The common bantha is a fictional, desert-dwelling, domesticated beast that originated from the Star Wars universe.
Taxonomy[]
Bantha major - The Magnificent Domestic Bantha
Bantha major is a species of live action Artiodactyls from the Star Wars verse, it has an underwhelming taxonomy
Domain: Eukaryota
As a multi cellar organism, Bantha major falls under the domain Eukaroyta, which includes other multi cellar organisms known as animals. The species Bantha major falls under this category.
Kingdom[]
Animalia
Following the Domain Eukaroyta, Bantha major falls under the Kingdom Animalia for other animals such as humans, dogs , cats and other species of the world
Phylum[]
Chordata
Banthas falls under the Phylum Chordata, which includes other mammals such as the elephants and their hippopotamus relatives.
Class[]
Mammalia
Banthas also are mammals which is why they will fall under the class Mammalia. The species Bantha major are desert-dwelling and domesticated mammals living in the Star Wars universe.
Order[]
Artiodactyla
Banthas are even toed ungulates, known as Artiodactylans. Falling under the order Artiodactyla, the bantha resembles a mammoth without a trunk or tusks but Ram-like horns and cloven hoofs
Family[]
Banthidae
Banthidae is the only surviving family of the species Bantha major which includes the Bannoths, their known relatives that share 99% of their DNA with them.
Genus[]
Bantha
The species B. major falls under the genus Bantha, meaning “Horned domestic beast”. While this species is considered Least Concern, rumour has it that the Bantha descended from a known resident that walked on all four legs, but however it was a carnivorous mammal and fed on the banthas over 60 million years ago, and their names, are the Banthaosauruses, meaning “Bantha hunter king”.
Species[]
B. major
The Bantha major species is considered a herbivore, despite being similar to omnivores, it is also a frugivore, however they actually look like the modern Elephant that lived longer than the Bantha.