Speculative World

Altuplatydendron, more commonly called a Mountain Spike-Tree are common trees in the Digeroran Mountain Range. They’re rather stout for trees, still being taller than all the surrounding plants but easily dwarfed by other Digeroran trees. Their reproductive system is centralized at the top of their trunks on a woody plate covered in spikes, surrounded by four long leaves, these spikes produce pollenlike spores from the outmost spikes and the secondmost inner spikes, and producing berries in clusters exclusively off their central spike, their thirdmost inner spikes produce a sweet purple nectar thats eaten by pollenating ostoexoapo, allowing the pollenlike spores from the surrounding spikes to get caught in the grooves of their shells, this pollen also gets caught in the archeina of ostomesa that feed on their berries. Altuplatydendron are actually many of the same organism working together to be one solid tree, which allows them to create branches with ease, their clustered berries assist in this fact, leading to multiple seeds being left fertilised in the same spots. Mountain Spike-Tree berries are a small fleshy fruit with four seeds inside each, clusters could have as many as 48 seeds at a time. If you have any questions at all about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Brachiodermodos, more commonly called a Etakru Flapper are small rodent-esque synchonakros. Brachiodermodos live in kits of 10 or so adults, they engage in minimal to no parental behaviour, loosely burying their eggs in crevices between the rocks and moving on upon hatching, their young however are rather precocial which benefits this behaviour. Beyond this Etakru Flappers are highly social, using their small petagium off of their forelimbs as display signals, the photoluminescent circles on them allowing for their displays to function properly even in the darkness of the night. Their sexual display involves standing on exclusively their hindlimbs for as long as they can, holding their forelimbs laterally, whoever falls first ends up being the oviparent, they frequently use their fatty tails for support during these display rituals. Brachiodermodos are generalist herbivores, eating all sorts of plant matter except for wood and solumykitas, eating moss, leaves, nuts, seedpods, fruits, and all sorts of other kinds of plant matter, keeping nutrients stored in their fatty tail incase they struggle to find food. Etakru Flappers are remarkably good climbers, with the assistance of their claws they climb anything from rocks to trees with ease, allowing them a wide profile of food. If you have any questions about this organism please do not be afraid to ask.

Arctobounos, more commonly called a Mountain Giant are large synchonakros. They have many adaptations for their large side, including robust bones and squishier feetpads, their diet also helps maintain their large size, eating frequently and in large portions, primarily plantmatter like Ananthocarpos seedpods and even reaching to steal fruit clusters off of smaller Altuplatydendron, though their diet also consists of ichthyongui, thalasentomo, and smaller ostomesa. Their metabolism is also quite low, being cathermal seelenlos they spend most of their time asleep, only moving when hungry to find food or to search for mates, they are highly territorial and due to this finding mates is risky. Arctobounos will venture out of their territory into another Arctobounos in hopes of finding a mate, displaiyng in honking and bellowing rituals in hopes of attracting their potential mate and not enduring a fight to protect their territory, if successful they will mate, the one who entered the others territory being the oviparent, who will raise their chicks with a fierce protectiveness until they reach maturity. Unlike most members of its clade the genus Arctobounos lacks claws, making them rather unique compared to their relatives. If you have any questions at all about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Stenopteryx, more commonly called a Narrow-Chested Flutterer are uniquely narrow labatur found on the Digeroran mountains. Due to their decent size their prey not only includes ostoexoapo, but also rokanizo, this wider feeding profile benefits the seelenlos greatly, allowing them to maintain said size. Though they tend to coexist with other members of their genera in shared nests they remain quite asocial, only sleeping in these shared nests and not much else. Once a Narrow-Chested Flutterer has mated they will find a new place to nest in solitude to brood their eggs and raise their chicks, once their chicks are capable of their own flight they oviparent abandons them outright to fend for themselves and returns to the shared nest. Stenopteryx mating involves elaborate songs and racing, the one who tires first becomes the oviparent, they will usually find their mates out in the night during hunting. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Thylacodromeus, most commonly called a Humped Pouch are medium sized humped choristoakros, riddling the Digeroran mountains. The unique adaptation of their clade provides them with a pouch derived from their mesolimbs, which they hold their chicks and eggs inside of when moving to ensure their safety, the skin on this pouch is actually rather flexible, easily manipulated by the bones inside the mesolimbs to open, scoop, and close. Thylacodromeus wander around the mountain ranges in gaggles of 4-6 adults and their chicks, grazing on Ardiramus and eating Ananthocarpos seedpods and Acanthophyte nuts, with adults even eating wood and ammoniaplants on occasion, as chicks they will also graze on moss. Humped Pouches usually dictate which of the mature adults in their gaggle will be a graiparent or an oviparent by the size of their hump, alongside an elaborate dance with chirping and squawking. Due to their pouches Thylacodromeus eggs and chicks are especially small and altricial, being heavily cared for by their parents and their gaggle until a few years after they’ve grown enough to not fit into the pouch, these few years consist of rapid growth, which at the end of the chicks have become fully mature adults and must leave the gaggle to find their own. If you have any questions at all about this organism please do not be afraid to ask.

