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Description
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Ursine Ratseal
(Aigialotherium ursoides)

Habitat: Rivers

Length: 110cm

Height: 50cm

Weight: 16kg

Food: Crustaceans, ammonites, fish, amphibians, small reptiles and mammals

Breeding: 3-4 pups 4 times a year

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Vulnerable

The Ursine Ratseal is a freshwater relative of the larger, more successful, Coastal Ratseal. Like their relative they are opportunists and are pretty common, although there has been a decline in their numbers in certain areas. The reason for this is unclear, but it's believed to be due to competition from other animals. However the population has remained stable.

Rufous Possum-hound
(Pototherium rufocanis)

Habitat: Grassland-tropical forest

Length: 60cm

Height: 45cm

Weight: 2kg

Food: Small animals, insects, fruit

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The Possum-hounds are larger, quadruple relatives of 'Dipodotherium' that are found across the island. They are very adaptable, with 12 known species found in almost every habitat on the island from forest to scrubland to swamp. This species is one of the most common animals.

Savannah Ploughclaw
(Choerosaurus aridiensis)

Habitat: Savannah

Length: 20cm

Height: 10cm

Weight: 18kg (Male) 12kg (Female)

Food: Ferns, grasses, seeds, tubers

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The Ploughclaws are burrowing dicynodonts native to the open areas of Skull Island with 7 of the 12 known species living in grassland or savannah. The others are more unique with two native to the forests, one the rainforest and one the bamboo forests. The last species is native to the mountainous areas. In a quirk of evolutionary irony, they aren't decended from primitive terrestrial dicynodonts, but rather come from the arboreal Nutcrackers which went from terrestrial to arboreal, and now back to terrestrial.

Common sloth bat
(Bradypodachiropterus popularis)

Habitat: Montane/cloud forest

Length: 18cm

Weight: 800g

Food: Fruit, seeds, insects

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The sloth bats are a group of flightless bats descended from aerwolves, that survived by living in the cloud forests were most aerial predators can't access and most arboreal animals won't go. This has allowed many animals to survive here, whereas they would be outcompeted elsewhere. Sloth bats are primarily herbivorous, but they will take insects occasionally. Friendly animals by nature they will often be seen hanging around scientists camps out of interest (and for the free fruit their deceptively cute faces gain them.)

Description
Clockwise from top left:

Ursine Ratseal
(Aigialotherium ursoides)

Habitat: Rivers

Length: 110cm

Height: 50cm

Weight: 16kg

Food: Crustaceans, ammonites, fish, amphibians, small reptiles and mammals

Breeding: 3-4 pups 4 times a year

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Vulnerable

The Ursine Ratseal is a freshwater relative of the larger, more successful, Coastal Ratseal. Like their relative they are opportunists and are pretty common, although there has been a decline in their numbers in certain areas. The reason for this is unclear, but it's believed to be due to competition from other animals. However the population has remained stable.

Rufous Possum-hound
(Pototherium rufocanis)

Habitat: Grassland-tropical forest

Length: 60cm

Height: 45cm

Weight: 2kg

Food: Small animals, insects, fruit

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The Possum-hounds are larger, quadruple relatives of 'Dipodotherium' that are found across the island. They are very adaptable, with 12 known species found in almost every habitat on the island from forest to scrubland to swamp. This species is one of the most common animals.

Savannah Ploughclaw
(Choerosaurus aridiensis)

Habitat: Savannah

Length: 20cm

Height: 10cm

Weight: 18kg (Male) 12kg (Female)

Food: Ferns, grasses, seeds, tubers

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The Ploughclaws are burrowing dicynodonts native to the open areas of Skull Island with 7 of the 12 known species living in grassland or savannah. The others are more unique with two native to the forests, one the rainforest and one the bamboo forests. The last species is native to the mountainous areas. In a quirk of evolutionary irony, they aren't decended from primitive terrestrial dicynodonts, but rather come from the arboreal Nutcrackers which went from terrestrial to arboreal, and now back to terrestrial.

Common sloth bat
(Bradypodachiropterus popularis)

Habitat: Montane/cloud forest

Length: 18cm

Weight: 800g

Food: Fruit, seeds, insects

Breeding: Unknown

Lifespan: Unknown

Status: Common

The sloth bats are a group of flightless bats descended from aerwolves, that survived by living in the cloud forests were most aerial predators can't access and most arboreal animals won't go. This has allowed many animals to survive here, whereas they would be outcompeted elsewhere. Sloth bats are primarily herbivorous, but they will take insects occasionally. Friendly animals by nature they will often be seen hanging around scientists camps out of interest (and for the free fruit their deceptively cute faces gain them.)