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Asanbonsam — Tree-cougar
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Published: 2012-10-15 06:19:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 5649; Favourites: 101; Downloads: 25
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Yeah not one of my better name ideas but this one had to come out finally. I am currently working of getting all those approved ideas into the project before adding any new ones. And well this carnivor is one of them.The Tree-cougar is vey similar to the modern day Fossa in both appearance and size but it evolved on the Allocene Phillipines and is actually a descendent of domestic dogs (well the street and feral ones that is).
The Tree-cougar is more flexible and adapted to climbing up and on trees, hunting its prey with stealth.
Tree-cougars are solitary beings with strict territories that usually only overlap during the mating season. Then it gets really loud since in these guys barking has evolved into their mating calls and during that time of the year the forests are full of a cacophony of barking, with each male trying to outcompete the others with eleaborate combinations o barking sounds.
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Really cool idea! The idea of barking still having a role is really cool too. I'm guessing they must have quite the vocal range, considering their ancestry? And what about their vision? How has their vision changed (or not changed) to better suit its more arboreal lifestyle?
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Didn't thnk too much about it but when they have mating calls it is reasonable to assume that they would have a range of vocals and possibly "sing" their own melodies to attract mates.
Their vision might not change too much in regard to colors, maybe they even lose the ability to see any colors.
Their perception to movement that dogs have could be the same as well or perhaps enhanced a bit.
However I think the biggest change would be in light sensitivity. As this creature evolved more than 30 Mio years after modern day it is possible that their eyes become like those of foxes and so are more adaptable to different light intesities and in that case it could be possible that they loose are ability to see colors.
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Is this the desendant of the azkal(Philippine street dog)?
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Well I didn't know that name but in generally street and feral dogs would be the most likely candidates to be the ancestors of such beings.
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Interesting looking creature 
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Well it was your suggestion remember?
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Yeah 
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Well, this is interesting, but other than the North American gray fox, modern dogs usually don't climb trees, so I have to disagree.
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So? What relevance does that have? The basic canine body-type is not specialized enough to make climbing impossible. Also we are talking 35 Million years into the future, bats and whales evolved over a much shorter period of time, so this is very well possible in my eyes.
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Fair enough. I still think that it's unlikely, but yet it maybe possible.
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Well, I think they'd probably work better as weasel or mongoose descendants.
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