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|creator = Disgustedorite
|image = Sausophrey.png
|ancestor = Interbiat
|size = 80 cm long
|support = Endoskeleton (Chitin)
|habitat = Dixon-Darwin Rocky, Dixon-Darwin High Grassland, Raptor Volcanic, Darwin Chaparral, Darwin Plains, Vivus Rocky, Vivus High Grassland, Vivus Volcanic
|locomotion = Biped, Erect Legs, Powered Flight, Wing Launch
|diet = Carnivore ([[Barkback]], [[Teacup Saucebacks]], [[Thin Lizatokage]], [[Rosybeak
▲|diet = Carnivore ([[Barkback]], [[Teacup Saucebacks]], [[Thin Lizatokage]], [[Rosybeak Phyler]], [[Tasermane]], [[High Grassland Ukback]], [[Handlicker Dundi]], [[Sitting Dundi]], [[Grassland Lizatokage]], [[Dundigger]], [[Phouka]], [[Pikashrew]], [[Vivusian Barkback]], [[Lizatokage]], [[Egg Lizatokage]], [[Scrub Barkback]], [[Robynsnapper]], [[Scrambled Shrew]], [[Dusty Spelunkhoe]], [[Neoshrew]], [[Cragagon]], juvenile [[Ramchin]], [[Gryphler]], juvenile [[Oviaudiator]], juvenile [[Binsnoo]], juvenile [[Ziraber]], [[Argusraptor Complex|Argusraptor]] chicks, juvenile [[Stink Shrew]], juvenile [[Brighteyes]], juvenile [[Spinebutt Plexo]], [[Shepherd Harnessback]] larvae, juvenile [[Hedgimal]], juvenile [[Snoronk]], juvenile [[Varant]], juvenile [[Fat Lizatokage]], juvenile [[Gulperskunik]], juvenile [[Xatazelle]], juvenile [[Gracilxata]], juvenile [[Xatagolin]])
|respiration = Active (Unidirectional Macrolungs)
|thermoregulation = Endotherm (Feathers)
|reproduction = Sexual (Male and Female, Hard-Shelled Eggs)
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|genus = Falcotherium
|species = ferox
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The '''sausophrey''' split from its ancestor and became a carnivore. In order to resolve its tail length issue and to allow it to respire better at high altitudes, it has fused its four pairs of microlungs into a single pair of unidirectional macrolungs, which are much more efficient and take up less space. The single-direction pumping of air is powered not just by the macrolungs themselves, but also by air sacs developmentally related to single microlungs. Not needing a large number of spiracles anymore, it now only has two pairs of them. The front pair inhales while the back pair exhales, but if the front pair is blocked it can reverse flow direction to cough or sneeze out of it. The inhaling and exhaling are not constant; the front spiracles inhale, then pause for the back to exhale before inhaling again. Due to its shorter tail and better respiratory system, it is a much better flyer than its ancestor and can fly both high and over long distances.
Having integumentary wings allowed the sausophrey to evolve slotted wings, something which membranes are far too heavy to accomplish. This allows it to soar with shorter wings than a membrane-winged creature could, a valuable boon given the fact that it must also walk on them, and it
The sausophrey primarily consumes small ground fauna such as [[shrews]], [[nodents]], [[lizatokages]], [[spelunkhoes]], and small [[saucebacks]], but it is also not impartial to snatching up sluggish [[phlyers]] which have not fully warmed up for flight and young or grounded [[skysnappers]]. It essentially sees any small fauna that
The sausophrey can be a major threat to the [[Shepherd Harnessback|shepherd harnessback]], as it sees its larvae as food and will snatch them right off the backs of their hosts. As the sausophrey soars high in the sky where wind interferes with echolocation, the shepherds
The sausophrey is less social than its ancestor. It still nests in groups, as it nests on the ground and depends on group protection to ensure its eggs are not stolen by predators. However, outside of breeding season, it is solitary and even territorial. Nesting occurs mostly in the cover of shrubs, and it will use its leg feathers to assist in incubating its hard-shelled eggs. Like many Terran ground birds, sausophrey chicks hatch covered in down feathers and can flee from predators on foot soon after, though they cannot yet fly.
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