Hyper-Carnivores Brought to Life : the Survival
Assuming we somehow become able to bring iconic mammalian 'carnivores' of the past(not only true carnivorans but meat eating taxa in general) back to life and they could manage and occupy their niches in the 21st century Eastern and Southern African wilderness(only places in the world where Pleistocene level megafauna is still being preserved), then which species do you think would become the most dominant competitor or would most likely survive the longest in the future? Here they are given a second chance to do so.
But then again, even African wilderness might not be able to support such a load of mega carnivores coming back to life only to compete for limited resourses, so let's suppose for the sake of simplicity, most present day carnivores weighing more than 65 lbs(c. 30 kg) are non existent in this parallel world.
Various factors such as body mass(larger size may ultimately work against the survival), social or not, hunting styles, dispatching speed, dietary flexibility, adaptability to open or closed environments, intelligence ...etc., must be crucial for consideration.
*Stats are not scientifically based at all. Each bodymass is only a crude estimation
:Locations:
Eastern and Southern African wilderness
:Time:
Present
:Species Resurrected:
Amphicyon giganteus
Amphicyonidae / Miocene Eurasia / possible solitary predator
Favorable habitat=
mixed Pack size= -
Bodymass 8
Hunting skill 7 (Style= Ambush hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 7
Sociality 4
Mobility 7
Strength 8
Dispatching speed 5
Dietary flexibility 3
Intelligence 7
Daeodon shoshonensis
Entelodontidae / Oligocene North America / solitary predator
Favorable habitat= open
Pack size= -
Bodymass 10
Hunting skill 4 (Style= Mixed hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 10
Sociality 0
Mobility 8
Strength 8
Dispatching speed 5
Dietary flexibility 6
Intelligence 3
Epicyon haydeni
Canidae / Miocene North America / pack predators
Favorable habitat= open
Pack size= large
Bodymass 4
Hunting skill 6 (Style= Pursuit hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 5
Sociality 10
Mobility 9
Strength 2
Dispatching speed 3
Dietary flexibility 3
Intelligence 8
Homotherium latidens
Felidae / Plio-Pleistocene Intercontinental / possible pack predators
Favorable habitat= open
Pack size= large
Bodymass 6
Hunting skill 9 (Style= Pursuit hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 2
Sociality 7
Mobility 10
Strength 6
Dispatching speed 8
Dietary flexibility 2
Intelligence 6
Panthera leo melanochaita
Felidae / Holocene Estern and Southern Africa / pack predators
Favorable habitat= mixed
Pack size= medium
Bodymass 7
Hunting skill 9 (Style= mixed hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 2
Sociality 9
Mobility 10
Strength 7
Dispatching speed 7
Dietary flexibility 2
Intelligence 7
Simbakubwa kutokaafrika
Hyaenodontidae / Miocene Africa / solitary predator
Favorable habitat= mixed
Pack size= -
Bodymass 9
Hunting skill 7 (Style= Mixed hunting)
Kleptoparasitic skill 8
Sociality 2
Mobility 7
Strength 7
Dispatching speed 5
Dietary flexibility 3
Intelligence 4
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