Mordos

Mordos are flying, bat-like, Fanged Beast that were first introduced in Monster Hunter: Evolution.

Physiology
Mordos are medium sized bat-like monsters that are covered in a dark, hairless, wrinkly hide. These monsters possess large bat-like wings that have a red membranous skin and claws. Their hindlimbs possess five toed rat-like feet that have large hooked talons. Their skulls possess large fangs and are reminiscent in shape to a naked mole rats with large ears.

Behavior
Mordos are known to patrol their territories from the air, when they spot prey they will attack them with powerful divebombs. When not patrolling, they are known to roost in cave-like nests.

Abilities
Unusually for a Fanged Beast, Mordos is capable of powered flight. They are capable of slamming into foes with their robust bodies which can stun hunters and smaller prey, they are capable of grabbing and dropping stunned foes from the air to deal damage.

Taxonomy
Mordos is one of the few species of truly flight capable fanged beasts. Despite being known as the bat ape beast, Mordos are not related to primates or chiropterans and are actually a type of flying rodents.
 * Kingdom: Animalia
 * Phylum: Chordata
 * Clade: Euarchontoglires
 * Order: Rodentia
 * Family: Heterocephalidae
 * Subfamily: Volucerattinae
 * Tribe: Mordini
 * Genus: Mordos
 * Species: M. obscenu

Habitat Range
Mordos are known to inhabit environments rich in bioenergy, they are usually found inhabiting locales such as the Elders Recess, Rotten Vale, Heartlands and Underhive.

Ecological Niche
Mordos are small predatory monsters that are easily capable of preying upon smaller herbivores and endemic life. Despite being fearsome predators, Mordos commonly fall prey to large predators such as flying wyverns and elder dragons.

Biological Adaptations
Mordos have evolved powerful wing muscles and hook-like claws that allow them to pin down and carry prey to their dens. Their powerful jaws and fangs allow them to gnaw on bones to reach the nutrient rich marrow. Mordos are a eusocial and only the alpha females are capable of reproducing.

Behavior
Mordos are highly aggressive, and anyone trespassing on lands they have claimed will be met with opposition. They are known to be hostile to hunters who they will attack on sight and are known to flee from much larger predatory monsters but are also known for targeting hunters during bigger hunts.

Trivia

 * These monsters are inspired by naked mole rats and vampire bats.