Bursa

Bursas were carnivorous quadrupeds native to the planet of Naboo.
==Characteristics==
Bursas were a species of non-sentient, four-legged carnivorous creatures native to Naboo. They had tusked snouts and feathery tufts of brown hair on their thick-skinned bodies, and were known to build and live in mud huts in the planet's swamps.
==History==
Bursas were thought to have predated even the Gungan race on Naboo. Early Gungans were attacked by the native wild bursas while exploring their world. Such behavior was not uncommon in the bursas, who were known to mercilessly destroy Gungan settlements. Bursas led by the warlord Boss Rogoe destroyed Boss Gallo's village, Otoh Sancture,Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds in 3000 BBY.The Essential Atlas places the War of the Gungan tribes at this time. However, Gallo's forces healed an injured bursa chief, and a clan of bursas allied with Gallo in the siege of Rogoe's Keep.
Since then, bursas appeared across the galaxy, mostly as pets to the Hutts or in circuses. On Naboo, however, it was believed wild bursas were driven to extinction by the Gungan Grand Army, though a tamer variety survived into the era of the War of the Ring. The Amaran species took to capturing, breeding, and selling these creatures, which could be trained to dance on their hind legs. At an annual Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition held after the Destruction of Alderaan, bursas were displayed at the Exhibition for the first time.The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
==Behind the scenes==
Robin Pronovost originally designed the bursas for The Essential Guide to Episode I, a product that was ultimately never published, at the request of its intended author Daniel Wallace. The species was to be based on a reference Wallace found in George Lucas's notes that the Gungans had once fought against "bear-like creatures."
When the Essential Guide was cut, bursas instead debuted in November 2001. Their first appearance was in the video game Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds,Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds and they were depicted in the reference book The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, which was co-written by Terryl Whitlatch and Bob Carrau, with the former providing the illustrations.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds 
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns
==Sources==
*The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
*Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
*Coruscant and the Core Worlds
*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
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*The Essential Atlas
*Galaxy at War
==Notes and references==
Category:Carnivorous creatures
Category:Creatures of Naboo
Category:Creatures of unspecified biology
Category:Domesticated creatures
Category:Predatory creatures
Category:Species of undefined sentience
Category:Swamp creatures