Giid-Lisea-Eda

Pictured:Ranched extensively across much of eastern Corum, the Giid-Lisea-Eda is one of the continent's most common pack animals.

Extremely common across eastern and central Corum, the Giid-Liesa-Eda actually originates in Corum's Inner Desert. According to recent theories, this ferocious, tusked creature, has been attracted to the continent's northern regions by increased human activities such as large-scale farming. Using its tusks, the Giid-Lisea-Irf is known to dig into the ground in order to access plant roots, which it pulls out of the ground using its powerful trunk. As a result of the damage it causes every year to the farmland around Afrikaania and other cities, this creature is one of the most widely hunted beasts in the region. Indeed, its meat is commonly featured on dinner tables in the more rural areas of New Zimia.

Giid-Lisea As Livestock

Although the majority of the Giid-Lisea are wild and found in herds grazing the deserts of Corum, it is also true that small populations of the Giid-Lisea have also been domesticated. The Giid-Lisea is ranched in relatively high numbers by employees of the Giid-Lisea Ranching Company. Ranching of the Giid-Lisea-Eda, however, is nowhere near as widespread as ranching involving the Eeli-Illt-Eda. Especially useful as pack animals in mining operations and other types of heavy industrial activities, the creatures have been used by the Iron Company to develop the Benacian colony of Itteria.

Found in only 4 out of 20 Pallisican cities in Corum, this species is uncommon.

Habitat

While the Giid-Lisea-Eda prefers the Mediterranean climates of northern Corum, the species can also be found in the frozen, polar regions of Hypernostria.

  Mediterranean Climate

  Desert Climate

  Subarctic Climate

  Polar Climate

The range of the Giid-Lisea-Eda extends across 30.44% of the landmass of Corum. Slightly more than half of the species' range - around 54% - lies in the warm Mediterranean regions of northern Corum, while around 1/3 of the Giid-Lisea's range lies in the deserts of Corum's central regions, collectively known as the Corumian Temperates or the Northern Isani Sweep. Though the Giid-Lisea prefers the warmer regions of northern Corum, around 13% of the species' range extends into the sub-arctic regions of eastern Corum. Around 1.7% of the species' range, furthermore, occupies a small portion of the northern coast of the antarctic island of Hypernostria.

Although it is generally regarded as a low-land species, around 11% of the range of the Giid-Lisea extends into highland regions such as the Riponian Highlands, the Central Riponian Mountains, and the Lesser Riponian Mountains.