Gravyboar
| Gravyboar | ||
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| (Tyrannochoerus horribilis) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | TheBigDeepCheatsy Other | |
| Week/Generation | 27/167 | |
| Habitat | Raptor Volcanic, Raptor Highvelt, Raptor Chaparral, Raptor Veldt, Raptor Plains, Raptor Badlands, West Wallace Veldt, Verserus Highvelt, Verserus Rocky, Wallace Chaparral, Wallace Volcanic, Wallace Bush, Wallace Plains, Central Wallace Veldt, South Darwin Highvelt, Central Darwin Rocky, South Darwin Rocky, South Darwin Plains, South Darwin Chaparral | |
| Size | Female: 2 m Long; Male: 1.85 m Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Endoskeleton (Bone) | |
| Diet | Omnivore (Neoshrew, High Grassland Ukback, Whiskrugg, Rosybeak Phlyer, Handlicker Dundi, Darwidundi, Plehexapod, Southern Scrambler, Scrambled Shrew, Mouse Gryphler, Ferry Quail, Ramchin, Prongoli, Quaxaca, Quassagule, Sapprong, Minikruggs, Silkruggs, Sowverm, Vermees, Floraverms, Gamergate Gundis, Cleaner Borvermid, False Cleaner Borvermid, Regalian Fossorundi, Rainforest Buttpiper, Opportunity Shrew, Varant, Nightcrawler Borovermid, Climber Crystalkrugg, Grovecrystal Krugg, Velocitoon, Bloodback, Sabulyn, Common Fraboo, Mikuks, Neuks, Dualtrunk, Hikahoe, Dusty Spelunkhoe, River Hikahoe, Barkback, Gnarblunter, Snowplower young, Desert Ukjaw, Gulperskunik, Marbleflora, Sunstalks, Crunchy Trufflegrass, Silvergrass, Xatazelle, Xatagolin, Scrub Barkback, Communal Janit, Dinotuga, Smirking Soriparasite, Eggslurping Sorite, Desert Tilecorn young, Shroom Herder young, Hexatrunk young, Striped Phlock young, Argeiphlock young, Snoofloo, Dungshell Fraboo, Crorat, Robust Arid Ferine bark berries and shoots, Ferry bark berries and shoots, Rock Ferry bark berries and shoots, Scrubland Quhft bark shoots and fruits, Bristlepile bark berries and shoots, Shaggy Volleypom bark megaspores and shoots, Tubeplage leaves shoots and fruits, Cartainpalm bark shoots and fruits, Gecoba Tree fruit, Feroak bark shoots and berries, Pinoke bark shoots and berries, Dendroshroom shoots and bark, Chameleon Obsidishank shoots, Marblemelon, Snow Windbulb, Yuccagave, Rainbrash, Pollenshroom, Pagoda Crystal, Grovecrystal, Fruiting Grovecrystal fruits and shoots, Quilbil fruits, Woodland Grovecrystal, Sapshrooms, Supershrooms, Berry Arbourshroom, Tamed Berry Arbourshrooms, Preshroom, Quillfence, Raptordrak, Moleroot, Inda, Yannisflora; Occasionally: Skewer Shrog young, Twigfisher Shrog young, Pickaxe Tamow young, Ophan Skeggox young, Hornboss young, Boschian Paardavogel young, Disasterxata young, Cardicracker young, Giant Hornface young, Gruesloo young, Hearthead young, Scrubland Hornface young, Harndsum Prickleshrew young, Hedgimal, Chwinhorn young, Brighteyes, Oviaudiator, Ramchin, Snoronk, Binsnoo, Stygmogg, Briarback, Grassland Lizatokage, Guangu), Scavenger, Osteophagy | |
| Respiration | Active (Lungs) | |
| Thermoregulation | Endotherm (Fur) | |
| Reproduction | Sexual (Male and Female, Live Birth, Pouch, Milk) | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Subclass Superorder Order Superfamily Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Pentapodes Soricia (info) Chaetotheria Tamia (info) Neotheria Xenosoricoidea Tyrannochoeridae Tyrannochoerus Tyrannochoerus horribilis | |
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The gravyboar split from the short-necked shrew and has become a major predator in the Raptor region. The gravyboar, much like the terran animal it was named after, is a highly opportunistic omnivore that will eat nearly anything it can sink its teeth into, ranging from the various worm and shroom genus groups that they found by pushing fallen logs over to even hunting down smaller xatas and chomping down shoots of larger purple flora. Unlike its ancestor, the gravyboar has shorter arms that force it into obligate bipedalism; this also means that the gravyboar does not dig its own burrows anymore, but what it lacks in digging ability, it makes up for with grabbing strength and tearing ability with its beefier arms and larger claws. In addition to the stronger arms and sharp claws, the gravyboar has evolved a stronger bite that can crunch bones, thanks to a small sagittal crest that allows for larger jaw muscles. Gravyboars prefer to scavenge, eat plants, and hunt smaller prey, but they are not above feeding on the young of larger organisms. The gravyboar has also evolved longer legs that allow it to walk for long distances without tiring as easily, which comes in handy if it should ever have any trouble finding food in one area. This is not to say that the gravyboar is incapable of running, as they can charge and sprint for some time if they need to intimidate or if they found prey attempting to get away. To further help the gravyboar with finding food, its sense of smell is much more enhanced in comparison to its ancestor, being able to pick up scant scent particles in the air from food sources far away. However, this sensitive nose has a particular drawback in that it cannot stand to eat anything that is more foul than carrion, such as dundiggers and stink shrews. One other additional adaptation is a set of dark patches around the eyes that protect them from the sun's blinding lights.
While gravyboars typically have white fur with champagne accents to help them blend in with the white soil and dried purple flora, they can come with black fur coats that are much more useful for hiding in volcanic regions. Therefore, the volcanic areas are more populated by these melanistic gravyboars than the more white-furred ones.
Much like its ancestor, the gravyboar young may still depend on the mother's pouch to some degree, its young are more developed than most other shrews, but they are still not quite yet the same level as the young of placental mammals. Because of it having its young spend more time developing than its ancestor, its crest has become further enhanced to not only ward off others and indicate health, but they have also enhanced sexual dimorphism. While females are larger due to having more access to food through keeping the same fur colors throughout their lives, the smaller males have evolved to specifically shed their original camouflaging manes for large, bright, red ones during mating seasons. These large manes are used to indicate quality of health and help the females with selecting proper mates. In addition to the red manes, male gravyboars have green leg stripes on their legs during mating season to further attract females. In addition to these temporary fur features, the males have evolved tusks that are stronger than the rest of the teeth and are capable of regrowing even after being broken off. These tusks are used to gore rivals or other organisms that are bothering them, as gravyboars are quite aggressive when provoked; these tusks continuously grow unlike the rest of their teeth. Gravyboar males will fight over mates and these fights can sometimes even be fatal. But once a male has won, it will proceed to mate with the female, then leave her to raise the 1 to 2 young by herself. Female gravyboars are quite aggressive when raising their young to where they will chase off any nearby male gravyboars that might kill her young or even outright brutally kill anything attempting to eat the young. Outside of raising young and meeting for mating seasons, gravyboars are solitary.
The gravyboar has managed to eat the rainforest buttpiper to extinction in the Raptor Chaparral due to it standing out against the white soil, even with snowflake obsidioaks present. Ironically, while the gravyboar reigns over the Raptor region, it is rarer in the South Darwin region due to it standing out against the golden soil and is much more of a scavenger and herbivore than in comparison to more predatory gravyboars living in the Raptor region.
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Male
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Melanistic male
