Hyracia: the world of hyraxes

Era 3: the great chill

Era 3 has begun, and hyracia is starting to cool.... what will happen now?

CREATURE DIVERSITY IMPACT:

CLADE LITHOHYRACOIDEA

Hyracocervia: 38% less diverse than before (climate change had an impact on their food sources)

Rhinohyraxia: 10% more diverse than before (more generalized forms took advantage of buried food)

Euhyracoglires: 40% less diverse than before (only underground niches were available for them)

CLADE ALLOHYRACOIDEA

Lagohyraxia: diversity stays the same (lots of species were already adapted for cold climates)

CLADE HYRACOCARNIVORAFORMES
Hyracoinsectiphilia: 30% less diverse than before (most of this clade relies on arthropods for food, but some are including more carrion in their diet)
Volaticonectaphagia: diversity in all other clades goes down, but in the pseudovolatica clade it goes up (because of their omnivorous lifestyle and flight abilities)

CLADE HYRACOCARNIVORA
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CLADE CYNOHYRAXIA
Hyragalia: 30% more diverse than before (lots of food sources from the euhyracoglirians)

SUBCLADE EUCYNOHYRAXIA

Cyoniformes: 10% less diverse than before (pursuit hunting with hoof-like paws is harder in thick snow)

Bassariformes: 10% more diverse than before (for a similar reason to the hyragales, along with the fact that they have a broader diet than cyoniformes)

CLADE HYRAILURIA
Arctopanthera: no change in diversity (their lifestyle may be effective, but it's nothing remarkable.)

SUBCLADE EUHYRAILURIA
Histricoailuroidea: 40% more diverse than before (simply due to their extreme adaptability, and thicker fur along with quills makes them even harder to kill.)

Xenofelimorpha: 15% more diverse than before (ambush hunting is more efficient in thick snow)

[[This is when hyracia goes on a hiatus.]]