Metazoa info

[Tartarus Sauce]

HAHA, I knew who made this thread the moment I saw the title. Zeke you cheeky bastard, how's it going?

What's with the Duke Guilmon title, by the way?

[Duke Guilmon]

HAHA, I knew who made this thread the moment I saw the title. Zeke you cheeky bastard, how's it going?

What's with the Duke Guilmon title, by the way?

I am good, working on this red fox. Also guilmon is my favorite digimon so I used it. Have an animal you want me to do?

[Duke Guilmon]

Red fox



Vulpes vulpes

Size: 75-145.5cm

Weight: 3-11kg

Life expectancy: 5 years

When it first appeared: The Red fox first appeared 0.7 MYA, in the mid Pleistocene

Location: The red fox has a large habitat range. It can be found in forest, mountains, farms, suburbs, grasslands, and deserts. They also have a large rang, living in most of Asia, east and northern mid west you U.S. , Canada, Alaska, Morocco, and introduced to most of Australia. 



Taxonomy:
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Holotheria
Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Legion: Cladotheria
Sublegion: Zatheria
Infralegion: Tivosphenida
Subclass: Theria
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Subcohort: Exfroplacentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Scrotifera
Clade: Ferungulata
(unranked): Pegasaferae
(unranked): Zoomata
(unranked): Ferae
(unranked): Carnivoramorpha
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Tribe: Vulpini
Genus: Vulpes
Species: Vulpes vulpes

Diet: Red foxes are omnivores. They will eat rodents, game birds, raccoons, fish, insects, reptiles, berries, apples, plums, grapes, acorns, grass, tubers, cherries, and opossums. 

Anatomy: Red foxes have a pretty strong sense of hearing. They can locate sounds up to 700-3,000 Hz. They also have anal sacks which are said to smell like violets. 

Behavior: Red foxes are nocturnal. red foxes are also shy, as they try to avoid humans. Red foxes have been known to dig dens in order to avoid bad whether.  Red foxes are social animals. They will live in social groups from 3-4 adults. These foxes use body movements to communicate. They are also territorial. The dominant red foxes are able to claim territory. Submissive foxes will approach the dominant one in a submissive position. 

Reproduction: In fox groups, only one female will mate usually, though sometimes three will. Red foxes reproduce once during the spring. It is said that for the most part Red foxes are monogamous, though there are polygamous groups. The red fox gestation period is 49-58 days. The females have up to 4-6 kits. The females will raise the kits till they reach adulthood. Both the mom and dad care for their young. The young will stay in the den for 10 months. 

Relationship with other animals: Other foxes share rivalries with the red fox. The red fox will fight, kill, and compete with these foxes. Despite being powerful, grey foxes and corsac faxes can beat the red fox. Wolves will kill foxes when competing for food. Red foxes will also kill small mustelids. Europeans badgers will share their dens with Red foxes, though they will evict vixens if they have kits. 
Red foxes are preyed on by leopards, caracals, lynxes, cougars, bobcats, eurasioan eagle owls and golden owls. Parasites of the red fox include the rabbit flea, the ear mite, the itch mite, the castoar bean tick, ixodes hexagonus, demodex folliculorum, notedres, and linguatula serrata.  Humans have hunted red foxes as well. 




*HEAVY BREATHING

Other sources:

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vulpes_vulpes/

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/23062/0

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/an...s/red-fox/

[Duke Guilmon]

Red swamp crawfish(requested by RocketSurgeon76)



Size: 5.5-12cm

Weight: capable of reaching 50g

Life expectancy: Average 2-3 years

When it first appeared: No data

Location: The red swamp crawfish can be found in slow flowing rivers and creeks. They are native to the states Oklahoma, Florida,Kentucky,Tennessee, Alabama,Mississippi, Louisiana,Arkansas,Missouri,Illinois, and Texas. They have been introduced in more states however.



Taxonomy:
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Eucarida
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacaidea
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Species: Procambarus clarkii

Diet: Any organism, plant or animal or etc, that it can catch will be eaten

Anatomy: Being the most invasive crawfish, it is said to be immune to many things other crayfish aren't (i.e poisonous salamanders).

Behavior: This crawfish is said to be aggressive. In aquariums they will attack other animals including their own. They are solitary.

Reproduction: These crawfish will breed in the fall. The females will lay up to 650 eggs in soft sediment. Some research says they may also be able to reproduce via parthenogenesis.

Relationship with other animals: In invasive areas, it competes with other crawfish. Because of it being invasive, humans want to stop it from growing in population in invasive states.



Crawfish for 'MURICAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Other sources:

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/conservations...tSheet.pdf

http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/procambarus_clarkii/

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Proc...s_clarkii/

[Kitty Galore]

Hey Zeke, the foxes are beautiful. That photo of the Spinosaurus, do you know if that skeleton is construed from a partial skeleton find, or is that a organic whole skeleton?

[Duke Guilmon]

†Alligator prensalis (requested by RocketSurgeon76)



Size: No data

Weight: Estimated 17.4kg

Life expectancy: No data

When it first appeared: The gator debuted in the Oligocene 37 MYA

Location: The fossils of this animal where found in Brule formations, South Dokata and the Chadron formation, North Dakota. 

