Slashrat

Slashrats were rodent-like predators native to Bimmiel.
They hunted in packs and had powerful olfactory senses. Whenever a slashrat had made a kill, the pack would unleash a combination of sweat and pheromones called killscent. When a slashrat was killed, its corpse would release a different scent called stink, which would warn away other slashrats. Killscent would attract slashrats from miles away, sometimes from multiple packs, forming an inescapable zone called a killball. One strategy for escaping slashrats was to distract them with a killball, since they would ignore all other prey. Ganner Rhysode and Corran Horn fought slashrats when they were on Bimmiel. They also spread killscent all over a Yuuzhan Vong camp so that the slashrats would attack.
Slashrats were capable of running at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour.
==Appearances==
*Dawn of the Jedi: The Prisoner of Bogan 3 
*Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 
*The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide I: Onslaught 
*The New Jedi Order: Ylesia 
*Legacy of the Force: Betrayal 
*Fate of the Jedi: Apocalypse 
*Legacy (2006) 28 
==Sources==
*The Essential Guide to Alien Species
*Alien Anthology
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*The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of Bimmiel
Category:Herd and pack creatures
Category:Non-sentient species
Category:Predatory creatures
Category:Rodents