Leaf-tail

The leaf-tail was a species of non-sentient winged rodent found on the planet Dagobah. Leaf-tails were about thirty centimeters in length with a wingspan of roughly the same width. They possessed a membrane on the end of their tail that resembled the leaf of a gnarltree, giving the leaf-tail its name and allowing the rodents to camouflage themselves and avoid predators.
Leaf-tails were flying omnivores, and although they preferred berries, they could sustain themselves on insects and other smaller rodents. Individual leaf-tails posed no threat to sentients, but should an individual come across a leaf-tail nest, dozens of the rodents could attack in a swarm using their teeth. During the Galactic Civil War, the tiny handful of smugglers who occasionally traveled to Dagobah in order to capture jubba birds told tales of leaf-tails causing near catastrophic damage to starships by chewing through cabling.
==Behind the scenes==
In the new Star Wars canon, leaf-tails were mentioned in Nexus of Power, a 2016 supplement to the Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game made by Fantasy Flight Games. The species originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it was first mentioned in the 2001 reference book The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide, which was written by Terryl Whitlatch and Bob Carrau with illustrations by Whitlatch.The Wildlife of Star Wars: A Field Guide
==Sources==
*Nexus of Power 
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Dagobah
Category:Non-sentient species
Category:Omnivorous creatures
Category:Rodents