Pengoon

Name:  Pengoon
Binomial Nomenclature:  [i]Formidonis mare volator[/i] (Terror Sea Fowl)
Notes:  A primitive form of penguin, the Pengoon is a large animal.  Though carnivorous, their preferred food is fish, but they aren't ones to turn down any meat.  Rather surprising for animals of their size and bulk, Pengoon are actually pretty decent swimmers and use their penguin-like body shape to speed through the water after their prey.
Like most other penguins, Pengoon prefer artic conditions and, while they can live on ice thick enough to support them, they prefer living on frozen polar continents.  Native and colonizing populations, including human groups like modern Eskimos, that prefer to keep a less technological life style, are known to tame these massive, flightless birds for use as mounts to go hunting on.
The experts can't agree on how Pengoons are so spread out on so many different worlds, but some theorize the Preservers had something to do with it.
Category:Species