Mycron

The Mycrons are an alien species from the 47th Florescence.

Biology
The Mycrons resembled twelve-legged, giraffe-like herbivores. Mycrons stand about three meters tall. They possess horse-like heads and three-toed, clawed feet. The six pairs of legs supported a ribbed, scaled, light blue body had at least two main joints per leg allowing them to run pretty fast. They also have a long, prehensile tail with poisoned talon for defense, a chest pouch for long-term gestation of the young, and the twelve red eyes, scattered in a broad band about the head, covered by blue-skinned eyelids. In addition they possess a secondary spinal brain. Mycrons have three-segmented, prehensile purple tongues that allows them use them in utility of fingers and thumb and also to taste pheromones and emotions.

Culture
The Mycrons were member of the pacifist herder-browser social pattern thus they are mistrustful of predator type species. Due to their herd communities Mycrons feel that their social units are superior. While the herbivores would fight in immediate self-defense, they were basically pacifists. Predatory violence was very alien to them, but they did understand the concept of courage.

To distinguish rank amongst themselves, Mycrons paint their bodies in varying patterns,

Source

 * Retread Shop by T. Jackson King (1988)