Dugtrio (SciiFii)

A dugtrio (Megalagurus pokevus) is a species of Arvicolinae rodent that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii due to the demand for Pokémon-like animals as pets. However, due to pet releases by careless pet owners, the dugtrios can be found throughout the mainland Africa, Eurasia, and Americas. A dugtrio is a small rodent resembling a mouse when young but developing a stouter body, a slightly rounder head with smaller ears and eyes and a shorter, hairy tail. The adult head and body length varies between 3.25 and 4.75 inches (83 and 121 mm) and the tail ranges from 1.5 to 3 inches (38 to 76 mm). The weight is between 15.4 and 36 grams (0.54 and 1.27 oz). A dugtrio is active by day and also at night. It does not hibernate in winter. It excavates long, shallow branching burrows with multiple exits, sometimes tunnelling along beneath the leaf litter. It gathers and stores food underground and makes a nest with moss, dry grasses and leaves close to the surface or even above ground. It is in general quite bold but is also very alert to the cries of other animals such as tits (bird) warning of aerial predators. A dugtrio is an omnivore that can feed on some vegetation, but usually it hunts for small insects, worms, and other small prey. The natural habitat of a dugtrio includes deserts, scrublands, grasslands, open woodlands, forests, and man-made fields. The breeding season lasts from late April to September. Females appear to prefer dominant males and may actively avoid other vagrant males. The gestation period averages 21 days, being longer if the female is still lactating from a previous litter. A litter can be around 4-6 pups, but females giving birth around eight to ten pups are not uncommon. Unlike the closely-related digletts, dugtrios are social animals that live in colonies/herds in a manner similar to some other social burrowing rodents such as mole rats. Within the groups, dugrtios work closely together with two other dugtrios, starting a myth that each dugtrio consists of three heads. The conservation status of a dugtrio is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, a dugtrio's wide range, and its tolerance to some habitat loss by humans, allowing it to live in man-made fields and other open-spaced artificial habitats.