Tropical Mamuta

The Tropical Mamuta is a species of shepik that changes the maturities of Pikmin it buries to the bud stage.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 3: Return to the Pikmin Planet
The Tropical Mamuta appears in Pikmin 3: Return to the Pikmin Planet, and is found at the Pond of Tranquility.

In Pikmin: The First Colony
The Tropical Mamuta appears in Pikmin: The First Colony, and is encountered on the sixty-first sublevel of the Cave of 200 Ordeals. It is like a regular Mamuta but looks to be part-plant, and instead of flowering the Pikmin it buries, it changes their maturities to the bud stage. This can be disadvantageous to the creature, as the Pikmin it buried will mature to the flower stage once enough time has passed, whereas Pikmin a Mamuta buried will eventually wilt and then regrow into the leaf stage.