Megavolpoids

Overview
Megavolpoids are large and imposing bipeds resembling earth analog canidae with large plume-like tails and segmented upper lips. Tall enough to dwarf a human standing at only waist height, they are a brutish and barbaric species, emphasizing physical prowess as a key trait of leadership. Pecking order is often determined by vicious squabbles that, if serious enough, leaves one side of the squabble dead. This pecking order usually leads to an exceptionally resilient and strong specimen leading a pack of weaker individuals, a survival trait dictated by their exotic, jungle covered homeworld.

Megavolpoids shared this jungle homeworld with the Vachinama until a late rift between the two races separated them, causing the Vachinama to take up residence in space as a drifting colony while the Megavolpoids remained planetside.

Cultural Aspects
Megavolpoids are openly hostile to most other sentient species, believing them to be inferior as most of them are small and considered weaker than even the weakest Megavolpoid, often treating them like insects to be squashed. Rarely, a Megavolpoid's respect may be commanded by a smaller being if that being proves that they are extraordinarily powerful despite their appearance, of note, usually through exceptional combat ability demonstrated during hideously unfavorable battles. To a lesser extent, a Megavolpoid may find allure in a smaller being if that individual is seen as anatomically strong or superior to the rest of the subject's kind, and a Megavolpoid will always languish in praise over its tail, and will often closely groom and maximize the size of it's tail to display status and prestige. Megavolpoids are also partial to war trophies, and will often wear items taken from fallen foes whom they respected.