Carnotaurus V3 (SciiFii)

Carnotaurus diablo (name meaning "meat-eating bull devil") is a species of large carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur that originally lived in what is now South America during the Late Cretaceous period, between about 72 and 69.9 million years ago, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and, unlike SciiFii's first (re)created Carnotaurus species, has been introduced throughout the modern open woodlands, grasslands, shrublands, and open woodlands across North America to help boost biodiversity and to help regulate modern populations of sauropods and ornithopods. Carnotaurus diablo is a moderately built, bipedal predator, measuring 7.5 to 9 meters (24.6 to 29.5 feet) in length and weighing about 1.65 metric tons (1.62 long tons; 1.81 short tons), heavier than Carnotaurus tigris due to having thicker blubber to protect the animal against colder temperatures. As a theropod, Carnotaurus diablo is highly specialized and distinctive. It has thick horns above the eyes, a feature unseen in most other carnivorous dinosaurs, and a very deep skull sitting on a muscular neck. Carnotaurus diablo is further characterized by small, vestigial forelimbs and long, slender hindlimbs. Carnotaurus diablo is covered in thick scaly skin and is protected from other similar-sized and smaller predators by thick circular armor that covers its neck, torso, and tail. The distinctive horns and the muscular neck are normally used in fighting conspecifics and/or for rivals that combate each other with quick head blows, either by slow pushes with the upper sides of their skulls, and/or by ramming each other head-on, using their horns as shock absorbers. Carnotaurus diablo is known to hunt down some of the very large prey such as sauropods, but normally, due to the build of the animal and filling the similar ecological niche to native modern cheetahs, Carnotaurus diablo normally preys on relatively smaller, faster animals and may even feed on carrion. Despite being a carnivore, it does not prey on mammalian prey (most likely due to genetic engineering by SciiFii's scientists). Carnotaurus diablo is well adapted for running and is one of the fastest large non-avian theropods. Carnotaurus diablo is a solitary animal throughout its life unless it is breeding season or if it has a mate and/or young. The conservation status of Carnotaurus diablo is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the animal's wide range.
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