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Tim Morris asked me if I could create a giant future rodent or lagomorph for #Spectember and I decided I wanted to make it a high-browsing two-ton descendant of maras, which are sort of lagomorph-mimic rodents. It is descended from antelope-like cursorial hoofed Post-Anthropocalypse maras but is gradually evolving into a giant comparable to Paraceratherium and the sauropods. Males develop a large bony bump covered in cornified skin on the forehead which they use to bash each other during the mating season.

In September 2020 I decided to start a new monthly drawing challenge and launched #Spectember, a free-for-all month of speculative evolution creations. This is one of the many works that resulted.

Description
Tim Morris asked me if I could create a giant future rodent or lagomorph for #Spectember and I decided I wanted to make it a high-browsing two-ton descendant of maras, which are sort of lagomorph-mimic rodents. It is descended from antelope-like cursorial hoofed Post-Anthropocalypse maras but is gradually evolving into a giant comparable to Paraceratherium and the sauropods. Males develop a large bony bump covered in cornified skin on the forehead which they use to bash each other during the mating season.

In September 2020 I decided to start a new monthly drawing challenge and launched #Spectember, a free-for-all month of speculative evolution creations. This is one of the many works that resulted.