Size Diet: Omnivore : Small (25 in/20 lbs) Pygmy Hog #1...

Pygmy HogPorcula salvania

Key Adaptations for Tournament:

2020MMM COMBATANT SCOUTING REPORTTiny Terrors Division

⎼ Habitat: Tall grass - India

⎼ Diet: Omnivore

⎼ Size: Small (25 in/20 lbs)

#1 Rank

● Males have tusks

● Females live in groups/males are solitary

● Dig shallow holes & cover them with grass to hide

Southern NingauiNingaui yvonneae


#16 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Dense vegetation - Australia

⎼ Diet: Insectivore⎼ Size: Tiny (3 in/.3 oz)


● Attack with their teeth & claws

● Will flee & hide in plants/burrows when threatened


Finlayson's SquirrelCallosciurus finlaysonii


#8 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Forests - Indochina

⎼ Diet: Herbivore/Insectivore

⎼ Size: Small (8 in/10 oz)


● Fights with teeth & claws

● Sounds alarm calls when enemies are around

● Will flee into trees when threatened


KowariDasyuroides byrnei


#9 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Grassland/desert - Australia

⎼ Diet: Carnivore



● Fights with teeth & claws

● Have excellent hearing

● Very good at climbing; can jump vertically up to 18 inches.


KodkodLeopardus guigna


#5 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Coastal Forests - Chile

⎼ Diet: Carnivores

⎼ Size: Small (like a small cat)


● Stalks prey & ambushes them

● Climbs in trees to escape when threatened

● Excellent sight, hearing, & sense of smell


Least ChipmunkNeotamias minimus


#12 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Boreal & Temperate Forests - North America

⎼ Diet: Herbivore

⎼ Size: Tiny (9 in/2 oz)


● Very territorial

● Excellent climbers

● Build nests & burrows


Tree HyraxDendrohyrax dorsalis


#4 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Rainforest - Africa

⎼ Diet: Herbivore

⎼ Size: Small (20 in/5 lbs)


● Good climbers

● Clumsy on the ground; stays in trees to avoid ground predators

● Known for a shrieking call to establish territory


Bank VoleMyodes glareolus


#13 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Woodlands - Northern Europe

⎼ Diet: Herbivore

⎼ Size: Tiny (4 in/.5 oz)


● Creates underground tunnels● Can climb well● Active but wary of predators; listens for warning calls of

other species


Island FoxUrocyon littoralis


#6 Rank

⎼ Habitat: Channel Islands - California

⎼ Diet: Carnivore

⎼ Size: Small (1 ft/5 lbs)


● Good sense of smell

● Only carnivore unique to California

● Hunt at night to avoid predators


Gray-bellied CaenolestidCaenolestes caniventer


#11 Rank


● Live on the ground but are good climbers

● Tunnel under tree roots to get around

● Poor eyesight

⎼ Habitat: Subtropical forests - Ecuador

⎼ Diet: Omnivore

⎼ Size: Small (10 in/1.4 oz)


Raccoon DogNyctereutes procyonoides


#3 Rank


● Curved claws, good for climbing & holding prey

● Live in pairs or small groups

● Nocturnal

⎼ Habitat: Forest - Eastern Asia

⎼ Diet: Carnivore



Northern Short-tailed ShrewBlarina brevicauda


#14 Rank


● Dig tunnels to travel

● Can paralyze large animals with its neurotoxic venom

● Cannibalism is not uncommon if they are hungry enough

⎼ Habitat: Forest/Marsh - North America

⎼ Diet: Insectivore

⎼ Size: Tiny (3 in/1 oz)


Southern African HedgehogAtelerix frontalis


#7 Rank


● Will roll into a ball when threatened

● Usually slow but can move very quickly when threatened

⎼ Habitat: Grassy Areas - Southern Africa

⎼ Diet: Carnivore



Collared PikaOchotona collaris


#10 Rank


● Live in small holes in rock faces

● Won’t stray very far from home when foraging

● Chases away intruders on its territory; really likes being

alone

⎼ Habitat: Mountains - Alaska

⎼ Diet: Herbivore



PuduMapudungun püdü


#2 Rank


● Good sense of smell

● Very wary when eating

● Will jump, climb, & sprint in a zigzag pattern when fleeing

⎼ Habitat: Temperate rainforests - Chile

⎼ Diet: Herbivore



Seba’s Short-tailed BatCarollia perspicillata


#15 Rank


● Nocturnal

● Hunts by smell

● Will box other male bats

⎼ Habitat: Forest - Central & South America

⎼ Diet: Frugivore

⎼ Size: Small


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