Sango

The sango has a large, fleshy crest and earlike lobes. These vascularized lobes dissipate heat into the surrounding air, a useful trait for the hot and dry conditions it lives in. While its heat-dissipating lobes allow it to browse during the daytime, it prefers to browse in the evening. Its larger eyes help it see in reduced light conditions.

Sangoes are highly territorial and aggressive, and will attack intruders or predators with little provocation. It will even attack its own relatives and predators twice its size. Occasionally an intruder sango is so badly mangled that it will die from its wounds. Sangoes fight mainly by stabbing with their forelimbs and biting with their strong, sharp jaws.

The greenish patches on its flanks are vestigial photosynthetic panels. The vaguely T-shaped patch varies slightly between individuals, allowing sangoes to recognize each other. This is useful for avoiding conflict, for a sango seeking its own territory can remember other sangoes it narrowly escaped from.