Tchirin

Tchirin are a species native to Torvus. Humans visiting the planet have likened them to a cross between a 'raptor and one giant goddamn turkey', though in truth they are just as alien as Sindryl are to human classification methods.

Tchirin usually roam in flocks of between 10 and 30 individuals, though the largest flock recorded was well over 60 individuals strong. As scavengers, Tchirin eat a wide variety of substances, though usually meat and bone marrow makes up their diet. Despite this, Tchirin have been proved to have extremely resilient digestive systems, and can extract nutrition from almost any organic substance they can get their claws on. This is assumed to be an adaptation for desert living, as a proper meal is often few and far between for these tall creatures.

Tchirin stand between 9 and 10 feet tall, dwarfing the average human and still taller than the average Sindryl. Humans that have come into contact with them are usually justifiably terrified; they're probably the closest to a living dinosaur (or the alien equivalent, anyway) that most humans have seen. Sindryl are far more relaxed around them, of course - they've become a staple of daily life for the Sindryl species, who have been domesticating them to ride for a few hundred years now.