Shortface Sauceback

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Shortface Sauceback
(Nasolophus pygmeus)
Main image of Shortface Sauceback
Species is extant.
Information
CreatorNergali Other
Week/Generation23/147
HabitatArtir Polar Beach, Drake Tundra
Size45 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportEndoskeleton (Chitin)
DietCarnivore (Gold-Belly Cadovermi, Pewpa, Flugwurm)
RespirationActive (Microlungs)
ThermoregulationEndotherm (Feathers)
ReproductionSexual, Two Sexes, Life Cycle (Egg, Larva, Adult)
Taxonomy
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Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Vermitheria
Cephalischia
Dromeodonta
Eudromeodonta
Neodromeodonta
Apatodromeodonta
Nasolophidae
Nasolophus
Nasolophus pygmeus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The shortface sauceback split from its ancestor and shrank in size. Covered in a insulating coat of silk-like fur, it blends in with its snowy surroundings as it searches for its prey. They live in small groups for safety as they feast on the small worms that dominate the sparse undergrowth. Their tusks, which have split into two parts that are still directly attached to one another, are well suited for grasping their favored prey as well as for fending off attackers. Young are raised in community pools and grow upon diet of whatever prey their parents drop into the water. They are lain in fall, and once the pools thaw the young will hatch and grow rapidly with the oncoming of spring. Meanwhile the adults hibernate during the coldest months of winter, huddling together in makeshift burrows for warmth. They can live to be nearly thirty years old, a surprisingly long time for so small a creature.


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