Allotheria - The Strange Beasts
Allotheria are currently the most successful group of mammals in Different World. Perhaps their most defining feature is the presence of lower molar teeth equipped with two longitudinal rows of cusps. In our world the most successful order of these was by far the Multituberculates. However in DW, the Triconodonts survived past the K-T, where Multituberculates bit the dust. Triconodonts, having survived many years of niche competition with Younginiformes and Prolacertiformes easily outcompeted the placentals despite several disadvantages due to their sheer diversity.
They are oviparous, laying eggs, though, as with monotremes, they have a long incubation period inside the mother before hatching. In the case of larger Allotherians, such as Titan Antgorgers, the incubation period is very long compared to the 'open-air' period. In smaller species, especially in the Notabats, the incubation period is very short, and the open air period, very long, as they can conceal the eggs much better than a large Allotherian, and are also left partially incapacitated by the growing young for as short as possible a time, in order to minimise the time for when their hunting abilities are handicapped by the ovogestation.
Order: Triconodonta
Family: Allocarnivoridae
Subfamily: Monstromustelidae
The Ogre-Weasels are a widespread but relatively undiverse group of Allocarnivores that are found across most of the Northern Hemisphere. Most bare close superficial similarities to their ancestral species. They occupy a variety of niches, but most are small predators, with the exception of Dobhar-chus, Grizzlerines and Savagings.
Genus: Monstromustela
Chanikov's Ogre Weasel (Monstromustela Rex)
The largest and most common of the European Ogre Weasels, Chanikov's Ogre Weasel is a large aggressive creature best described as a stretched Tasmanian Devil with aggression problems. New Diff. Explorers are told to watch out for these creatures especially, as they do not hesitate to attack human sized animals, despite being only about 90 cm long and weighing 15 kilos. As carnivores, they hunt by crushing prey in their powerful jaws, the iconic three-point teeth being blunt in order to shatter bone more easily. They are certainly capable of crushing the leg bones of a small Copper Deer, or the spine of a mammal or younginiformes.
They are oviparous, laying eggs, though, as with monotremes, they have a long incubation period inside the mother before hatching. In the case of larger Allotherians, such as Titan Antgorgers, the incubation period is very long compared to the 'open-air' period. In smaller species, especially in the Notabats, the incubation period is very short, and the open air period, very long, as they can conceal the eggs much better than a large Allotherian, and are also left partially incapacitated by the growing young for as short as possible a time, in order to minimise the time for when their hunting abilities are handicapped by the ovogestation.
Order: Triconodonta
Family: Allocarnivoridae
Subfamily: Monstromustelidae
The Ogre-Weasels are a widespread but relatively undiverse group of Allocarnivores that are found across most of the Northern Hemisphere. Most bare close superficial similarities to their ancestral species. They occupy a variety of niches, but most are small predators, with the exception of Dobhar-chus, Grizzlerines and Savagings.
Genus: Monstromustela
Chanikov's Ogre Weasel (Monstromustela Rex)
The largest and most common of the European Ogre Weasels, Chanikov's Ogre Weasel is a large aggressive creature best described as a stretched Tasmanian Devil with aggression problems. New Diff. Explorers are told to watch out for these creatures especially, as they do not hesitate to attack human sized animals, despite being only about 90 cm long and weighing 15 kilos. As carnivores, they hunt by crushing prey in their powerful jaws, the iconic three-point teeth being blunt in order to shatter bone more easily. They are certainly capable of crushing the leg bones of a small Copper Deer, or the spine of a mammal or younginiformes.