Haplolania, more commonly called a Bushtailed Rokanizo are very small rodentlike choristoakros which live in small nests made in crevases of rocks. Haplolania are generalist nocturnal omnivores, eating ostoexoapo and the seeds of Ananthocarpos and the nuts of Acanthophytes, having a lean towards plant matter. Though primarily nocturnal Bushtailed Rokanizo can also be crepuscular, usually to find mates, using their tails alongside honks in elaborate sexual displays, the individuals with paler stripes on their tails are often the graiparents, whereas the duller stripes are often the oviparent. Haplolania claws are useful for many things, but are used most commonly for opening the seedpods of Ananthocarpos, capable of breaking their shells and prying them open, they also use their claws for assisted grip while climbing and breaking large abandoned eggs. If you have any questions at all about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Anurapodocheirus, more commonly called a Tailless Backpaw are small backpaws which riddle the mountains of Digerora with burrows and tunnels. Anurapodocheirus are quite social having interconnected burrows, colonies of about 4-7 adults, and many chicks who leave the colony upon maturity, these colonies contain usually 3-4 near obligate graiparents, with the remaining adults being near obligate oviparents, though this being a ‘social’ restriction the conditions are a lot looser and something resembling ‘infidelity’ may occur. Tailless Backpaw diets consist near entirely of ostoexoapo, only suplumented with ostomesa eggs when the opportunity arises, frequently breaking into ostoexoapo larval burrows to feed. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Nocturnal skeletons of the ostomesa of Digeroras Mountain Ranges.

