The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide

The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide is a 2001 book written by Terryl Whitlatch and Bob Carrau, and published by Chronicle Books. The book details the wildlife of the galaxy up to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Information on the habits and habitats of each species is included, and many species are broken down and detailed in artist renditions.

Publisher's summary
The Star Wars universe is a vast and varied place, populated with an amazing array of creatures. These fascinating fauna have been captured here in the only comprehensive annotated field journal of its kind. Many years of extensive study and on-site observation have gone into these renderings, and great risk taken to learn about the natural habitats of all of the creatures. From the ice fields of Hoth and the pastures of Naboo to the concrete jungle of Coruscant and the intense heat and wind of Tatooine, identify and learn about the mating habits, feeding patterns, herding instincts, and defense mechanisms of these incredible beings.

This extraordinary field guide provides the ultimate look at the wildlife of Star Wars.

Contents

 * Introduction (p. 6)
 * Lyrre T'enna (p. 7)
 * Intergalactic Zoological Society (p. 7)
 * Tatooine (p. 8)
 * The Bantha
 * The Dewback
 * The Ronto
 * Eopies
 * Galoomps
 * Anoobas
 * Womp rats
 * Jakrabs
 * Scurriers
 * Profoggs
 * Urusai
 * The Woodoo
 * Sketto
 * The Worrt and its prey
 * Kreetle
 * Ibian
 * Gorg
 * Gorg farming
 * The Sarlacc
 * The Greater and Canyon Krayt Dragons
 * Rancor


 * Hoth (p. 44)
 * Tauntaun
 * Other Prevalent Tauntaun Species
 * Wampa
 * Exogorth and its Anatomy
 * Mynocks


 * Dagobah (p. 54)
 * Giant Swamp Slug and its Anatomy
 * Dragonsnakes and Other Denizens
 * Scrange
 * Nharpira
 * Morp
 * Dagobah Python
 * Spot-Light Sloth
 * Butcherbug
 * Knobby White Spider
 * Cross Section of the Dagobah Rainforest
 * Canopy Life
 * Jubba Birds
 * Accipiptero
 * The Greater Bogwing
 * Leaf-Tail
 * Spade-Headed Smooka


 * Naboo: Theedside (p. 66)
 * Shaaks
 * Tusk-Cats
 * Tusk-Cats and the Naboo
 * Gualamas
 * Guarlaras
 * Twirrls
 * Greysors
 * Voorpaks


 * Naboo: The Abyss (p. 82)
 * Fishes
 * Yobshrimp
 * Tee
 * Daggerts
 * Sees
 * Rays
 * Faas (aka Faynaas)
 * Colo claw fish
 * Opee Sea Killer
 * Sando aqua monster


 * Naboo: The Gungan Swamp (p. 92)
 * Falumpasets
 * Ikopi
 * Terazod
 * Motts
 * Peko-Peko
 * Pikobis
 * Gullipuds
 * Nuna
 * Kaadu
 * Fambaa
 * To Each its Own - An Example of Niches
 * Hrumph
 * Muudabok
 * Ollopoms
 * Pom-hopper
 * Tooke
 * Shiros
 * Clodhopper
 * Zalaacas
 * Shaupaut
 * Otta
 * Veermok
 * Narglatch
 * Blarths
 * Aiwhas
 * Titavian (aka Goffbird)


 * Bespin (p. 132)
 * Beldons
 * Velkers
 * Rawwks and Floaters
 * Bespin Thrantas


 * Endor (p. 138)
 * Blurrg
 * Boar-Wolf
 * Condor Dragons
 * Giant Cave spider
 * Ewok pony
 * Bordoks
 * Temptor
 * Geejaw
 * Rugger


 * Yavin 4 (p. 146)
 * Woolamanders
 * Sintarils
 * Whisper birds
 * Runyip
 * Piranha beetle
 * Angler
 * Pinkish Salamander
 * Aquatic Gundark


 * Coruscant (p. 152)
 * Silica parasite
 * Granite Slugs
 * Duracrete worm
 * Shadow barnacle
 * Hawkbats
 * Mutant Rats
 * Dianoga
 * The Animal trade
 * Fugitive animals
 * Circuses
 * Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition
 * Senators and their Menageries


