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The reel notes and the Player's Guide "Field Guide" description for the Armored Cannon Beetle reveal that is filled the biological niche of something else: the Strong-Armed Cannon Beetle. It apparently has a weaker carapace than the one seen in-game and is a continental breed native to the region, unlike the Armored Cannon Beetle, and later, Horned Cannon Beetle. The ''New Play Control! Pikmin'' Prima Guide uses the "Field Guide" description for the Armored Cannon Beetle verbatim except with one change: the one mention of the Strong-Armed Cannon Beetle was changed to the Armored Cannon Beetle's technical name, Greater Lithopod. This | The reel notes and the Player's Guide "Field Guide" description for the Armored Cannon Beetle reveal that is filled the biological niche of something else: the Strong-Armed Cannon Beetle. It apparently has a weaker carapace than the one seen in-game and is a continental breed native to the region, unlike the Armored Cannon Beetle, and later, Horned Cannon Beetle. The ''New Play Control! Pikmin'' Prima Guide uses the "Field Guide" description for the Armored Cannon Beetle verbatim except with one change: the one mention of the Strong-Armed Cannon Beetle was changed to the Armored Cannon Beetle's technical name, Greater Lithopod. This may have been a [[mistake]]. | ||
==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
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The genus name for members of this family is ''Granitus'', which is Latin for "granite", referring to the rocks they shoot. | The genus name for members of this family is ''Granitus'', which is Latin for "granite", referring to the rocks they shoot. | ||
Between the English and Japanese versions of {{ps}} games, the classifications of members of this family differ greatly. | |||
In the English versions, the Armored Cannon Beetle and Horned Cannon Beetle are two distinct creatures. The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva is a young variant of the Armored Cannon Beetle. The two species can interbreed, but pollution of the gene pool from the Horned Cannon Beetle is driving the Armored Cannon Beetle and its larvae to extinction. | |||
In the Japanese versions, the Armored Cannon Beetle and Horned Cannon Beetle are the same creature, as they share the same Japanese name. They have different common names, however. The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva is instead the larva of a different unseen species, the territory of which the Armored Cannon Beetle/Horned Cannon Beetle is invading and endangering it. | |||
===Names in other languages=== | ===Names in other languages=== | ||
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|SpaM = Lithopods | |SpaM = Lithopods | ||
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| | |Por = Comelitoídeos | ||
| | |PorM = Eatlithoidae | ||
| | |PorN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"comer"'' (to eat), ''"lito"'' (Greek litho; stone) and the suffix "''-ídeos''" ({{w|Family_(biology)#Nomenclature|-idae}}), which is used for naming animal family names | ||
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