Cervitaurs are deer-like centaurs with a humanoid torso attached where the neck of a deer would normally be. Like their bigger Equine cousins the Cervitaur are adept at hunting but are so much smaller that they themselves are often prey to larger predators like wolves and great cats. on some worlds they have developed technology to suit their needs. They have greater lung capacity than deer (having 2 pairs of lungs in each torso) and can thus run at top speed for much longer than normal deer. They have 5 stomachs although the first is for pre-digestion. they mate once per year and live in small tribes. Each tribe is led by one male who must prove his worth against other bucks in a contest of power each and every mating season with the victor winning the right to mate. It is possible for Cervitaurs to mate with other species though this is usually frowned upon. The offspring of such unions will typically have the lower torso of a cervitaur but the upper torso of the non Cervitaur parent. Such crossbreeds are shunned by other Cervitaurs. As a rule Cervitaurs are herbivares but some have been known to have an omnivore diet.