Adult Inix

Broad and low to the ground, an inix is a reptilian behemoth. Used widely as a beast of burden, the inix is capable of incredible feats of strength. It is tough, plodding, and slow to anger, but once roused, it is nearly unstoppable.  Inixes eat plant matter, carrion, and tiny animals. They prefer to use their claws to dig up food rather than to attack. Inixes are strong and tough but relatively docile. They become hard to handle only if hungry or thirsty. Female inixes lay eggs once per year, and they can produce viable eggs without a male. As a result, wild inixes have spread to remote locations and remain plentiful as livestock. Inixes travel in small, homogeneous clutches of a few adults and juveniles. Domestication of the inix is widespread. Adult inixes make capable draft animals, and juveniles make good pets. Although cantankerous if hungry, an inix attacks only if provoked. It uses its tail to knock a foe down and then darts forward to bite. If it can fight without harassment from other attackers, an adult inix is content to use its powerful jaws to grab a creature. 

An adult inix is 16 feet long from snout to tail tip, but its highest point is no taller than a human's shoulder. The beast's carapaced back is wide enough to carry a howdah, a canopied platform for one or more travelers.