Whiskerback

Whiskerback
(Chaetodorsus prime)
Information
Creator	Hydromancerx Other
Week/Generation	25/155
Habitat	Fermi Desert, Fermi High Desert
Size	50 cm Long
Primary Mobility	Unknown
Support	Endoskeleton (Bone)
Diet	Rhizovore (Greyblades bulbs, Sunleaf bulbs), Herbivore (Marbleflora, Pioneeroots), Scavenger
Respiration	Active (Lungs)
Thermoregulation	Ectotherm
Reproduction	Sexual, Two Sexes, Frog-like Eggs Laid into Burrow Ponds
Taxonomy
Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Order Family Genus Species	Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Tetrapodes Saurochelones Acanthomoi Fossorirostridae Chaetodorsus Chaetodorsus prime

Ancestor:	Descendants:
Rootdigging Thornback	Twigdorse

The whiskerback replaced its ancestor, the rootdigging thornback in Fermi High Desert and spread to Fermi Desert. With the predation of the snapperky and other predators it took to hiding underground. It uses its nose spike and large claws to dig though the soil. They are dark in color to blend in with the black soil and no longer use color spots since they spend most of their time underground. While not colonial they do use each other burrows to get from here to there underground without having to go to the surface. However still being cold blooded they must periodically come up to the surface to sun themselves. Luckily being dark and in the desert this happens rather quickly.

Their back spikes have become feeling whiskers and now run down their whole body. They are used to feel their way in the tunnels and to sense vibrations, since they are deaf. Like their ancestor thet specialized in eating the energy rich bulbs of the greyblades and sunleafs as well as smaller flora like marbleflora, pioneeroots. Unlike their ancestor they build nursery ponds in their burrows for their offspring to live in. They will also provide scraps of food in the pond for their offspring to eat until they have grown large enough to leave the pond.