Swamp Hognewt
Evolved from T.gigaslothus this species moved to zone C due to competition and push by their predator(D. tromerovenator) and are successfully able to cross zone 14 due to still having an ability to swim. They evolved a shovel-like head to uproot polyphs more effectively and have shorter front legs to be more effective to grazing food from the ground instead of wasting energy climbing(due to the lack of U.sustensa their main diet).
Found in zone C they get 3.6 feet long. They feed on fallen leaves and roots of M.longatumus,M. twistus,U. nayobus and U. procerus. They forage A.paralius, B. pansoma, C. berrioks, C. yellionuis, L. clearensis, S. vinensis, T.boforna and T.florus uprooting polyphs for their roots ,eating its seeds and leaves simply eating them whole. When digging in the soils they can cause holes and get filled up by rain water this helps them as they need water soaked onto their skin and it also gives a potential breeding spot. These holes and craters they create when digging for roots cause parts of zone C to be a temporary marshes for amphibians to live in. They dig by using its tusks and its head acting as a shovel to dig up the soil to create craters and path ways of muddy soil. Their pigments range from a muddy pigment or shades of green.
When breeding many herd into one area during autumn and males battle and ram at each other for a mate. Males would wrestle with their tusk and sometimes breaking their tusk as it shows strengths to the females. Once the female accepts a male they mate in a puddles laying up to 60-100eggs, only 2-8 survive, and leave them until they hatch in about 2-5 days. Young hatch with small gills in their larvae form and can fend for themselves. They will cannibalize each others to get bigger and develop terrestrial capabilities. They would lose their gills in 2 days due to cannibalism causing rapid growth. They reach maturity about a year after exiting the water.