 * Alderaan
 * Thrantas
 * Grazers
 * Nerfs
 * Woolly Moth
 * Stalking Birds


 * "New Arrivals"
 * Ysalamiri, from Myrkr
 * Droch, from Nam Chorios
 * Orbalisks
 * Energy spider, from Kessel
 * Jerba, from Tatooine
 * Pylat bird, from Neimoidia
 * Neekoflights, from Neimoidia
 * Bursa, from Naboo


 * Index & Comparative Size Chart (p. 174)

Fauna

 * Invertebrate
 * airborne zooplankton
 * floater
 * unidentified fish-like floater (pictured only)
 * unidentified orange-spotted floater (pictured only)
 * unidentified purple floater (pictured only)
 * unidentified Alderaan airborne zooplankton
 * Arthropod
 * Arachnid
 * dust mite
 * spider
 * energy spider
 * giant cave spider
 * droch
 * orbalisk
 * sarlacc
 * Crustaceal arachnid
 * Butcherbug
 * Crustacean
 * Yobcrab
 * Yobshrimp
 * Insectoid
 * Clodhopper
 * Insect
 * unidentified Naboo bug
 * flea
 * fly
 * kreetle
 * piranha beetle
 * unidentified Dagobah flying insect
 * unidentified Tatooine airborne insect
 * Woolly moth
 * Armored caterpillar
 * Mollusk
 * beldon
 * bowlump
 * crustaceal mollusk
 * angler
 * nyork
 * dianoga
 * giant swamp slug
 * unidentified Naboo snail
 * silicon-based invertrbrate
 * mynock
 * dual-mouthed mynock
 * single-mouthed mynock
 * silicon-based crustacean
 * shadow barnacle
 * silicon-based helminth
 * duracrete worm
 * silicon-based mollusk
 * giant space slug
 * granite slug
 * "small road creature"
 * worm
 * unidentified Dagobah worm
 * unidentified Naboo worm
 * Vertebrate
 * Amphibian
 * blarth
 * fambaa
 * gorg (chuba)
 * gullipud
 * hohokum (pictured only)
 * ibian
 * igitz (pictured only)
 * morp
 * nharpira
 * temptor
 * unidentified Dagobah acrobatic amphibian (pictured only)
 * unidentified Dagobah wide-mouthed amphibian (pictured only)
 * worrt
 * ysalamir
 * Amphibian/Crustacean
 * Scrange
 * Fish
 * colo claw fish
 * eel
 * san-lampris
 * san-pilot
 * scalefish
 * daggert (mee)
 * faa (faynaa)
 * laa
 * ray
 * see (soe)
 * tee
 * unidentified Dagobah binoc fish (pictured only)
 * unidentified Dagobah four-eyed fish (pictured only)
 * unidentified Yavin 4 fish
 * Fish/Crustacean
 * Opee sea killer
 * Ichtyod
 * Velker
 * Mammal
 * anooba
 * bantha
 * common bantha (Banta majorus)
 * dwarf bantha
 * dune bantha
 * boar-wolf
 * bursa
 * cetaceean
 * aiwha
 * equine
 * bordok
 * equus
 * Dathomiri black horse
 * Endorian Ewok pony
 * Endorian Marauder horse
 * feline
 * cat
 * narglatch
 * Sando family
 * Sando Aqua Monster
 * Zalaaca
 * tusk-cat
 * gualama
 * guarlara
 * galoomp
 * grazer
 * domestic grazer
 * wild gtrazer
 * hrumph
 * ikopi
 * jaboon (pictured only)
 * jimvu
 * lagomorph
 * jakrab
 * mammavian
 * "dainty creature"
 * mammalian falconoid
 * twirrl
 * rawwk
 * marsupial
 * shaupat
 * mott
 * muudabok
 * nerf
 * Grizmallt nerf
 * otta
 * pom-hopper
 * primate
 * greysor
 * domestic greysor
 * Bounder
 * Manadept
 * Stubtail
 * wild greysor
 * gundark
 * veermok
 * woolamander
 * proboscidean
 * eopie
 * rodent
 * leaf-tail
 * mutant rat
 * rugger
 * albino (pictured only)
 * forest subspecies
 * grassland subspecies
 * ollopom
 * pig-like rodent
 * profogg
 * scurrier
 * sintaril
 * spade-headed smooka
 * tooke
 * womp rat
 * ronto
 * runyip
 * saw-toothed grank
 * shaak
 * domestic shaak
 * wild shaak
 * spot-light sloth
 * terazod
 * unidentified Naboo sirenian (pictured only)
 * unidentified Sy Myrthian ambassador's pet (pictured only)
 * unidentified Quermian trader's livestock (pictured only)
 * voorpak
 * zeer (pictured only)
 * Reptile
 * Aquatic gundark
 * Avian (Bird)
 * Naboo swamp bird (pictured only)
 * Neimoidian neekoflight
 * Neimoidian pylat bird
 * Reptavian
 * accipiptero
 * bogwing
 * greater bogwing
 * lesser bogwing
 * condor dragon
 * geejaw
 * goffbird (titavian)
 * hawkbat
 * jubba bird
 * kaadu
 * nuna (swamp turkey)
 * common nuna
 * dwarf nuna
 * peko-peko
 * pikobi
 * sketto
 * stalking bird
 * thranta
 * Balana thranta
 * common Alderaan thranta (Bespin thranta)
 * great thranta
 * Pilotta thranta
 * unidentified Naboo orange reptavian (pictured only)
 * unidentified Naboo purple reptavian (pictured only)
 * urusai
 * whisper bird
 * woodoo
 * Dewback
 * fanback (pictured only)
 * krayt dragon
 * canyon krayt dragon
 * greater krayt dragon
 * Mucous salamander (pinkish salamander)
 * shiro
 * snake
 * dragonsnake
 * Dagobah python
 * unidentified Dagobah horned snake (pictured only)
 * unidentified Naboo lizard
 * Reptomammal
 * Rancor
 * Dathomiri rancor
 * Tauntaun
 * Climbing tauntaun
 * eleven unidentified species
 * Giant common tauntaun
 * Glacier tauntaun
 * Scaly tauntaun
 * Wampa

