Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160125214134/@comment-25122143-20170331172433

-Grimm Title: Sucuarana

-Threat Level: D+

-Animal Basis: Cougar

-Environment: Mountains

-Appearance: Feline, similar to the real-life Costa Rican Cougar, with a solid black coat.

-Armouring(s): Very lightly armored. Aside from its mask, which only covers its eyes and the bridge of its nose, it only has a few light armor segments protecting its joints and, on some variants, along its back.

-Average size seen: 75 centimeters (Roughly 30 inches) tall at the shoulder, 2.4 Meters (Roughly 7.9 Feet) long from nose to tail tip.

-Variants: The Atlesian Sucuarana, native to Solitas, has pure white fur, allowing it to blend in with Solitas' snowy terrian. It also has a thicker coat, to better protect against the continent's cold climate. The Mistrali Sucuarana prowls the cliffs and mountains of central and eastern Anima, but due to their proximity to Mistral's capital city, were hunted heavily and pushed closer to the western swamps. Their only notable mutations are stronger grips and additional armor plating. The Valeish Sucuarana, native to eastern Sanus, has the most prominent mutations, being larger and more aggressive than its counterparts, as well as having longer claws and tusks, and in some cases, even spikes along its back. Finally, the Vacuoan Sucuarana is the rarest of all its counterparts, only existing in the mountains in centeral Sanus, near the Vacuo-Vale border. It is the least armored variant, but also the fastest, and it has the most stamina, being able to maintain its top speed for the longest of any known Sucuarana. No variation of this Grimm has yet been recorded on Menagerie, but there have been sightings of a variation on the mysterious northwestern continent of Remnant, larger and more grotesque than even the Valeish Sucuarana, but these sightings are as of yet unconfirmed.

-Behaviour: Sucuaranas, like their real world counterparts, are solitary creatures, travelling alone and usually staying away from both its bretheren and other types of Grimm. They make dens in caves high up in the mountains they roam, but their ranges stretch as far as the nearest manmade road. They rarely attack settlements directly, preying on single targets as they travel between civilization. They rely on their speed and steath to compensate for their lack of protection and raw strength. Their methods of attack are further detailed in the Attack(s) section.

-Attack(s): Sucuaranas attack primarily with their extremely sharp teeth and claws. It relies on its capability to get the jump on its prey, usually stalking them from higher ground before pouncing on them. If its initial attack fails, a Sucuarana will, depending on its experience and age, either continue to pounce at its prey, or wait for their prey's counterattack, and either pounces, dodges, or stands its ground depending on the attack.

-Strength: While not all that physically strong compared to, say, an Ursa or a Beringel, the Sucuarana makes up for it in its extraordinary speed. It's highest recorded running speed is an astonishing 80 Kilometers per Hour (Roughly 50 Miles per Hour). Other stregths of the Sucuarana include its ability to move almost soundlessly, its eyesight, and in the case of the Atlesian Sucuarana, its natural camouflage.

-Weakness(es): A Sucuarana's weakest point is usually its midsection. Being completely unarmored there, a good slice can cut the Grimm in half. Other than its midsection, behavioral weaknesses include its solitary tendancies, and, if done right, its high speeds can also be used against it, as it takes time for it to come to a full stop.

-Additional Notes: I know it's far from the most "exotic" Grimm submitted here. It's no Kraken or Lovecraftian horror, but I couldn't get the image of a Cougar Grimm out of my head, so I decided to submit this. Also, yes, before you ask, I almost named it the Puma so we could all make the RvB reference.

The name "Sucuarana" is from the word "[|sucuarana]", a variation of the word "Cougar", common in Brazil. The closest I could find to what a Sucuarana would actually look like is this:

