Higrotie

The Higrotie are a species of large bipedal ungulates notorious in the galaxy for unprovoked attacks and frequent invasions of lesser planets.

Biology and appearance
Higrotie have large bulbous bodies that are disproportional to the rest of them. They have short, stumpy, yet powerful, legs with elephantine feet. Their arms appear shorter than they are due to the body and have a thumb and two fingers - at some point they had four fingers but throughout evolution they fused. Their heads are small and dome shaped with large mouths, small eyes and wide noses. Males of the Bull variation have multiple tusks that pierce their cheeks as they grow.

Females are generally smaller shorter than males but weight much more due to their mammary glands for rearing young. Females are also more human in appearance with softer, less swine, facial features. They also have longer legs and much slender builds compared to males. Females are also burgundy in colour compared to the males shades of pink and grey.

Culture and community
The Higrotie species is separated into tribes, each left by a Chief. Collectively, however, all tribes are indirectly ruled by the most powerful of tribes, the leader of which becomes Supreme Chieftain. Clashes between tribes are more often than not, arranged as a test of the strongest tribe.

During mating rituals males in individual tribes compete with one another for females who are hogtied during this period and kept merely for breeding purposes. These rituals last around a week after which there is a month during which the partners spend breeding, however, it is during this period that unsuccessful males will sneak into the huts of successful males and attempt to kill the males and rape the females themselves.

There are rumours of an all female tribe that reside in the Ash Plains. Though the tribe has no name they are known to steal females from other tribes during raids. Though their beliefs are unknown, their actions suggest they are against the mating rituals.

History
The Higrotie were regarded as unintelligent when they were first discover as they had not yet developed space travel. However, during that time many tribes were struggling with environmental problems that resulted in the deaths of their livestock.