Quillyn
| Quillyn | ||
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| (Gaoqiaoqilin quilinmimus) | ||
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| Information | ||
| Creator | Hydromancerx Other | |
| Week/Generation | 27/166 | |
| Habitat | Hydro Tropical Beach, Fly Tropical Beach, Oz Subtropical Beach, Time Subtropical Beach, Time Archipelago Subtropical Beaches, Barlowe Tropical Mangal, Oz Subtropical Mangal, Time Subtropical Mangal | |
| Size | 3 m Long | |
| Primary Mobility | Unknown | |
| Support | Endoskeleton (Bone) | |
| Diet | Herbivore (Goldilackaruck, Raft-Building Cone Puffgrass, Pelagic Puffgrass, Carnosprawl, Pioneer Raftballs, Marblora, Coastal Goth Tree, Mainland Fuzzpalm berries, Fuzzweed berries, Fuzzpile berries, Penumbra Fuzzpalm berries, Kack Tower nuts) | |
| Respiration | Active (Lungs) | |
| Thermoregulation | Endotherm (Fur) | |
| Reproduction | Sexual, Live Birth, Two Genders, Pouch and Milk | |
| Taxonomy | ||
| Domain Kingdom Phylum Superclass Clade Class Subclass Superorder Order Family Genus Species | Eukaryota Carpozoa Spondylozoa Anisoscelida Pentapodes Soricia (info) Chaetotheria Porcotheriformes Porcotheria Buccaceratidae Gaoqiaoqilin Gaoqiaoqilin quilinmimus | |
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The quillyn split from its ancestor, the beach cheekhorns.They have grown larger and have spread to the mangal in Barlowe. Their long legs and long neck allows them to reach food even when wading in the water. They love to eat berries when they are in season. It eats mainly highly digestible tissues, such as berries and tender new leaves. Like their ancestor they are important in spreading the seeds of many flora. They are quick and agile sprinters that can dash away from predators even through water or on sand. Their wide hooves allow them to not sink in mud or sand.
Their quill-mane now is smooth like scalemail and provides armor from bites to the neck or spine. Males sport vivid colored hair on their chins, cheeks, legs, tails, even whiskers. These bright display makes them stand out. The hairs of these parts are actually clear hairs. The males will rub berry juice on them from the flora they eat. This stains the fur whatever color the berries are. Thus juice from "fuzz" flora typically are cyan while juice from the carnosprawl make the hair red. Females on the other hand have no such tufts on their bodies except for their tails, which is brown like their ancestor. These showy coloration help attract mates. Males will fight over territory by knocking their cheek horns into each other's sides. Most the time, however, they don't actually hit each other and instead the whole display is mostly for show. Their cheek horns have also developed a boney core to help strengthen them. However it can strain their necks when too big. Being modified quills however they can fall off if they get too big. They will regrow them once shed but at a cost to their social standing with other males.
Like the beach cheekhorns they are born without hooves, instead bearing milking claws that give them somewhat of a resemblance to their distant ancestor the quilltail. With these milking claws, young quillyn will grip onto the backsides of their mothers, holding onto them tightly as they go about grazing upon the semi-aquatic flora. Their hooves begin to come in around 6 months after birth. Once they have fully come in and they have reached a sufficiently large size to walk on their own, they will begin to not sink in the mud or sand and such themselves, though will continue to nurse from their mothers until they are about a year old.
Quillyn are crepuscular, being active mostly during the dawn and twilight hours, during which they can take advantage of the cooler air. When sleeping in the shade during the day, one member of the herd is always awake in order to keep guard, a task that is rotated amongst the members from time to time. They are still quite social and will travel in large herds across the mangal and beaches.