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Eynlif

Climate: Arid Tropical
Terrain: Stone/Soil
Organization: Individual
Activity Cycle: Herbaceous perennial
Diet: -
Size: 15-30cm mature

Habitat: Eynlif are small, hardy perennials that inhabit dry and rocky terrain where there is little competition among plantlife. They may take root in in sandy or stony soil but tend to survive longer and grow larger when they take root in porous or sedimentary stone, where more moisture is likely to condense. These habitats generally fall along the transitional biomes between the Sobaki Sands and more hospitable lands such as the Eyniletti Plains, but specimens have been found in high rock formations in the deep wastes of the Greater Sobaki Desert.

Ecology: Eynlif are a succulent eudicot that generally flower once annually and rely on abiotic reproduction. The bloom is is pale yellow, 3-9cm in diameter, with a single prominent stamen and six thinner carpels surrounding. The bloom generally lasts 6-14 days, with the flower relying on the varied tradewinds that cross Coricia for anemophily. The plant is typically found in isolation, though colonies are occasionally observed.

Characteristics: Eynlif flesh is pale grey-green in color, with juvenile plants exhibiting fine trichomes which diminish after 2-3 summers. The succulent leaves are roughly trapezoidal and are arranged in a spiral phyllotaxis which may have evolved as an efficient means of funneling moisture downward toward the root stalk. In addition to mineral salts, the leaves themselves contain phenethylamide alkaloids which bear psychotropic properties that have been utilized by Starkmanir (and later Vherokior) shamans for many generations.

[Nissui]

Please fee free to add any plant or animal life you have written into your fiction or roleplay, provided it is native to the Minmatar homeworlds. It is not a strict format, though if you have a better one I may steal it in future edits.

I also have no botany or zoology background, so pointing out obvious errors would be helpful.

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Thokfa

Climate: Taiga
Terrain: Grasslands
Organization: Herd
Activity Cycle: Diurnal
Diet: Herbivorous
Size: 110-150cm, 60-120kg mature

Habitat: Thokfa are long-legged herd animals that roam the broken steppes and boggy plains of Mikramurka. They are very cold-hardy due in part to their heavy double-coat of dark wool, and so have little difficulty wintering in spite of long freezes. Females and young generally roam in groups ranging from 10-200, moving between feeding and watering grounds, while males remain solitary except during the breeding seasons in midwinter and midsummer. They are able to survive on little vegetation through the months of low temperature and thanks to healthy fat stores.

Ecology: Thokfa are a large, fluke-tailed ungulate of the even-toed variety. They utilize a dual-stomach ruminant digestive system to ferment and break down the hardy grasses and tallgrasses of their native steppes. Females tend to give birth to single live young and travel together in extended familial groups, with males leaving these herds when they reach maturity during their second year. Both males and females grow a pair of horns connected by a vestigial crest once they reach adolescence: female horns are straight and reach lengths of up to 20cm, while male horns are heavily ridged and arc backward, reaching lengths of up to 110cm.

Characteristics: Thokfa are born black, though their wool begins to fade to a smoky grey after their first shed. Mature males develop a mane which remains black through adulthood, though it too will grey when the male is no longer able to rut. They are a vociferous species, known to have a wide variety of distinct vocal calls (with over 110 being catalogued), some of which reach almost 100db. It is thought that this adaptation was a result of the muffling effect of heavy snow and tall grasses where audible communication over great distances might be necessary. Due to the fact that they are so hardy, and to the fact that they require no shearing, they have been an essential livestock for the Sebiestor since the recording of Matari history.