Creature:Ursoid

Ursoids are a sentient humanoid bear species originating from Earth but evolved on Ursus Prime.

It is believed that around 5 millions of years ago a spaceship crashed on Ursus Prime, which earlier abducted multiple prehistoric bears from earth. The bears survived the crash and populated the planet. They started to evolve quickly until they reached their humanoid state and gained sapience. Soon, they founded their civilizations which later united into the Medwedian Democratic Federation.

The Ursoids quickly gained knowledge of rocketry and later warp drives and colonized their system. Most notable would be the Briggenlomm offensive, in which the MSS Briggenholm destroyed a grox infection pod heading to Ursus Prime. Since then, the system does not present interest for the grox empire. Of course there were small borg ships occasionally trying to attack the one or the another outpost, but another infection pod was never launched onto any Medwedian planet.

There are multiple sub-species of the Ursoids:

White Ursoids Ursus Sapiens Albus, white fur and slightly larger average height (195 cm). Muscular system is developed better which makes white ursoids excellent in combat. NOT albinos.

Brown Ursoids Ursus Sapiens Arctos, caramel to dark brown fur, slightly smaller (165 cm). Brain is developed better which makes brown ursoids excellent officers or starship captains.

Black Ursoids Ursus Sapiens Niger, black fur. Originate from the Ra'vin tribe from Trondelholm Island. The tribe was isolated for many hundreds of years on the island covered in jungles almost completely, which made these Ursoids develop a black fur which made it harder to spot them during they night as the tribe was night-active. Trondelholm Ursoids are excellent climbers so they make good secret agents or assasins.

There are several near-ursoid species evolved on Medwedian colonies in the galaxy or modificated by aliens.