Caedicenos

Caedicenos darwini

Caedicenos is a genus of meduim-large Ambulospeculida decedents native to the eastern continent (insert name of continent here). Despite Caedicenos meaning "blood eater" these animals are actually "herbivorous", feeding off of bone trees and other similar "plant" life. They get their name due to a particular kind of "fruit" which is entirely blood red, juices and all.
These animals use their front limbs for defense against predators and for territorial bouts. They also use them when feeding from bone trees, rotating their wrists in a horizontal position to hold onto as well as support themselves, allowing them to reach to a higher positions. They then send out their long specially modified proboscis to grab onto a fruit or other "plant" based material, pull it down towards the mouth, crush it with their "beak", then pour whatever is left into the mouth, discarding any unwanted material.
Their are 5 currently known species of Caedicenos known.

C.darwini was the first of the 5 species of Caedicenos and the second largest discovered on Wallace II. C.darwini are herd animals, living in large groups averaging from 20-40 members with the largest known herd being around 60 individuals. C.darwini have the widest range of diet of all Caedicenos species, being able to eat not just "fruits" and "branches" of bone trees but also eat "grasses", "Bark" from bone trees and will even chase down the many mobile "plants" of Wallace II.

C.darwini are also the most adaptable of any Caedicenos species being content in forest, jungle, savanna, desert and even coastal environments, supplementing their diet with aquatic "plants". They main reason as to their small range is due to competition with C.eremus which dominate the central desert/savanna of the continent.

C.eremus is the only species of Caedicenos primarily adapted to desert/savanna life and is the main reason for C.darwini's small range due to the fierce competition between the two species. C.eremus tend to live in smaller herds then C.darwini or C.australis, averaging at around 15-30 individuals. C.eremus have developed a shorter snout to make crushing the tougher "plants" of their environment easier. Their neck is also shorter to allow easier grazing.

C.australis is the most southern species of Caedicenos and known to live in the largest of herds, ranging on average from 50-100 individuals. Their populations however are quite scattered due to heavy predation and competition and are loosing numbers quickly with the least amount of known herds of all Caedicenos species. Their diet is not much different then C.eremus.

C.gigantus is the largest and most widespread species of Caedicenos known on Wallace II. Inhabiting forest/jungle environments, C.gigantus feed on primary from bone trees and rarely graze. They are also the only solitary species known, only congregation together during the mating season. The only exception being a mother with calves.

C.pumilio is the smallest known species as well as the only species found off of the mainland, native to the largest island located west of the most northern coast. C.pumilio live in groups ranging from 20-30 individuals on average, living in the most dense part of the jungles/forests, feeding on fallen "fruits".