Due to isolation, predators of islands may be far different from the ones on the mainland. The hyracian island is evidence of that. Unlike on the northern and southern continents, where hippocervians and eulagohyracians reign as top herbivores, and terrestrial hyracocarnivorans as top carnivores, on this island, euhyracoglirians take the top herbivore, turning into large, slow, capybara-like forms, while euvolaticans and semiaquatic hyragales are top predators.
Euvolaticans hunt by going on a euhyracogliran's back and then taking a chunk of their neck with specialized incisors. The euhyracoglirian quickly dies of blood loss and the predatory euvolatican gets a meal for days. Well, if there were no hyragales on the island that would happily turn both the carcass AND the euvolatican into a snack.
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Hyracia: the world of hyraxes
Science Fictiona little thought experiment in a world where the only major land vertebrates are hyraxes.
