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UPDATE: Improved and higher quality picture uploaded.

This is the Troll, a descendant of the Proboscis Monkey. The Troll lives on the planet Gorgaias (formerly Hell), a speculative evolution world that was seeded with animals typically considered ugly/disturbing/creepy etc (to my kid self at least )

Despite its fierce appearance and large size, it is a peaceful herbivore that feeds on bamboo and other rough plant material, digesting them in a huge gut filled with gases. It has convergently evolved an ape-like morphology, walking on knuckles, though certain aspects of its limbs show similarity to Chalicotheres and it gets far bigger than any ape reaching over 550 kg (1200 lbs). Males have large tusk-like lower premolars and a pronounced browridge, and will (literally) bump heads with rivals over females. The species kept its ancestors large nose, which has become more bulbous and thicker-skinned and helps heat inhaled air, an important trait for dwelling in the cool mountainous forests it calls home. Males nose is slightly larger and redder than females.

Next drawing hopefully will be the Nightmare, a Saiga descendant which fills the niche of equids.

Description
UPDATE: Improved and higher quality picture uploaded.

This is the Troll, a descendant of the Proboscis Monkey. The Troll lives on the planet Gorgaias (formerly Hell), a speculative evolution world that was seeded with animals typically considered ugly/disturbing/creepy etc (to my kid self at least )

Despite its fierce appearance and large size, it is a peaceful herbivore that feeds on bamboo and other rough plant material, digesting them in a huge gut filled with gases. It has convergently evolved an ape-like morphology, walking on knuckles, though certain aspects of its limbs show similarity to Chalicotheres and it gets far bigger than any ape reaching over 550 kg (1200 lbs). Males have large tusk-like lower premolars and a pronounced browridge, and will (literally) bump heads with rivals over females. The species kept its ancestors large nose, which has become more bulbous and thicker-skinned and helps heat inhaled air, an important trait for dwelling in the cool mountainous forests it calls home. Males nose is slightly larger and redder than females.

Next drawing hopefully will be the Nightmare, a Saiga descendant which fills the niche of equids.