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Introduction

Our species is called the ‘Jecsew’ which is all of our names combined. It’s features could be mistaken as a wolf but its body is shorter and fatter. It evolved from wolf in the forest of Tsarabanjina Island in Madagascar because of a natural disaster that wiped out the wolf’s food supply (rabbits and snakes). It has tusks to protect itself from any organism that gets in their way and helps bite down onto the animal it has hunted, or just digging things from the ground. Its tail is the same length as the animal and it’s feathered out like a bird’s wing.

Etymology (origin) and Definition

The Jecsew is from an island in Madagascar that no one really knows about, the Tsarabanjina Island. In 1994, BBC Reality TV programmed a show called GIrl Friday, which featured a woman named Joanna Lumley spending 10 days on the island, in which the Jecsew is first discovered.

History and Evolution

i. Environmental trends that lead to survival

They onced lived freely out in the forest, but ever since the natural disaster that happened (a tornado) it’s too scared to live out there again, so they use their tusks to dig an underground home big enough for them. They mainly build underground homes for them around the roots of trees. Though its tail resembles a bird’s wing, it does not give them the ability to fly. However, when the Jecsew waves it back and forth (like a dog does when it’s excited) it helps them walk/run faster away from any natural disasters or its prey.

''ii. Characteristics, attributes, and adaptations''

Calm and content when unthreatened. Extremely aggressive when threatened. Will protect similarly strengthened animals, such as bears, if they feel it is necessary (they have big hearts).

Habitat and Population

i. Familial structure

It’s species is rare, which makes it an endangered species and can only be found in Tsarabanjina, where it came from, an island from Magascar. There are about 6,000 known to exist, all in which remain in Tsarabanjina.

Biology

i. Anatomy and physiology Tusks: used for biting into things it’s normal teeth isn’t strong enough and for digging. Tail: When wagging back and forth, helps them walk/run faster Brown or white in color (Brown during the summer/spring, white during fall/winter) Mammal Resembles wolf slightly

''iii. Diet''

Meat, fish, seaweed, sometimes plants

Impact on the Earth

The Jecsew eats the seaweed and keeps it from overpopulating and keeps the fish population in order as well. It also eats the occasional deer if one is injured nearby.