Howler
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Name:
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Aligerattus bombus
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Abilities and Weapons:
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flight, teeth, claws
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Occupation:
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Pursuit micropredator
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Home:
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Skull Island
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First Appearance:
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"The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island" (from 2005)
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Diet:
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Carnivore (volucerictids, birds, insects, lizards)
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Size:
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Wingspan: 1.2-1.5 meters
Weight Estimated: 750-900 grams |
Status:
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Fled Skull Islands demise
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The Howler, Aligerattus bombus ("booming winged-rat"), is a medium-sized, megabat-like volucerictid with pterosaur-like wings from the jungles of Skull Island. It has a 4-5 foot wingspan (1.2-1.5 meters).
Facts[]
Primarily dominating the skies of Skull Island are not birds, but flying rodents. While the most impressive of these live in the uplands, the lowland jungle is haunted by the eerie shrieks of the smaller howlers, shaggy aerial predators with leathery wings and sharpened teeth.
Their bulbous eyes are keen, able to pierce the obscuring dark beneath the canopy where they hunt birds, smaller mammals (like Skull Island rats), large insects and lizards. A particular favorite is the Skull Island white bat, which the howlers tear from their roosts during the day or catch on the wing at dusk.
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Trivia[]
- Like most flying creatures, it is highly likely that the flying rodents survived the sinking of Skull Island without human intervention.