Marcot's beast

The Marcot's beast is a rather rare sight to behold. Reaching heights of 9.6 feet, The Marcot's beast can scale the highest of trees and rocks. The Marcot's beast resembles that of a large wolf on its hind legs.

Origins and reproduction: As most mammals do, the Marcot's beast gives birth to live young. They do not create any form of a den or burrow, which suggests that the Marcot's beasts' young are able to hunt as soon as they can walk, hence making a den obsolete. This leaves us with little useful information on their origns.

Behavior: The Marcot's beast is an extremely agressive species, known for attacking anything it deems a worthy target. The Marcot's beast will usually hunt in packs of up to 5 adults, however, there are occasions where Marcot's beasts will cast out certain members of the pack, causing them to become solo hunters. There is no current explanation for this, but it can be assumed this is due to a pack being too large to sustain all of the members. The second theory is that if an alpha is defeated by a rival, he will be cast out by the others. The Marcot's beast is also a very social predator, they possess high intelligence as well. The specimens in captivity have repeatedly attempted to escape by climbing the walls of the containment cells. When this failed, they began calling the pack to aid them by communicating through their howls and calls, prompting the staff to place muzzles on the captive specimens. The Marcot's beast is territorial, too. They will attack anything that travels through their territory, including boats passing their borders. There have been a total of 57 reported attacks, with 24 dying as a result. Half of them were caused by Marcot's beasts defending their territory. Caution is advised when traveling dark roads at night.

Date discovered: ☀REDACTED☀, by Doctor Ephialtes J. Marcot