Flora and Fungi

 * alga
 * lichen
 * desert lichen
 * floor lichen
 * wall lichen
 * sky alga
 * floating algal tree
 * chak-root
 * cyanoberry
 * desert plum
 * desert sage
 * desert tuber
 * fern
 * climbing fern
 * funnel flower
 * grass
 * unidentified Alderaanian grass
 * xosha grass
 * grenade fungus
 * jubba nut
 * lahdia plant
 * manak leaves
 * mintri
 * molo seed
 * moss
 * "frozen moss" of Hoth
 * luminsescent moss
 * razor moss
 * nebula orchid
 * onion
 * pom
 * shrub
 * blue leaf shrub
 * swamp nut
 * tlickweed
 * tree
 * gnarltree
 * knobby white spider
 * hsuberry tree
 * hydenock
 * Massassi tree
 * soul tree
 * tassler tree
 * tooke-trap plant
 * unidentified Dagobah nut
 * unidentified Endor berry
 * unidentified Endor bush
 * unidentified Naboo wildflower
 * vine
 * grahn vine
 * woosha plant
 * zael

Individuals

 * Jabba
 * Yoda

Sentient species

 * Amaran
 * Calamarian
 * Chadra-Fan
 * Ewok
 * human
 * Hutt
 * Ithorian
 * Jawa
 * Neimoidian
 * Nosaurian
 * Quarren
 * Quermian
 * Rodian
 * Sanyassan
 * Swokes Swokes
 * Tarnab
 * Tusken Raider
 * Ulia-ah
 * Ugnaught
 * Veknoid

Places

 * Coruscant
 * Coruscant Holographic Zoo
 * Naboo
 * The Abyss
 * Hill Country
 * Gungan Swamp
 * Outer Rim
 * Bespin system
 * Life Zone
 * Cloud City
 * Tibannopolis
 * Dagobah system
 * Dagobah
 * Dagobah Swamp
 * Cave of Evil
 * Yoda's hut
 * Dathomir
 * Hoth system
 * Hoth (star)
 * Hoth asteroid belt
 * Hoth
 * Tatoo system
 * Tatoo I
 * Tatoo II
 * Tatooine
 * Dune Sea
 * Jabba's Palace
 * Mos Eisley Spaceport
 * Mos Espa


 * the Universe
 * the Galaxy
 * [[Star System
 * Star
 * Binary star
 * Asteroid
 * asteroid belt
 * Planet
 * gas giant
 * nucleus (solid metal core)
 * Point of Interest
 * Moon