Taxonomy:
Class: Reptillia
Clade: eureptilia
Clade: Romeriida
Clade: Diapsida
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Sauria
Clade: Archosauromorpha
Clade: Archosauriformes
Clade: Crurotarsi
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Suchia
Clade: Paracrocodylomorpha
Clade: Loricata
Clade: Batyotica
Superorder: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Mesoeucrocodylia
Clade: Metasuchia
Clade:Neosuchia
Clade: Eusuchia
Order: Crocodilia
Clade: Brevirostres
Superfamily: Alligatoroidea
Clade: Globidonta
Family: Alligatoridae
Subfamily: Alligatorinae
Genus: Alligator
Species: †Alligator prenasalis

Diet: There is no real data on its diet, but you can say it ate fish and other small animals.

Anatomy: It is similar to modern alligators, so it has many similar abilities like a ability to sense movements in the water

Behavior: No data

Reproduction: No data

Relationship with other animals: It is one of the oldest alligators. Other than that, there is no data



Other sources:

http://eol.org/pages/4472571/details

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_prenasalis

http://fossilworks.org/?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=172984

[Duke Guilmon]

Hey Zeke, the foxes are beautiful. That photo of the Spinosaurus, do you know if that skeleton is construed from a partial skeleton find, or is that a organic whole skeleton?

The skeleton was reconstructed on a new discovery via its hip. 

http://www.nature.com/news/swimming-dino...co-1.15901

[Duke Guilmon]

Portuguese man o' war



Physalia physalis

Size: Has 50m long tentacles. 

Weight: No data

Life expectancy: Despite the name it can be found around ocean waters from Portugal to South africa, in the Atlantic, Indian and pacific ocean. They are seen floating across the water. 

When it first appeared: No data



Taxonomy:

Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Leptolinae
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Physaliidae
Genus: Physalia
Species: Physalia physalis

Diet: This animal is a carnivore, and feeds on small fish and plankton

Anatomy: This animal is well know for its venom. The sting of this man o' war can paralyze fish and prey with its sting. Even detached stingers can sting. They are also not one animal but a colony of animals.

Behavior: It floats and eats, that's it. 

Reproduction: Not much is know about when these animals mate. They do reproduce sexually, and release eggs and sperm. The eggs have been floating in deep water. 

Relationship with other animals: The man o' war is important for many animals. The man o' war fish, clown fish, and the yellow jack benefit living in the stingers, in turn the fish protect the man o' war from predators. The portuguese man o' war is prey to glacus atlanticus, the ocean sunfish, and the logger head turtle. The blanket octopus will take the stingers of the portugese man o' war



DAN NA DAN NA DAN NA DAN NA DAN NA NA NA

Other sources:

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/an...an-of-war/

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/portu...o-war.html

http://eol.org/pages/1005764/details

[Duke Guilmon]

Alligator snapping turtle



Macrochelys temminckii

Size: 66cm

Weight: 100kg

Life expectancy: they on average live from 11-45 years 

When it first appeared: No data

Location: It is found as far west as east Texas, as far east as west Florida and as far north as Iowa. They live in lakes, with only females willing to go on land. 



Taxonomy: 
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eureptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Neodiapsida
Clade: Sauria
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Polycryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus: Macrochelys
Species: Macrochelys temminckii

Diet: These turtles mostly eat other animals. They eat fish, mollusk, amphibians, snakes, crayfish, aquatic mammals, water birds, worms, and aquatic plants.

Anatomy: This animal is know for its bite. The mouth may be hard but its bite force is not as strong as people think it is, going up to 158±18 kgf. It also has a cool worm like tongue, used to lure prey so it can eat.

Behavior: Alligator snappers are solitary. They will spend 40-50 minutes under water. They hunt by remaining still and with their mouth open, wiggle their tongue to lure prey. 

Reproduction: Macrochelys temminckii reaches sexual maturity at 12 years. Depending on region it will mate early or late spring. The female will lay up to 8-52 eggs, with the eggs taking 100-140 days. There is no parental care, so the young must defend themselves when they hatch. 

Relationship with other animals: Not much is know about its relationship with other animals besides its prey.



GAMERA!!

Other sources:

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Macr...emminckii/

https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wildlife-Li...urtle.aspx

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/an...ng-turtle/

[Duke Guilmon]

Indian pangolin (requested by cjlr)



Size: 84-122cm long

Weight: 10-16 kg

Life expectancy: 20 years

When it first appeared: No data

Location: It lives in rainforest near arid areas. It lives in India and Sri Lanka. 



Taxonomy: 
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Holotheria
Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Legion: Cladotheria
Sublegion: Zatheria
Infralegion: Tribosphendia
Subclass: Theria
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Subcohort: Exfroplacentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Clade: Scrotiferea
(unranked): Pegasoferae
(unranked): Zooamata
(unranked): Ferae
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Manis
Species: Manis crassicoudata

Diet: This animal is insectivorous and eats mostly ants and termites, but also beetles, cockroaches, and probably worms. 

Anatomy: This animal is known for its scales, though the scales are not like those of the primitive mammal ancestors, the synapsids. These scales are used to protect the pangolin from predators. These animals also have large claws used to climb trees and dig for food. 

Behavior: This animal is shy. It is nocturnal and solitary. Because of these they are hard to find. When worst comes to worst, they release the smell from their anal glands and hiss. 

Reproduction: the only time these animals ever come together is to mate. Not only that, but males and females share a den together and will even come out during the day. The gestation period last 65-70 days. they usually have one child. The female will carry the young on its tail. 

Relationship with other animals: This animal is prey to animals such as the asiatic lion.



Sandslash used defense curl!

Other sources:

http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mani...sicaudata/

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12761/0

http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/pa...golin.html