Dinictus

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Dinictus

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Author: Moondawg

Keywords: extinct animals

Release Date: October 31, 2008

Current DinictusMD_2008.ztd dated 31 October 2008

Size : File Size: 5.07mb

Compatibility : All Game Versions

Description : Dinictis was a member of the Nimravid family, also known as "false saber-toothed cats". It had a sleek body (1.1 m. long), short legs (0.6 m. high) with only incompletely retractable claws, powerful jaws, and a long tail.
It was very similar to its close relative, Hoplophoneus. The shape of its skull is reminiscent of a felid skull rather than of the extremely short skull of the Machairodontinae. Compared with those of the more recent machairodonts, its upper canines were relatively small, but they nevertheless distinctly protruded from its mouth. Below the tips of the canines its lower jaw spread out in the form of a lobe.

Dinictis walked plantigrade (flat-footed), unlike modern felids. It looked like a small leopard and evidently its mode of life was similar to that of a leopard. It was probably not so particular about its food as its descendants, since reduction of the teeth was still in the early stages and Dinictis had not forgotten how to chew. Despite this, in its own environment it would have been a powerful predator.

It lived in the plains of North America around 40 million years ago in the late Eocene and early Oligocene. Fossils were found in Saskatchewan in Canada, and Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Oregon in the United States. Dinictis likely evolved from an early Miacis-like ancestor which lived in the Paleocene.

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Additional info:

DinictusMD_2008.ztd                                      uca: A7B2DE28 dated 30 October 2008

Results From Configuration Checking:

a7b2de28.uca date: Thu Oct 30 23:22:42 2008
No Errors or Warnings to show.
Animal Type: A7B2DE28

Dinictis

It had a sleek body (1.1 m. long), short legs (0.6 m. high) with only
incompletely retractable claws, powerful jaws, and a long tail. It was very
similar to its close relative, Hoplophoneus. The shape of its skull is
reminiscent of a felid skull rather than of the extremely short skull of the
Machairodontinae. Compared with those of the more recent machairodonts, its
upper canines were relatively small, but they nevertheless distinctly
protruded from its mouth. Below the tips of the canines its lower jaw spread
out in the form of a lobe.
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Animal Characteristics:

Habitat: Tundra; Location: North America; Era: Ice Age
Minimum happiness needed for chance of breeding: 96.
Preferred shelter: Snowy Rock Cave.
Animal can jump.
Animal can climb cliffs.
Cannot be used in original Zoo Tycoon: cKeeperFoodType (7) is not 0 to 5.

Exhibit Preferences:

Foliage:
Bamboo, Western Larch Tree, Paper Birch Tree, Himalayan Birch Tree
Western Juniper Tree, Himalayan Pine Tree, Sage Bush, Arctic Birch Tree (DD)
Arctic Grass (DD), Arctic Bush (DD)

Rocks:
Large Rock, Small Rock - Medium, Small Rock - Small
Small Snowy Rock - Medium, Small Snowy Rock - Small
Large Snowy Rock - Medium, Large Snowy Rock - Large, Highland Rock - Large
Medium Highland Rock (DD)

Other specifically liked items:
Snowy Rock - Formation

Exhibit Construction:

Number of animals allowed per exhibit: 3-5 with 50 squares for each adult.

Exhibit size (for 3 adults): 150 grid squares

Terrain (for exhibit with 150 grid squares):
119 Gray Stone, 8 Brown Stone, 15 Snow, 8 Fresh Water

Foliage (for exhibit with 150 grid squares):
9 grid squares should contain foliage.
Foliage that would give the most happiness: Arctic Bush (DD)
Since this is a small plant, greatest happiness will occur
if each of the 9 grid squares contains 4 of this plant.

Rocks (for exhibit with 150 grid squares):
24 Small Snowy Rock - Small, which is its most liked rock.

Elevation: Of the 150 squares, 8 nonadjacent squares should be elevated.