The sludge panther, a menacing carnivorous hunter, originated from the planet of Talus. These creatures inhabited the marshy swamps and humid jungles of Talus. To conceal their presence during hunts, they frequently coated themselves in mud. Their social structure involved small packs, with females typically responsible for hunting and males guarding nests and offspring from threats. The greater sludge panther represented a bigger subspecies of the standard sludge panther. It's worth noting that the sludge panther shared a remote ancestry with the Corellian sand panther.
Before the events of the Galactic Civil War, a sizable group of sludge panthers launched an assault on the Talus village of Durbin, resulting in the deaths of the majority of the villagers.