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The kûmap-flol (dust horn) was a species of flol that lived in the territories of Akye, Dove, and Frauji. Adults stood at just over a meter tall and just under 100 kilograms. Kûmap-flol had the distinctive features of three-toed hooves, sharp long ears, and bloated nostrils. They only had one horn, which would grow larger and sharper as they aged and end in a triangular fashion.
Kûmap-flol originally lived in very large herds, but as Eavon infrastructure drove away predators, their numbers exploded and became invasive species in several regions. Kûmap-flol were one of the most commonly hunted game animals during the 5th and 6th Dispensations by the Eavons. As the Eavonian Confederation collapsed, the kûmap-flol population dwindled as the humans killed as many as they could to avoid starvation. Following the Solstice War, the kûmap-flol numbers rose but they adapted a more solitary lifestyle.
Cousins to the kûmap-flol were the yol-flol (sword horn), a species of mountain dwellers from Trinity and northern parts of Casdon in Frauji. These creatures were thinner but taller than kûmap-flol and had significantly more functional horns from where they got their name. The horns of male yol-flol could be up to 70 centimeters long and were bright orange in color. The fur on the chest of males was also this bright orange color while the rest of their fur was a shadowy ash color to help them blend in with their volcanic environment.
Zhāng also hunted for flol, but they preferred insect and parthopod meat in their diet. Flol refers to any cloven-hoofed mammals such as cattle, yaks, bison, buffalo, antelopes, sheep and goats. These are commonly domesticated and farmed animals, very few wild species such as the kûmap-flol to be found in the later Confederation until after the Solstice War. Flol meat was more favored than poultry in many parts of the Confederation, used for steaks, stew, roasts, fried food, and kebabs.