Macroterra - The World Of Bilbies



(10 Million Years P.E.)



With the Bilbies taking over the planet as Macroterras dominant animals, dominant herbivores where bound to evolve eventually.

2 families specifically have emerged by the 10 million year mark that would pick up the niches of herbivory.



The Womnats (Family: Pastiocomyidae) are descendants of the Grassbiter and are one of the most succesful Marsupials of this time. They occupy the niche of large scale grazers, they are equipped with broad molars attached to a very moveable lower jaw and a complex multi chambered stomach, to consume high ammounts of grasses as efficiently as possible.

Considering that the ancestral bunny-like hop of the Bilby doesnt work that well for a large scale animal, they have re-evolved a proper quadrupedal walk with the help of straightened legs.



The Tuffed Womnat (Lanugocauda Magnus) Is currently the largest member of Its family and maybe even the largest Bilby on the planet as a whole. They are found on pretty much every corner of the super continent, safe for the tundras and desert of course, however It has family members living In these regions.



But there Is another group of herbivores that have achieved quite the success, the Dharuby´s (Family: Pseudomacropotidae).

Even though these creatures are herbivores, they are descendants of the oppurtunistic Hoppers. Considering that herbivore niches werent wildly occupied during the early days of the Incipiocene, these bipedal bouncers would fill the holes left by the Grassbiters and their descendants.



One Of the most common Dharuby species Is the Grey-Speckled Dharuby (Pseudomacropod Griseo). These larger Dharuby´s live as low browsers of bushes and shrubs, avoiding competition with the Womnats.



However there are much smaller Dharuby´s that avoid competetion with the Womnats In another way, like the Cottontail Bunneby (Byssumcauda Faunus).

These little critters have taken some more notes from their omnivorous ancestors, as these little creatures are quite the oppurtunistic herbivores. 

They eat whatever Is avaible to them, grasses, leafs, roots, vegetables, fallen fruits, seeds and even edible fungi are on the menu.

-Eat ur Veggies! - Herbivores Of The Middle Incipiocene- (Seedworld)