#rhinophant

[chernobog13]

MIGHTY SAMSON (vol. 1) #3 (September, 1965). Cover by Morris Gollub.

The mighty Samson wrestles with a rampaging rhinophant in the streets of N'Yark.

[demonindistress]

bloodandroses said: Ugh you always look so cute! <3 heh, only because I very rarely stand next to other people in photos. Then I usually look more like a grumpy-yet-slightly-imposing  rhinophant (albeit fancily decked out). ^^

[loxorhino-blog]

Loxorhino/ Rhinophant

Habitat:

Asia, North Eastern India

Jungle- Vegetation in a place with a lot of space

Niche:

Large territory sized region

Micro-Habitat is based on it’s vegetation, water resource for fresh water, and high temperature the mammal has adpated to for many years.

Trophic Level:

Identified as a consumer of vegetation life

The rhinophants are mostly killed by humans for their horns

Predators and Prey:

The rhinophant does not kill any animal, but on occasion a group of wild cats attempt to attack the mammal to eat. The cats usually never succeed due to the mammal’s aggressiveness and defensive skills that are helped by his/her horns and tusks.

Symbosis:

Only eating vegetation means that the rhinophant practices commensalism

Basic Body Form:

The rhinophant is about the same weight as a the average Indian elephant.

Its is a bit shorter but it’s rhino-like horns make it the same weight as the average Indian elephant

This mammal looks almost identical to the elephant, except it is a bit huskier with the lumpy back of a rhinoceros and has horns on the top of it’s trunk.

It’s body parts conform with its diet; when the creature reaches out for a plant on a tree it is able to with it’s trunk.

They are born with very sharp horns that are used as a defensive mechanism against attackers

Adaptation:

The trunk of the Rhinophant helps reach out for foods on trees that are not easily

accessible in any other way

The rhinophant flaps it’s ears to create a breeze on hot days.

Reproduction:

Females and males flirt

Males start the interaction and sometimes mating occurs and sometimes it doesn’t.

Mating occurs by the animals mounting

The pregnancy is as long as an elephants; 22 months

Only one calf is born per pregnancy

The mother always tends to her calf and the calf relies greatly on his/her mother

The mammal is always in a family group so the calf is also protected by the herd his/her mother is with

The calf always has a lot attention in the beginning from the herd