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Realistic Electrike and Manectric

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i like these two quite a bit, they're a nice pair of caniform pokemon, with Electrike resembling a bush dog, and manectric resembles a generic canine. supposedly it may be based on a maned wolf but i don't really see the resemblance.

i didn't add notes to the image/don't have a version of it with notes because i feel that this interpretation of them is rather straight-forward. it looks cleaner that way anyway, and i've created a similar version of the Ralts line image (though i will add the notes version in the description since it has a lot of important information)

Electrike's anatomy is based on a bush dog for its stocky build with short legs. a bush dog has smaller more rounded ears, but of course, Electrike isn't a bush dog, it just has resemblance to them, and would possibly have a similar taxonomic place to it, and would thus wouldn't be a dog or a fox, but it would still belong to the same family as dog and fox pokemon.

I gave it some markings since wild animals are rarely ever two solid colors, and generally have more shades to them. like a bush dog, Electrike has darker legs. a domestic Manectric may have the solid two-tone color design that is seen in the official art, however, and other markings that are present would likely be bolder and less blended.

They are predators and their primary prey are rodents but will eat anything they are able to catch, and live in small packs of around 5-8 individuals.

Manectric, unlike most other canid pokemon, is a solitary species, preferring to hunt and forage alone. It will seldom meet with its mate except to reproduce, and pups are generally raised by only one parent. It is more omnivorous than Electrike, and far more opportunistic. Its primary prey is also rodents, but it also commonly eats fish and any fruit that it finds, and has a rather bold nature, readily and confidently approaching humans.

A manectric's mane gives it a more intimidating appearance, looking bigger than it really is, and is mostly kept upright by the static in its fur. And if a pokemon is bold and tries to attack it anyway, it'll be shocked, possibly in the mouth if said pokemon was a fool and tried to bite it.

I am not sure if Manectric would be an older version of Electrike or if they would be different but closely related species. they look very different from each other and Electrike looks like a mature creature as it is. there are a lot of pokemon whose evolutions i understand to be the individual growing from a baby to an adult, and there are others that seem more like they are related but not the same species... hm....

Personally i lean towards them being different taxa, but still close evolutionary relatives. similar to the maned wolf and bush dog, being each other's closest living relatives, but I am not sure
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I love how these look so much better than how they actually look normally.