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Appearance: They are very sleek and muscular in appearance. Their head includes a short face, tusk-like horns, whiskers, and round tufted ears. They have strong jaws with bone-crushing teeth and long canine fangs. The fangs and horns grow continuously in their life. They have cheek pouches like a hamster, which allow them to gather up food for storage. Their face resembles a mask as dark brown and black hair surrounding their large eyes. They vertically-slit pupils that make it easier for them to navigate and forage in the dark. Their fluffy muscular neck supports their head. Their body has a large, deeply descending rib cage and sloping back with quills. They have dense fur and tough but sensitive skin. The length and quality of the pelage vary with the season. Under the skin is a layer of fat, or blubber, to keep warm in the cold water. This body is carried by long muscular legs. They have large, webbed, and padded paws. Its wrists can rotate, which also contributes to a greater

Arthrolepis Appearance: Their beak is as strong as mandibles and can break metal. Their proboscis-like tongue helps them drink nectar and other liquids. They are capable of trophallaxis and also have a crop to store food. The beak is short, curved, downward-facing, and typically hooked at the tip for gripping and tearing its prey. They have double-hinged jaws and flexible skulls with paired fenestrae, which are associated with a forked tongue. These are long, sharp, spherical teeth, specialized for crushing, with serrated edges on the sides. Replacement teeth are developed within a pit inside the roots of the original tooth called the resorption pit. They have thecodont dentition and are polyphyodonts. Their exoskeleton is covered by a mixed layer of skin, and seta. The exoskeleton itself is made of two layers: a bottom laminate composite of parallel collagen fibrils arranged in a Bouligand-like pattern and a top layer of chitin that is extremely hard to break and bulletproof.