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Common Name: Jackalope
Pronounced: (Jack-a-lope)
Classification: Dolichotis antalopus (Long-eared Antelope)
SGOC Rank: Fauna
Length: 2 feet
Height: 1.5 feet at the shoulder
Weight: 25 lbs.
Diet: Herbivore
Social Structure: Solitary, Pair, Breeding group (40+ members)
Home Planet: Earth
Distribution: southern South America
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Description:
The jackalope is an unusual species of mara that inhabits the rocky hills and forests of southern South America. Maras are rodents that can be accurately called “guinea pigs on stilts”; the jackalope is even stranger in that it has evolved short antler-like horns, which make the creature resemble a cross between a deer and a jackrabbit.
Jackalopes are fast, skittish animals that frequent rocky terrain and feed on all sorts of plants, including tough and sometimes poisonous desert flora. They do not stake out territories except in the autumn breeding season, during which the normally monogamous jackalope pairs come together to dig a series of communal burrows. Called “warrens”, these burrows house up to thirty separate pairs of parents and their offspring; grouping together like this ensures that as many offspring as possible will survive to adolescence. Jackalope young are weaned within three months and then shooed away to find a mate and live on their own.
The jackalope animal was named after a mythical creature from the American West, which was likely inspired by cottontail rabbits that had contracted the disfiguring “Shope papilloma” virus. Reality having now supplanted fantasy, the taxidermy heads of real jackalopes now adorn the walls of Wild West-themed bars, attractions, and hotels all over the world.
Pronounced: (Jack-a-lope)
Classification: Dolichotis antalopus (Long-eared Antelope)
SGOC Rank: Fauna
Length: 2 feet
Height: 1.5 feet at the shoulder
Weight: 25 lbs.
Diet: Herbivore
Social Structure: Solitary, Pair, Breeding group (40+ members)
Home Planet: Earth
Distribution: southern South America
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Description:
The jackalope is an unusual species of mara that inhabits the rocky hills and forests of southern South America. Maras are rodents that can be accurately called “guinea pigs on stilts”; the jackalope is even stranger in that it has evolved short antler-like horns, which make the creature resemble a cross between a deer and a jackrabbit.
Jackalopes are fast, skittish animals that frequent rocky terrain and feed on all sorts of plants, including tough and sometimes poisonous desert flora. They do not stake out territories except in the autumn breeding season, during which the normally monogamous jackalope pairs come together to dig a series of communal burrows. Called “warrens”, these burrows house up to thirty separate pairs of parents and their offspring; grouping together like this ensures that as many offspring as possible will survive to adolescence. Jackalope young are weaned within three months and then shooed away to find a mate and live on their own.
The jackalope animal was named after a mythical creature from the American West, which was likely inspired by cottontail rabbits that had contracted the disfiguring “Shope papilloma” virus. Reality having now supplanted fantasy, the taxidermy heads of real jackalopes now adorn the walls of Wild West-themed bars, attractions, and hotels all over the world.
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The jackalope is a fictional rodent that I added to Days Of Dikorus in reference to the famous mythical creature of the same name. I based the DOD jackalope’s behavior on that of real-life maras and small deer.
The jackalope is a fictional rodent that I added to Days Of Dikorus in reference to the famous mythical creature of the same name. I based the DOD jackalope’s behavior on that of real-life maras and small deer.
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Dude, cool idea! I just love to read up your immense creativity bro!
I admit I had no knowledge about Maras...I had been thinking of a Jackalope lately, but my idea merely a kinda beefer species of Dik-dik or other small antelope.
I admit I had no knowledge about Maras...I had been thinking of a Jackalope lately, but my idea merely a kinda beefer species of Dik-dik or other small antelope.