expectancy is roughly fifteen. Their ancestors have also passed down their
[[Camoback]]s can compete with Treeshrogs in the Temperate Woodlands on rare occasions, as both are ambush predators. Their strategies do differ as Treeshrogs are arboreal hunters deliberately lead their prey into an ambush using simplistic cooperative hunts, while the Camoback are solitary ambush predators who pursue their prey to catch them. Treeshrogs on occasion will accidentally disrupt a
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