Okkar

Okkar are a species of large and primarily herbivorous animals native to eastern Laedom. Farmed throughout the east and west for its hide and meat, the Okkar is a common sight in fields spanning from Vedania to Chalysona.

Appearance
An Okkar is noticably large, averaging a height of nearly seven feet, and a length from snout to rear of thirteen to fourteen feet. The head is tipped with a pair of large nostrils, and set with a pair of small black eyes. A set of four stocky legs hold it three feet above the ground, with each foot ending in a single hoof. Every inch of the creature's hide is covered in coarse hair, which often trails below the body due to its length.

Dimorphism between males and females is noticable, with males having a pair of larging front-swept horns and a muscular bulk.

Behaviour
Okkar are herd animals, with wild groups varying wildly between a half dozen and over two hundred members. A herd consists primarily of females and calves, with most herds having a single dominant bull and several lesser males. An Okkar bull is fiercely territorial, and charges a percieved threat with suicidal abandon.

Okkar sleep between dusk and dawn, and usually lay down close to one another.

Diet
Okkar, while preferring grasses and stalked plants, will sometimes engage in scavenging when the opportunity arises. Okkar bulls are the most frequent scavengers, often eating animals they kill in territorial disputes.