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Common Name: Electivire, Elekible
Scientific Name: Electricus contactrum
Description: Electivire are huge bipedal primates, the males standing nearly 6 feet tall. They have medium yellow fur, with several black markings. They have a single black band around each limb, a black band down the center of their front and back, which ends on the upper back in a circular outline containing two black dots. Its fingers and toes are black, and it has two black patches on its chest. Distinctively, Electivire has a black 'mask' around its eyes, and a black spot in the middle of its forehead.
Electivire have unusual, knoblike ears similar to those of its relative Electabuzz. They also have red eyes, large blunt teeth, five fingers, and three clawed toes. Electivire have a fringe of fur around their jawline and cheeks, larger in the males. Electivire males are also larger and more heavily-built than the females.
Electivire exhibit bicaudality, with two long, skinny black tails, each tipped with a reddish, hairless patch of skin. When Electivire feel threatened, they arc these tails over their shoulders in a threat display.
Range: Electivre are native to southern Sinnoh, and are currently found only in Sinnoh's southeast.
Habitat: Electivire live in temperate woodlands.
Call: Electivire have two main calls, a nasally inhalation, somewhat like an exaggerated gasp, and a hissing tchtchtchtch. They will also let out a high-pitched howl to demarcate their territories.
Diet: Electivire are primarily herbivorous, eating a variety of fruits, leaves, shoots, and other plant parts. They will occasionally indulge in the eggs of other pokemon, and even more rarely will hunt other pokemon, such as Mime Jr and Shellos.
Life Cycle: Electivire live in close-knit troops, made up of females and young males led by one dominant male, who is distinguishable by his longer cheek ruffs. Electivire mate in spring, when the males display loudly, roaring and pounding their chests.
Each female lays a single egg in a woven leaf nest, which they protect viciously. As soon as the baby Electivire hatches, it can cling to its mother's fur, hanging beneath her or riding on her back. She will often care for a single baby for several years without breeding again.
Male Electivire must leave their troop after they reach sexual maturity (around 8 years old), and live alone until they can challenge a dominant male for breeding rights. Challenges are often more about displaying tails and howling than actual fighting, but if the two are evenly matched, they may physically battle.
Winter is hard for Electivire, and they often huddle into groups and semi-hibernate, barely moving through the long snows. Because lone young males do not have groups to huddle with, they often suffer high mortality rates.
Electivire can live up to 52 years.
Relationship With Humans: Elecitvire are extremely shy of humans, and for good reason. They are highly prized in the arena for their electrogenic capabilities. Due to their power, they are often hunted and poached, even from reserves. Electivire are considered threatened.
Naturalist's Notes: Electivire have electrogenic organs in their ears, hands, and tails, and are powerful enough to shock a grown man to death, under the right conditions.
Electivire were once hunted by Giratina, but the rarity of those pokemon in this day and age leave Electivire with no native predators. However, the introduced predatory Houndoom have been known to kill them.