Creature:Quirlax

Scientific Classification
Domain: Eukaryota (Complex Organisms) Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Subkingdom: Eumetazoa (Tissue into Germ Layers) Superphylum: Deuterostomia (Blastophore becomes Anus) Phylum: Chordata (Animals with Notochords) Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates) Infraphylum: Gnathostomata (Jawed Vertebrates) Superclass: Tetrapoda (Four-Legged Vertebrates & Their Descendants) Series: Amniota (Animals possessing amniotic eggs) Class: Sauropsida (Reptiles) Subclass: Anapsida (Reptiles without fenestrae) Superorder: Chlorosauridae "Green Lizard" (Lizards with chloroplastic buds) Order: -- "--" (--) Suborder: -- "--" (--) Family: Tentacleiosaurus "Tentacle Lizard" (Chlorosaurs possessing tentacles) Subfamily: -- "--" (--) Genus: -- "--" (--) Subgenus: -- "--" (--) Species: -- "--" (--) Binominal Name: --

Superorder: Tentacleireptilia (Tentacled Reptiles) Order: Tetraopsida "Four Eyes" (Four-Eyed Herbivorous Reptiles) Family: Andeireus "Without Neck" ("No-necked" Tetraopsids) Genus: Quirlaxius "Quirlax" ("No-necked" Quirlaxi Reptiles) Species: ??? Binominal Name: Quirlaxius ???

Statistics
Species Type: Cold-blooded terrestrial reptilian Lifestyle: Social forager Hunt/Forage Success Rate: 80% Forage (90% success rate), 20% Photosynthesis (99.7% success rate during day, 5% success rate during night) Armor: Quirlax possess no natural armors, and are not sapient; therefore they do not make armors. Defenses: Skin has thickened, as well as gained a weak toxicity. Weapons: Quirlax possess little in the way of weaponry; generally they are forced to rely only on their muscular tentacles to bash foes. However, these are used in defense, as the species as a whole are generally well-tempered. Tools: Manipulation of objects (usually plant material) taken care of by the four tentacle-arms flanking the neck and shoulders. Method of Eating: -- Reproductive Rate: Quirlax breed once every five years. Gestation: -- Offspring Incubation: -- Number of Offspring: Typically 1 per litter -- 2 is uncommon, 3 is extremely rare. Offspring Survival Rate (before age of maturity): 70% -- Quirlax try and protect their young, due in part to their low birth rate. They usually succeed, although young do occasionally die. Even with the low birth rate and decent mortality rate, the Quirlax are large in numbers. Singular/Plural/Possessive: Quirlax/Quirlaxi/Quirlaxian

Evolutionary History
An ancient offshoot species of the Aurum, the Quirlaxi (Quirlax being the singular form) split off immediately from the Grendon as soon as they moved onto land. They, however, had developed a stomach and then a short, snout-like mouth for feeding on plant matter, rather than continuing the hemophagic lifestyle of their ancestors. This lifestyle has also made them far less violent than other offshoots (namely the Neomwa, Zrrmzasha, and Grendon).

Initially, they enjoyed spending all of their time grazing the low-lying scrub grass at the higher elevations of the sandy beaches of Southern Zeeon, close to the surrounding catapult forests. However, since this time, they have grown into long-necked foliage grazers deep in the palm tree-like tropical catapult forests and the nearby mangrove swamps. Here, they feast off of the leaves of the two main trees in the area, as well as the fruit and berries bore by the shorter species, and grass plucked from the ground. Their four tentacle-arms have been arranged upon their bodies so as to allow them an easy way to deliver food to their mouths.

They dislike the Grendon feeding upon them (although it does not often result in death), and would generally become distressed and occasionally even stampede. They were unable to stop these attacks however, and so they dealt with it as best as they could, until several witnessed the Aurix attempt at protecting one of the dead Quirlax who had gotten "caught in the crossfire" between the Aurix hunting pack and a brash young Grendon male that had been feeding off of it. With this strange event, the Quirlax began a time of prosperity, during which they tried to stay near Aurix batteries, to hopefully help in the prevention of the Grendon from feeding off of them, because the Aurix are known predators of the Grendon.

This age of prosperity changed forever the day that the Aurix attacked the Quirlax for the first time.
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