Alligandors

The Alligandor, native to Cardassia, are an endangered marine species. They are based off the Terran "Mammalodon" which is an extinct genus of whale. It is an early baleen whale which still had teeth, as opposed to baleen plaets. It is one of two genera in the family Mammalodontidae.
An alligandor has a length of about 7-10 feet depending on the gender. It has a short face with only one or two incisors and the lateral rim of the internal auditor meatus was lengthened towards the brain case. They have well-developed teeth. It is unable to filter plankton from the water making it's diet mostly small fish. Some are known to be bottom feeders, scrounging up organisms from the sea floor.
*Etti Tobel has worked with them before on a marine ecological project in conjunction with the University of Bajor.
*Afon Makla, in collaboration with Dr. Tobel, brought them to the Cardassian Nature Conservation park.
*Seltan Lemec's wife, a marine biologist, was killed when attacked by one during her research, prompting the alligandor to be a beautiful but dangerous creature.
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