Savanna Nyemanguelio

Originate from Eastern Arrernte word: nyemale akngwelye, which means wolf rat. In Spanish was Nyémangüelio and in Scots Gaelic was Niemánh-bhàlio.

The Savanna Nyemanguelio is generally a wolf-like marsupial that resembles a wolf, thylacine, and fox with peach skin, white and coarse gold fur which is now dustproof, and hazel eyes.

However, unlike coyotes, marsupials occupied the ecological niche that was only ordered by the alpha male to hunt in big groups. But rather than being vast packs of wolves, they are better defined as family-based units. In order to protect their territory, hunt food, and tend to the young, these antechinuses in the pack cooperate.

All Nyemanguelio species are strictly omnivorous, feeding on small to medium-sized mammals like wallabies, possums, wombats, marmots, beavers, capybaras, pacas, alpacas, snakes, lizards, deer, sheep, goats, antelopes, and birds. They also occasionally scavenge berries to spread seeds when they drop their droppings.

Prior to the arrival of placentals and monotremes, all Nyemanguelio species played the role of meso-predators in the ecosystem, controlling the numbers of herbivores and smaller animals. In order to outcompete them, the early European settlers introduced both placentals and monotremes.

Reproduction

The timing of the breeding season differs between species and also with the location of populations. The breeding season is from July to September, moving to the south in late January through March. The Nyemanguelios are pregnant for about 70 days and usually birth one to five pups. Like their ancestors, they do not have a complete pouch as in other marsupials but simply a flap of skin covering the teats. Both older males and older females die off because of an increase in free corticosteroids in the blood from birth. Much like antechinuses, torpor is a periodic lowering of body temperature and metabolic rate to reduce energy consumption in their own dens.

Breeding season:

• Likely spring to autumn (July–September).

Gestation:

• Very short (~30–50 days, unlike other marsupials).

Litter size:

• Up 1 to 5 young, developing in the pouch for about 5 months.

Pouch life:

• After leaving the pouch, the young stayed in the den or followed the mother.

Parental care:

• Female provided all care.

• Reached sexual maturity at ~5 years.

Lifespan:

• Around 5–20 years in the wild; up to 35 in captivity.

Although they won't chase survivors directly, the Nyemanguelios will kill them if they come upon them. These marsupials still have predatory inclinations and can be unpredictable and dangerous. Because antechinus wolves are inherently fearful of humans, it is best to keep a respectful distance and never feed them to avoid disturbing them.

Because they brought in "angels" or "fairies" from another world called Everrealm, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Samaritans, Medjay, Saracens, Africans, and Native Americans all hate them, claiming that they are not true wolves or free-ranging dogs that always kill human children and both wild and agricultural animals.

The Savanna Nyemanguelio was native to the desert and dry grasslands of the Eastern Continent in Sawintir. Long ago, the Sawintiran fairies introduced this species, which has since spread to MENA region and North America with xeric shrublands and sand dunes and dry grasslands.

• Movement Pattern: Nomadic

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Unspecific

• Population: 70,000

• Locomotion: Terrestrial

• Habitat: Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands, Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Fallow Airbase; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain.

• Earth: 

  • Extant, Vagrant, & Introduced (Resident): Albania; Andorra; Angola; Australia; France; India; Lebanon; Morocco; Portugal; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; Spain; United States

• Sawintir/Everrealm: 

  • Extant (Resident): ???

Compared to St. Bernards, Labrador retrievers, coyotes, and goats, the Nyemanguelio was more suited for riding newborns and, like wolves, could be trained by being fed raw meat or raw fish provided by the survivor.

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