Pa-Lokai
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About
- Common Names
- Pa-Lokai, Stone Tails
- Pa-Lokai are a sub-subterranean burrowing creature of the Quzonian plains. They are capable of moving with surprising speed through the ground, and can leap up to three times their body length to escape predators.
Description
- Classification
- Mammal
- Size
- 12-15 kg (25-33 pounds), 0.5 metre (20 inches) body length, 1 metre (3 feet, 4 inches) length nose to tail.
- Appearance
- Pa-Lokai are small earth toned fur-bearing animals with short stubby legs, and a long tail ending in a rough horn-like knob. They have a flat face with small eyes and nose.
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Males of the species are slightly larger in size and serve the role of tunnellers, and defenders of the tunnel system.
- Variance
- No subspeciation is noted.
Ecology
- Habitat
- sub-Tropical to Temperate grasslands
- Diet
- Herbivore. Pa-Lokai excavate networks of tunnels below the ground, in search of food. They primarily eat the tubers of the holpa plant but have been known to damage farm crops.
Behaviour
- Social Grouping
- Family groups up to a dozen adults, living in communal burrows.
- Temperament
- Skittish, will retreat into burrows if threatened. Males will defend the communal nests.
- Intelligence
- Animal
- Reproduction
- Females will live birth between 4-6 pups each spring, of which approximately half will reach sexual maturity within 8 months. Young will leave the next to seek mates and establish nearby warrens of their own.
Sub-Species
- None.
Domestication
- General
- Gibven their burrowing nature Pa-Lokai are considered a pest species, and not domesticated.
- Resources
- Meat, Hides
