Amaran

The Amarans were a vulpine species with long bushy tails and orange fur. They were known for their haggling skills, and were involved in exporting bursas to the galaxy.

Biology and appearance
The Amarans were a species of sentient bipeds who were considered both vulpine and canine. They had four clawed digits per limb and walked digitigrade upon their toes. Each member of the species had a bushy tail. The black eyes gazed forward, and a pointed muzzle held the red mouth and narrowed to a small, black nose surrounded by whiskers. Two large, pointed ears stood erect at the top of the head.

Each Amaran was covered in variegated fur. One possible pattern paired red-orange fur across the back, tail, and outside of the arms and legs, with white patches on the insides of the limbs and ears, on the snout, on the soles of the feet, and across the neck and belly. The fur grew short on most of the body with the exception of the bushy tail and tufted jowls.

Society and culture
The Amarans were notorious hagglers, a skill they used when exporting bursas from their homeworld.

History
The Amarans evolved on the planet Amar. During the reign of the New Republic, a number of Amarans lived on the planet Naboo, where they captured wild bursas which they then bred to export offworld. A number of the beasts were taken to Coruscant for sale.

Behind the scenes
Amy Pronovost originally designed the Amarans for The Essential Guide to Episode I at the request of its intended author Dan Wallace; however, the product was ultimately never published. They later appeared in The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, illustrated by Terryl Whitlatch, based directly on Pronovost's preliminary sketches.

It was originally thought that the vulpine Amarans might have been inspired by the cartoon character "Amara Fox" also drawn by Pronovost. However, Pronovost revealed on Wookieepedia:
 * This is Amy, of the Amara Fox fame. They weren't inspired by Amara Fox, but the history of the aliens came from a conversation that there weren't any Vulpine aliens in the Star Wars Galaxy. I did some prelim sketches for both the Amarans and the Bursa and they ended up becoming published aliens based directly on my designs.

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