Organizations

 * Intergalactic Zoological Society

Technology

 * Book
 * Annotation
 * Field guide
 * Journal
 * Field journal
 * Field note
 * Ionic journal
 * Margin
 * Publication
 * Volume
 * Cauldron
 * Goggles
 * HoloNet
 * Hyperdrive
 * Hyperdrive coolant
 * Ink
 * Net
 * Pen
 * Pictograph
 * Pourstone
 * Podracer
 * road
 * Saddle
 * Slugthrower
 * Snorkel
 * Spacecraft
 * Stilt
 * Tent
 * Tent support
 * Tibanna gas refinery
 * Tool
 * Chisel
 * Hammer
 * Paddle
 * Rudder
 * Spade
 * X-34 landspeeder

Miscellanea

 * Adaptation
 * Mutation
 * Anatomy (Body Structure)
 * antenna
 * auditory antenna
 * back
 * backside
 * bioelectricity
 * bioluminesence
 * bioluminescent patch
 * bioluminescent pattern
 * epidermal glow spot
 * phosphorescent tip
 * body cavity
 * body fluid
 * acid
 * gastric juice
 * amniotic fluid
 * blood
 * body secretions and excretions
 * chrysalis
 * "dew"
 * milk
 * saliva cocoon
 * spit
 * Tibanna gas
 * bone
 * Bantha bone
 * cartilage
 * cranium
 * fossil
 * hollow bone
 * skeleton
 * branch
 * buoyant anatomy
 * crop
 * defensive mechanism
 * antler
 * claw
 * nonretractable claw
 * paddle-like claw
 * retractable claw
 * talon
 * horn
 * bantha horn
 * crenellation
 * horn spiral (cycle)
 * segment
 * natural armor
 * bark
 * scale
 * shell
 * tail shedding
 * digestive and gastrointestinal system
 * anus
 * esophagus
 * gullet
 * intestine
 * intestinal lining
 * mouth
 * beak
 * nibbling beak
 * lip
 * salivary gland
 * sucking mouth
 * tooth
 * esophagal tooth
 * gnawing tooth
 * incisor
 * tusk
 * tongue
 * breathing/scenting spiracle
 * gripping knob
 * tongue ligament
 * stomach
 * ear
 * external ear
 * hearing
 * exoskeleton
 * eye
 * 180-degree vision
 * binocular vision
 * compound eye
 * low-light vision (twilight vision)
 * ocular ability
 * rod
 * sensory optical stalk
 * sight
 * Long-range eyesight
 * nearsighted
 * flower
 * bloom
 * ganglion (sensory neural bud)
 * cervical primary ganglion
 * gill
 * head
 * heart
 * insulation
 * fat
 * blubber
 * fatty ambergris
 * feather
 * Goff feather
 * hair
 * follicle
 * fur
 * shearing
 * underfur
 * waterproof coat
 * wool
 * bantha wool
 * skin
 * callus
 * coloration
 * hide
 * horny protuberance
 * keratin
 * baleen
 * melanin
 * pore
 * skin cell
 * ulnar skin flap
 * waterproof skin
 * kidneys (nephri)
 * leaf
 * ligament
 * limb
 * arm
 * elbow
 * fin
 * caudal fin
 * leg
 * crustaceal leg
 * foot
 * Shock absorption
 * foot pad
 * toe
 * hoof
 * fetlock
 * split hoof
 * tridactyl
 * webbed foot
 * knee
 * pseudopod
 * grasping pseudopod
 * tail
 * fluke
 * forked tail
 * membranous tail
 * prehensile tail
 * tail knob
 * tentacle
 * wing
 * lung
 * airsack
 * membrane
 * metabolism
 * cold-blooded
 * heat dissipation
 * internal heat regulation system
 * internal temperature
 * self-regulating internal temperature system
 * self-regulating metabolism
 * warm-blooded
 * mucous
 * mucous gland
 * slime trail
 * muscle
 * aerodynamic musculature
 * natural chemical
 * neck
 * nostril
 * filtered nostril
 * nostril slit
 * olfactory gland
 * ovary
 * oviduct
 * root
 * snout
 * tendril
 * anchor tendril
 * testes
 * vein
 * dorsal vein
 * ventral nervous cord
 * Art
 * artist
 * rendering
 * drawing
 * portrait
 * sketch
 * Behavior
 * breathing
 * inhalation
 * underwater breathing
 * communication
 * signaling
 * matng display
 * signifier
 * vocalization
 * bellow
 * grunt
 * language
 * Basic
