Sanguine Padfoot

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Sanguine Padfoot
(Erythrorhachis nobadgerus)
Main image of Sanguine Padfoot
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorNergali Other
Week/Generation24/153
HabitatMartyk Plains, Martyk Chaparral, Barlowe High Grasslands, Barlowe Plains, Barlowe Chaparral
Size70 cm Long
Primary MobilityBiped, Erect Legs
SupportEndoskeleton (Jointed Wood)
DietHerbivore (Pioneeroots, Sunstalks, Mainland Chime Slingberry), Weak Photosynthesis
RespirationActive (Lungs)
ThermoregulationEndotherm
ReproductionSexual, Two Sexes, Live Birth
Taxonomy
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Eukaryota
Viridisagania
Mancerxa
Phytozoa (info)
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Pterophylla (info)
Rostrophylla
Dromeophylla
Ornithofossores
Erythrorhachidae
Erythrorhachis
Erythrorhachis nobadgerus
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Splitting not only from its ancestor but also its way of life, the sanguine padfoot no longer lives its entire life underground. Spending most of its time wandering the underbrush, they now only go beneath the soil in order to live in shallow dens. Because of this, they now tend to eat the leaves and fruits of flora instead of the roots, though that wont stop the occasional individual from digging one up with the claws on its front limbs. With their weight distributed evenly across their three-toed feet, they are capable of walking across rocky terrain with little difficulty.

More solitary in nature, they often form mated pairs that will only stick together for a single season, take care of the resulting young, then split. Young individuals need to mature quickly, typically within a year or two, while they are still being watched over. When they are finally kicked out of the den, they are forced to find or dig out new ones of their own, establish new territories, and then defend them with an aggressiveness unbecoming for their relatively small size. Few predators, even when encountering a sanguine padfoot half their size, will dare to take them on head on.