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Painted Ratpig
Scientific name: Murequus oryxis
Other names: none
Ancestor: Brown rat
Diet: Grass, leaves, carrion, small vertebrates, roots
Habitat and range: Eastern-European forests and marshes
The Painted Ratpig is named for is beautiful hide of elegant patterns and colors, and it would surely be a prized game animal if sentient life still lived in that arm of the Milky Way. Hunted by the usual suspects, the Painted Ratpig stands out from other herbivore-rats not only by eating carrion like its North American relative, but by predating itself. The Painted Ratpig is a decently versatile omnivore, hunting frogs and lizards and other small scurrying game using their sharp hooves to stomp their prey into submission.

Description

Painted Ratpig
Scientific name: Murequus oryxis
Other names: none
Ancestor: Brown rat
Diet: Grass, leaves, carrion, small vertebrates, roots
Habitat and range: Eastern-European forests and marshes
The Painted Ratpig is named for is beautiful hide of elegant patterns and colors, and it would surely be a prized game animal if sentient life still lived in that arm of the Milky Way. Hunted by the usual suspects, the Painted Ratpig stands out from other herbivore-rats not only by eating carrion like its North American relative, but by predating itself. The Painted Ratpig is a decently versatile omnivore, hunting frogs and lizards and other small scurrying game using their sharp hooves to stomp their prey into submission.