Donder (SciiFii)

The donder (Megalomacropus bipoda) is a species of caviomorph rodent that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced to the newly formed deserts and scrublands of Azores archipelago to help boost biodiversity. The donders are most closely related to the guinea pigs and capybaras, but they fill the similar ecological niches to donkeys of the mainland, being a herbivore that primarily feeds on hardy desert plants and regularly shed their winter coats to cope with the warmer seasons in the more temperate areas, while they have short fur year-round in the subtropical areas. The donders are rather large rodents and among the largest rodents, with the length of about 16 feet (4.8 meters) long, including its tail, and weighs about 120-140 kilograms (264-308 lbs) on average. The donders are very similar to bipedal non-avian dinosaurs in build and locomotion, so it is not uncommon for people to mistake them for dinosaurs. The vocalizations of the donders includes high-pitched brays, rumbles, and growls, giving them the vocals very similar to an elk (Cervus canadensis), but slightly deeper in tone. The donders are social herd-dwellers that usually lives in groups of up to around 50 individuals at a time. The conservation status of the donder is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the donder's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities. Despite being wild animals, the donders are surprisingly tame and docile around humans, and they make good animals for petting zoos due to their tolerance to loud and artificial noises, along with constant petting and their varied diet that includes common petting zoo foods available for the non-human animals.