Overview

 

Classification	Humanoid
Type	Bipedal life-form
Affiliation	Federation
Home planet	Tellar

 
Physiology

 

Classification	boar-like
Body size	Height app. 1.70 cm
Skin color	Rose
Body structure	Outwardly symmetrical; visible subdivision into head - trunk - legs
Head	Roundish shape; skoping forehead and low hairline; shaggy, long hair; thick eye brows over the weakly pronounced, barely visible eyesockets; two almost circular, black eyes in the upper part of the face; short, trunk-like nose almost at the height of the eyes; broad mouth surrounded by a full beard; two humanoid ears on both sides of the head, covered by the hair
Trunk	Humanoid, sturdy shape with typical shoulder belt, thorax and pelvic girdle; the head is attached to the upper part with a broad neck
Extremities	Two fur-covered arms with two joints and one paw-like hand each, attached to the shoulder belt on both sides of the upper part of the trunk; each hand has three thick fingers
	Two fur-covered legs with two joints and one foot each, attached to the pelvic girdle at the lower part of the trunk
Body systems
Nervous    system	Brain and spinal cord; facilitates consciousness and high intelligence
Circulatory    system	Probably blood circulation with heart as motor
Respiratory    system	Pulmonary respiration
Sense organs	Sense of sight via two humanoid eyes in the upper part of the face
	Sense of hearing via two humanoid ears on both sides of the head
	Sense of smell via humanoid nose in the central part of the face
	Sense of taste via the glossa in the mouth in the lower part of the face
	Sense of touch via nerves under the epidermis
Nutrition and    digestion	Unknown
Reproduction	Probably heterosexual

 

 

Description

The Tellarites, which belong to the earliest members of the Federation and hail from a bleak planet with few mineral deposits, are a species of sturdy humanoids which are remarkable for their little humanoid, boar-like features and hairs on almost all parts of their body. Tellarites are usually regarded as peaceful, however, they are well-known for their impulsive, emotional character. With a frequent, irrational expression of emotions and the blind trust in intiution rather than logic they are more "human" than the human beings. It is told that they quarrel for the sake of the quarrel. Often, Tellarites are persistent and pig-headed, and they react very intensely if they don't get their own way and if their wishes are not fulfilled. Particularly, their are problems with the Vulcans, whose stoic calmness and similiar stubbornness often still stirs up their quarrelsomeness. Occasionally, if they have been infuriated sufficiently, the emotional outbursts are accompanied by physical violence, but the Tellarites can hardly be regarded as a race of warriors because of this. For that, the acts of violence are too much spontaneous reactions rather than planned, well-aimed procedures.