Sorandum

Sorandum, or Demon Deer-Rabbits by humans, is a species of small mammals with sharp antlers. Native to the Sangheili colony of Creshen, they can be found on many worlds within the Covenant fringe. Very social pack animals, they are typically harvested for their meat and antlers or simply killed as they are often considered an invasive species. Because of their aggression towards those they do not know, many Sangheili would use the Sorandum during the Human-Covenant War and the later conflicts.
==History==
==Description==
The Sorandum are small animals, with short limbs and long ears. Their average standing height is approximately 33.5 centimetres (1.10 ft) and weight between 500 to 900 grams for adults. Their weight and size vary depending on what planet they are found on, while those who are found on Creshen are the average, on the planet Siyclite the native sorandum are far larger because of the abundance of food, and can be found hunting fauna that would usually be the predators.
The skin of the sorandum vary from green to brown, and often a mixture in-between. Their antlers are yellow but become black as they age. Their bellows are yellow or white.
Sorandum has a short and stubby tail that seems to have no real purpose.
==Behaviour==
===Communication===
The Sorandum communicates with its kin through a clicking or a low treble sound. When in danger, they emit a low treble sound that can travel a remarkable distance, it is common for a herd of sorandum to attack the aggressor after the call has been made. When one is aggressive or threatening anything larger than itself, it would sound as if it was a terrified human child screaming.
===Diet===
When it comes to food, the Sorandum are not particular about what they eat as they can often be found feeding on dried meat, leather, food scrap and electronics, much to the distress of various starship crews. In their native habitats, small insects and flowers are their preferred food while they stock up on meat and others for the winters. As a rather adaptable species, in times of starvation within their herds, they actively hunt larger predators such as Desair Beasts, Avelin-Hunters and even Sangheili. Due to this, locals are highly advised to ensure they are given plenty of food or risk being overrun by starving Sorandum.
===Reproduction===
Within the Sorandum's herd, their matriarch has 4-6 mates while others are not typically found in breeding pairs, but finds a suitable mate when they are ready. To show their mate that they are available for reproduction, a female Sorandum impales a living creature on her antlers and allows the screams to draw potential mates, signalling they have prepared their nest. A litter consists of five offsprings after a gestation period of seventy days and reach maturity within a year.