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PRIMARY CONSUMERS (HERBIVORES)
Spoiler: click to toggle Antbird/Honeyguides: Small brown birds. They dig up anthills to eat. They have a slightly longer neck and smaller head to reach into the ant tunnels and the feet are webbed and have bigger claws to dig up the ant hills. Assebra/Plains Zebra: Donkey-like zebras. Their legs have shortened, head has lengthened, neck has slightly lengthened, and the mane has stopped sticking up and became more like a lion mane. Bee Birds/Red-Billed Quelea: It's no surprise that the red-billed quelea has descendants, at 1.5 billion individuals as of 2010. These little brown birds have a better social system, becoming eusocial. The workers build nests that can grow up to 30 feet tall. They have a woodpecker-like beak for digging and also take care of the young. In the inside of the nests it has a lot of chambers to go in and out, with some branches where the workers sleep. The center of it is hollow, where they store their food, the queens, eggs, young, males, and the guards. The gatherers have a hornbill-like beak to gather as much food as they can in it. The guards can spit a foul-smelling acid out of their mouth. The queens are twice as big as the other birds and are flightless. The males are almost as big as the queen and are bright orange. Cranecolin/Francolin: 3-5 foot tall herbivorous crane-like birds. They have a broader duck-like beak. Giant Savanna Hog/Giant Forest Hog: Very similar to its ancestor except that it has lost its tusks. It has also gone from 3.6 to 4.6 feet tall and is more adapted to running, to escape Emperor Birds. Grass Tortoise/African Helmeted Turtle: A turtle that has grown to look very similar to the giant tortoises of today. They have slight bony protrusions on their beaks to grind up grass before it goes to their gizzard-filled stomachs. Kuducow/Greater Kudu: 4 foot tall cow-like Greater Kudu. Their horns haven't changed. Megacamel/Dromedary Camel: Virtually unchanged from the Dromedary's of today, the only change is size. They have gone from 6 feet tall to 7-9 feet tall, although there is a dwarf species that grows to 4 feet tall. Megaporcupine/Old World Porcupines: 3 foot tall horse-like porcupines. Their quills have shortened. Peccary Hog/Red River Hog: 3 foot tall peccary-like hogs. Rabbird/Swainsons Francolin: 2 foot tall fowl. Their body has straightened and their neck has lengthened, thus their bodies look like mini ostriches. Rhinocamel/Dromedary: A 5 foot tall camel. Their body has lengthened, their neck and legs shortened, and head lengthened. They have also lost their hump. Sasquatch/Gelada: Gigantopithecus-like monkeys. They are 7 feet long. Spikurtles/Geochelone Tortoises: 1-3 foot tall tortoises. They can no longer retract into their shells, which has thinned out. They have a crest of spikes. Their beak has become harder and broader, to grind plants before it goes to its stomach. Ververet Gorillas/Ververet Monkeys: 4-6 foot long gorilla-like ground monkeys. They are completely black except for their blue butts. Wilderpala/Impala: Wilderbeest-like impala descendants, their horns are the same except that they're much thicker. Zebralope/Plains Zebras: 3 foot tall antelope-like zebra. They have developed small horns, similar to bison. They live in herds of 5-20 members. PRIMARY/SECONDARY CONSUMERS
Spoiler: click to toggle Lemurian Civet/African Civet: A smaller version of its ancestor, it is 2 feet long. It is also an omnivorous generalist, but has gone to eat more plant matter. It is the last Lemurian carnivora member. TERTIARY/QUARTERNARY CONSUMERS
Spoiler: click to toggle Blue Vulturhawk/Pale Chanting Goshhawk: One of the scavengers of Lemuria, they exhibit sexual dimorphism. The females live alone, only staying with their young. They have wingspans of 5-6 feet. The males usually are alone and scavenge, but sometimes they'll group up in swarms, and then they are more dangerous than the biggest Emperor Bird. The males have wingspans of 2-4 feet.
Emperor Birds/Secretary Birds: The carnivorous group of Lemuria, they have managed to overthrow Carnivora in Lemuria. They look like the terror birds of South America and males have a colorful feather crest to impress females. The feathers can be pulled up and down and are only colorful during mating season so it's not always spotted by its prey. They go from 3 feet to 7 feet tall. Pack Bird/Secretary Bird: 4 foot tall Emperor Birds. They look exactly like Secretary Birds except for their shrunken wings. They are unique by the fact that they pack hunt.
Heronnet/Cape Gannet: Yellow heron-like gannets. They can still fly, but have grown more terrestrial. They are 4 feet tall and usually feed on the seashores, but sometimes they'll go inland and hunt small animals like lizards and snakes.
Falconbat/Bats: Like vultures, they're scavengers. But these bats are bigger than their ancestors having a 5 foot wingspan, starting to show the future glory of the bats. They flock together in groups of 5-10 members, and also take small animals like Rabbirds. Since there are few trees and mountains in the savanna, instead their big finger has detached from the membrane and become stronger, and the feet have become more bird-like to walk on it, instead of it always grasping.
Lizargolin/Pangolins: A small group, they have gone from their termite diet to a diet of small animals and eggs. The have regrown teeth through atavism, with strong canines for breaking egg shells and smaller sharp teeth for ripping apart flesh. They have gone from their almost-quadrupedal theropod stance to a true theropod stance. They go from 6 inches to 2 feet long.
Pangomole/Pangolins: Digging insectivorous pangolins. Their armor has been fused together to become more streamlined.
Pengannet/Cape Gannet: Orange and yellow flightless penguin-like gannets.
There are 2 polls, the herbivores and carnivores/omnivores. Too many options for 1 poll.
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