 * Bocce
 * Gunganese
 * Huttese
 * Jawaese
 * Tusken
 * mimickry
 * sigh
 * squawk
 * squeal
 * whistle
 * digging
 * burrow
 * burying
 * domestication
 * beast of burden
 * caravan
 * Gorg farming
 * Gorgmonger
 * handling
 * mount
 * airborne transport
 * pet
 * Shaak-wrangler
 * energy conservation
 * hibernation
 * sleep
 * exhaustion
 * feeding pattern
 * appetite
 * carnivore
 * feeding frenzy
 * fishing
 * angling
 * corraling
 * filtering
 * predator
 * chasing
 * super predator
 * Sarlacc pit
 * web
 * scavenger
 * decomposition
 * digestion
 * burp
 * eating
 * ergovore
 * gorging
 * herbivore
 * foraging
 * grazing
 * hydration
 * back licking
 * drinking
 * moisture loss
 * mineral leeching
 * omnivore
 * opportunism
 * regurgitation
 * vampirism
 * fighting
 * adversary
 * butting
 * charge
 * dominance
 * enemy
 * neck fighting
 * hygience
 * instinct
 * herding instinct
 * alpha male
 * alpha female
 * band
 * group
 * herd
 * matriarchal herd
 * matriarch
 * protective outer circle
 * sentry
 * single file
 * stampede
 * mob
 * pack
 * pod
 * school
 * swarm
 * maternal instinct
 * mating habit
 * birth
 * childcare
 * suckling
 * gestation period
 * live young
 * twin
 * newborn
 * budding
 * bud colony
 * egg
 * Dewback egg
 * egg producer
 * hatching
 * hatchling
 * incubation
 * nest
 * nestling
 * oviparous
 * fertilization
 * fruit
 * berry
 * nut
 * gender
 * female
 * hermaphrodite
 * male
 * sexual dimorphism
 * mating
 * bond
 * couple
 * harem
 * marriage
 * partner
 * offspring
 * son
 * daughter
 * reproduction
 * fission
 * parthenogenesis
 * reproduction rate
 * sexual maturity
 * sperm
 * spore
 * nomadism
 * Symbiosis
 * Parasite
 * sympathetic depression
 * sympathetic suicide
 * territory
 * Canon
 * Civilization
 * Despot
 * prehistoric
 * recorded civilization
 * Creature/being
 * organism
 * animal
 * fungus
 * plant
 * wildlife
 * Environment
 * atmosphere
 * middle atmosphere
 * lower atmosphere
 * sky
 * slushy gas-liquid-solid interface]
 * oxygen mix
 * upper atmosphere
 * City
 * cloud cities
 * ecosystem
 * ether
 * habitat
 * natural habitat
 * niche
 * terrain
 * bayou
 * bog
 * canyon
 * cave
 * glacial cave
 * grotto
 * cliff
 * outcropping
 * crater
 * desert
 * arroyo
 * desert plain
 * dune
 * sand
 * forest
 * lower level
 * rainforest
 * jungle
 * upper level
 * canopy
 * plain
 * plateau
 * swamp
 * tundra
 * environmental hazard
 * disease
 * bacterium
 * wart
 * drought
 * famine
 * Fire
 * Smoke
 * meteor shower
 * poisonous atmosphere
 * starvation
 * storm
 * electrical storm
 * sandstorm
 * rain
 * Tatooine humidity shower
 * thunder
 * wind
 * thermal
 * landfill site
 * mountain
 * volcano
 * valley
 * glacial valley
 * water
 * bubble
 * cloud
 * cloud layer
 * fog
 * ice
 * glacier
 * glacier field
 * vapor
 * mist
 * snow
 * snow drift
 * field study
 * food
 * Anooba kill
 * bantha fodder
 * carrion
 * Fricassee
 * garbage
 * nutrient
 * prey
 * refuse
 * snack
 * vegetation
 * vegetal remnant
 * hero
 * history vapors
 * language
 * mythology
 * observation
 * taxonomy
 * family
 * genus
 * ichthyod
 * scientific name
 * species
 * subspecies

Behind the scenes

 * In-universe, this guide's research was carried out and written by Lyrre T'enna.
 * Written backwards, "Lyrre T" is Terryl, first name of the guide's real world author, and "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" creature concept artist Terryl Whitlatch.