Toxodon hybrid (SciiFii)

The toxodon hybrid (Toxodon communis x Toxodon platensis) is a species of Central American mammal that originally lived in South America during the Late Miocene to early Holocene epochs (Mayoan to Lujanian in the SALMA classification, about 11.6 million to 11,000 years ago), as an extinct species of Toxodon and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii. The hybrid toxodons were originally in the now-abandoned zoos throughout the Caribbean Islands, but due to corruptions of the governments, the chaos spelled disaster for zoos in those islands, making some cities of the Caribbean Islands abandoned and left the zoos without any care, allowing some animals like toxodon hybrids to escape. Because of this event, the toxodon hybrids can be found throughout the rainforests, swamps, marshlands, and coastlines of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas. It is a member of Notoungulata, one of several orders of hoofed mammals indigenous to South America distinct from other perissodactyls and artiodactyls. It is among the largest of its order and is the largest ever Caribbean land mammals, about 2.7 meters (8 ft 10 in) in body length, with a weight up to 1,415 kg (3,120 lb) and a shoulder height of about 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) high at the shoulder, comparable in size to Toxodon platensis, although the descendants of toxodon hybrids may one day shrink throughout insular dwarfism due to some limited food sources. It has a very unusual gait, due to its peculiar proportions. It can gallop to escape predators, but like a rhino, it relies more on its size as protection against predators. Like other species of toxodons, the toxodon hybrids are pure herbivores, feeding primarily on grasses, leaves, shrubs, fruits, nuts, seeds, vegetables, grains, roots, tubers, wetland plants, and seaweed, thanks to this species' tolerance to saltwater similarly to sea turtles and marine mammals, unlike most other toxodons. The population trend of the toxodon hybrids is increasing due to abundant food sources (for now) and the lack of humans hunting them. 
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