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Horn Folk Temporal range: Chibanian to present
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Subkingdom:	Eumetazoa
Superphylum:	Deuterostomia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Magnorder:	Boreoeutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
(unranked):	Ungulata
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Cervidae
Subfamily:	Capreolinae
Tribe:	Cerverectini
Genus:	Rubraceros
Species:	R. sapiens
Binomial name
Rubraceros sapiens
Horn Folk range: West Siberian taiga plain (Ecoregion PA0611)
West Siberian taiga plain on a satellite map of North Asia

The Horn folk (Rubraceros Sapiens) is species of new world deer and is the only species in the tribe Cerverectini. They're distinct from other deers because of their bipedalism and quasi-hands. The species is endemic to the West Siberian Taiga, where it has lived for at least 100,000 years and has become well adapted to the harsh climate, although horn folk occur in both migratory and sedentary populations.

Horn folk are short-limbed, have a small, rounded head and a robust build. Their body is coated with a thick rust-colored fur which contributes to the short-limbed appearance. They also have crimson-colored curly hair which varies greatly in size and a ringed tail. Both males and females develop large antlers by early-mid spring, retaining them up until winter.

Description

Horn folk males stand around 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) and females 153 cm (5 ft 0 in) tall with a 75–95 cm (30–37 in) tail used to help with balancing. Horn folk weight an average of 80 kg (180 lb) for males and 66 kg (146 lb) for females. Most adult horn folk have flat, palmate ("open-hand shaped") antlers; much like mooses; coming out of their upper forehead and curving back above the head. Their skulls have a short and wide facial region and a voluminous braincase averaging about 1,450 cm3. The dentition—38 teeth with the dental formula:3.1.4.23.1.3.2—is adapted to their omnivorous diet, capable of consuming a wide variety of plant and animal material.

Horn folk have an area of black fur around the eyes, which blends with the surrounding rust coloring, assisting with camouflage. This dark mask may also reduce glare and thus enhance night vision, enabling individuals to be active during the mostly dark day.

Horn folk have many cold-specific adaptations, such as shorter limbs, a more robust build, specialised body-fat storage, enlarged paranasal sinuses to warm air, black skin to absorb as much heat as possible from the sun's rays, samoyed-like upturned mouths to prevent drooling and the formation of icicles and fur consistings of a layer of dense underfur and an outer layer of guard hairs. Their fur is highly resistant to the cold, enabling them to rest comfortably in open areas at −30 °C (−22 °F) by placing their muzzles between their arms and covering their faces with their tail.

Behavior

Social structure

Horn folk are a social animal. Its populations consist of packs and lone wolves, most lone individuals being temporarily alone while they disperse from packs to form their own or join another one. The horn folk's average pack size is of 10 to 30 individuals, with examples of exceptionally large packs consisting of up to 42 individuals being known. During times of food shortages, different packs may join together temporarily.

Although not territorial, horn folk are migratory and generally aspire for territorial expansion. Except out of desperation, horn folk tend to avoid settling on the fringes of their range to avoid fatal confrontations with neighbouring packs. Territorial fights are among the principal causes of horn folk mortality.

Communication

Horn folk are capable of complex articulate speech, comparable to modern humans. They are able to reproduce human languages with relative ease although the big evolutionary difference due to their similar throat structure.

Horn folk seem to have behavioural modernity.

Relationship with bees

Horn folk are known to have knowledge of apiculture and have domesticated bees for their honey. They mostly use campfires and pale clothing when doing this.

Taxonomy

Cervidae

Capreolinae Cerverectini Rubraceros sapiens (Horn folk) (Cervirectini) Odocoileini Rangiferina Reindeer or Caribou Odocoileina Brocket deer Odocoileus Blastocerina Marsh deer Pudu Hippocamelus Alceini Moose or Eurasian elk Capreolini Roe deer Water deer (New World deer) Cervinae Cervini Axis Rucervus Fallow deer Père David's deer Eld's deer Rusa Cervus ("true" deer) Muntiacini Tufted deer Muntjac (Old World deer)

(Deer)

Dodoi

Boreoeutheria Euarchontoglires   Glires   Rodentia  Lagomorpha Euarchonta  Scandentia Primatomorpha  Dermoptera  Primates  Haplorhini Simiiformes  Catarrhini   Hominoidea   Hominidae   Homininae   Hominini  Australopithecines Ardipithecus ramidus (†) Australopithecus s.l. Australopithecus anamensis s.s. (†3.8) Australopithecus afarensis (†) Australopithecus garhi (†) Australopithecus deyiremeda (†3.4) Kenyanthropus platyops (†3.3) Australopithecus africanus (†2.1) Paranthropus (†1.2) Homo Homo habilis (†1.5) Homo rudolfensis (†1.9) H. erectus s.l. Homo ergaster (†1.4) African Homo erectus s.s. (†) Asian Homo erectus s.s. (†0.1) (1.5) Homo antecessor (†0.8) Homo heidelbergensis Neandersovans H. neanderthalensis (†0.05) Denisova people (†0.05) (0.3) Homo sapiens (0.5) (2.4) Australopithecus sediba (†2.0) Homo floresiensis (†0.05) (3.3) (5.5) (7.3 Mya) Chimpanzees and Bonobos (genus Pan) Gorillas (tribe Gorillini) Orangutans (subfamily Ponginae) Gibbons (family Hylobatidae) Old World monkeys (superfamily Cercopithecoidea) New World monkeys (parvorder Platyrrhini)  Tarsiiformes  tarsiers (superfamily Tarsioidea)  Strepsirrhini  Lemuriformes  lemurs (superfamily Lemuroidea) lorises and allies (superfamily Lorisoidea) Laurasiatheria Eulipotyphla Scrotifera Chiroptera Ferungulata Ungulata Artiodactyla  Tylopoda (camels)  Artiofabula    Suina (pigs)  Cetruminantia  Ruminantia(ruminants) Tragulina (mouse deer) Tragulidae Pecora (horn bearers) Antilocapridae Giraffidae Cervidae Capreolinae Cerverectini Rubraceros sapiens (Horn folk) (Cervirectini) Odocoileini Rangiferina Reindeer or Caribou Odocoileina Brocket deer Odocoileus Blastocerina Marsh deer Pudu Hippocamelus Alceini Moose or Eurasian elk Capreolini Roe deer Water deer (New World deer) Cervinae Cervini Axis Rucervus Fallow deer Père David's deer Eld's deer Rusa Cervus ("true" deer) Muntiacini Tufted deer Muntjac (Old World deer) (Deer) Bovidae Moschidae  Cetancodonta/Whippomorpha   Hippopotamidae (hippopotamuses)  Cetacea (whales) Perissodactyla Ferae Pholidota Carnivora

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