Durambi

Durambi
(Pseudoapirus furvus)
26/?, unknown cause
Information
Creator	Nergali Other
Week/Generation	24/154
Habitat	Fermi Rocky, Fermi High Desert
Size	82.5 cm Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet	Herbivore (Sunstalks, Supershrooms, Fermi Sunstalk, Sunleaf)
Respiration	Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation	Ectotherm
Reproduction	Sexual, Two Sexes, Frog-like Eggs Laid in Pools
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Tetrapodes Saurochelones (info) Acanthomoi Pseudoaperidae Pseudoapirus Pseudoapirus furvus

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Articulated Thornback	Duramboar

With the gradual warming of Fermi Island, its native inhabitants have begun to diversify in both form and habits. The durambi is one such example, evolving to exploit the low-lying species of black flora and shrooms that dominate the island.

Large and bulky, this species is well adapted to the climate of the region, as well as to the problems the plague the island. Dust storms are an frequent menace in the low-lying lands, so this species has evolved a thick nasal flap to protect its sensitive nostrils. This flap also helps to focus scents that pass beneath it, as well as to help focus the "snorting" calls of the males during the mating season. Another adaption they have evolved are powerful limbs and claws for digging up earth, revealing tender roots and younger shoots hidden beneath the sand and dust. Such food sources make up the majority of their diet. However, they will add higher growing vegetation to their diets, and accomplish this with the use of a prehensile, split upper lip which is capable of grasping objects that would otherwise be just out of reach for other similar sized organisms. It is these adaptations that have helped this species to flourish.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)

Durameloth (family Pseudoaperidae)

Krotezuruck (order Acanthomoi)

Egg Lizatokage (class Saurochelones)