Theosodon

Theosodon is a genus of litoptern mammal from Noco.

Description


Theosodon are long-legged with a long neck resembling llamas or guanacos. It is large for a litoptern, reaching up to 2 metres in length and weighing up to 170 kilograms.

It has a long neck and tapir-like, three-toed feet and like other litopterns, it bares its weight on its middle toes.

Rather than having nostrils at the front of its head, Theosodon has its nostrils on the top of its snout, halfway between the forehead and the tip of the snout, and its nostrils pointed upwards rather than forwards, possibly as an adaptation for browsing on prickly vegetation.

Biology
Theosodon is a terrestrial and cursorial animal that lives in both forests and more open environments. Thanks to its size and its long neck theosodon is a high browser, stripping leaves off of trees and shrubs high off the ground. Theosodon has a slender jaw compared to many other litopterns, in order to feed in softer foods, such as dicotyledons. Theosodon is well adapted to feeding on thorny plants, as its nostrils are upward-facing and at the centre of its head rather than the front.

Domestication
Theosoda have actually been domesticated in Noco, they were originally tamed by the Pre-Fãngra people inhabiting this region and, after the area was conquered, it’s breeding was brought to the neighbouring islands to which these people fled and, as it was also adopted by the Fãngra, to some other places to the south of the empire. They are farmed for their milk, meat and hide, as well as to be used as work beasts.