The Four-tusked Burrow Hog (Hyohyrax tetradont) is a species of Hyrax standing 1.3m long living in the rainforests of central and western Pankhaia. Males have two tusk growing upwards and forwards from their lower jaw and two tusks growing downwards and outwards from their upper jaw. Females have these same tusks too except smaller, the upper tusks especially so. They live in small groups of 3 to 5 adults and their young. They sleep in their own 2m long tunnel, which they dig themselves. These tunnels are dug very close together and are entered backwards, so the head faces towards the tunnel entrance. The adults defend themselves and their yo
The Monkey-tailed Mice (Cebouridae) are a family of rodents descended from Climbing Mice (Dendromurinae) unique to the island continent of Pankhaia. They have a fully prehensile tail with a gripping bare patch on the underside, reaching halfway down from the tip, which is just as long as the body. Monkey-tailed Mice are solitary, but can be very tolerable of each other outside the breeding season. Females give birth to litters of four to six pups inside a tree hollow, abandoned birds nest or any similar shelter. Around the same time the pups are weaned, three weeks of age, they climb onto her back and ride around on her, exploring and learnin