Microdontognathus, more commonly called a Small-Tusked Whikiut are large ostomesa which can be found littering the Digeroran Mountains. They travel in small herds with about 7-10 members in them, with about half of that being chicks which are excluded from the herd once they reach maturity. Microdontognathus are remarkably good at climbing considering their size, able to scale steep hills with relative ease to reach plants, they will also use their small tusks to assist in digging out tubers from the rocks. Though they primarily graze on moss and tubers Small-Tusked Whikiuts also supplement their diet with hardy plants and even fruits and nuts. They keep their eggs in crevices near their herds grazing spots, staying nearby until their eggs hatch and then moving on with their chicks, chicks lack the distinctive ‘beards’ of this genus until adulthood. Microdontognatus use their ‘beards’ along with specialized calls to assist in mating, usually resulting in herds resembling harem systems, with one graiparent and the rest being oviparents. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Pachyodus, more commonly called a Mountain Cuptongue are small generalist synchonakros, they are very prolific across the mountains of Digerora, rarely hunting prey larger than their maximum size. Pachyodus live in burrows made out of crevices between rocks, but will move and make a different burrow once gravid, they will then tend to their chicks until they’re mature enough to leave the burrow themselves, at that point the oviparent will abandon their burrow and return to their old burrow provided it hasn’t been taken by another organism in the meantime. Mountain Cuptongues will feed on anything they can come across, eggs, fruits, nuts, corpses, small ostomesa, ostoexoapo, even ichthyongiu and thalasentomo if the opportunity arises. On the occasion that their burrows are taken they will squeak at each other and if neither backs down begin to bite until one backs down, burrow sharing is a very rare behaviour in Pachyodus. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Ophismilus, more commonly called Burrowing Scalehead are small synchonakros with a remarkable capability for different modes locomotion, burrowing, crawling, climbing, and swimming are all easy for this organism, which allows them to have a remarkable generalist carnivorous diet. Ophismilus eat many seelenlos, anywhere from ichthyongiu to singers to backpaws to ostoexoapo to eggs, they will even attempt to eat prey thats larger than them if the risk seems worth it. Scaleheads in are closely related to Maschoran Frills, though they have lost the frill they retained the bony spur that was previously used to assist in extending the frill, instead covering it in a brachodas sheath, making it a strong horn, which they use in ritualized combat sexual display, also retaining the reticulate scales across their heads. Their forelimbs and hindlimbs are remarkable for digging, which assist them in nestbuilding, they usually lay clutches of five to six eggs, and are remarkably attentive oviparents, only leaving their young after theyve reached full maturity. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Fructavis, more commonly called a Mountain Singer are small drache that riddle the mountains of Digerora. They feed on the berry clusters of Altuplatydendron frequently, using their specialized beak to do so with ease, in the process they incidentally carry pollen from one Mountain Spike-Tree to another. They are most commonly found on the Etakru Mountain Range, which has given it its name, Etakru being borrowed into Maschoran from the Etakru Peoples language meaning ‘Singing Mountains’. Mountain Singers travel in small loose flocks, usually landing on an Altuplatydendron with one flock and leaving with another. When a Fructavis wants to reproduce they will begin singing a specialized song, which will attract mates, who will sing with each other to narrow down who will be oviparents and who graiparents, these ‘singing flocks’ are quite common. Their yellow archeina also play a role in this sexual display, the more vibrant yellow the more likely to be a graiparent, oviparents will raise their chicks alone, keeping them safe on the treetops, bringing food back for them. Once their young learn to fly they are usually abandoned by their oviparent and left to fend for themselves. If you have any questions about this organism please don’t be afraid to ask.

Dromeozoyphia, more commonly called an Indigoheaded Climber are small centauroid seelenlos. They are remarkable climbers, they will frequently climb up to the tops of Altuplatydendron and eat the fruits clustered at the top, they will also eat any ostoexoapo they come across, and opportunistically feed on Fructavis chicks that they find on treetops if left unattended. Indigoheaded Climbers enjoy the company of others, frequently communicating with other members of their genus through squeaks and positioning their tails, when in danger they will bear their teeth and screech, not only to deter the predator but to alert nearby Dromeozophyia to the threat. The colours of their heads assist in sexual display, when two Indigoheaded Climbers mate the individual with the deeper purple is usually the graiparent. They are unique among seelenlos being one of the few ovoviviparious genre, keeping the eggs on a bone-supported chamber near their reproductive organs, only releasing them as the chicks begin to hatch. The clutch sizes of Dromeozoyphia are rather plentiful, though many chicks die before reaching adulthood, usually abandoned by their oviparent after hatching. If you have any questions about this organism please dont be afraid to ask.

Cynobates, more commonly called an Etakru Trotter are small fox sized choristoakros. They feed on ostoexoapo and scavenge on corpses, only hunting or feeding on live prey opportunistically. Cynobates riddle the digeroran mountains, traveling in small rafts of 10-11 members, though the majority of the groups are chicks, with only 3-4 adults. They are capable of rudimentary pack hunting, capable of taking down larger prey if its already injured. Cynobates chicks with feed on ostoexoapo larvae with the assistance of their whiskers. Adults engage in courtship displays involving loud chirps and bellows, usually resulting in one graiparent and three oviparents. If you have any questions anout this organism please dont be afraid to ask.

Diurnal skeletons of the ostomesa of Digeroras Mountain Ranges.

A fair warning that due to me having been working on this biome on and off for two years, the first few organisms do not fit the standards of anatomy and rendering I have built for myself, and therefore compared to my most recent posts will be lacking in certain regards.