Gúta (Earth-4001)

The gúta is a gigantic troll-like species found on Reach.

History
The history of the gúta is the same as their mainstream counterpart.

Biology
The gúta is the largest terrestrial lifeform ever discovered on Reach, at nearly twenty feet tall. Severe aggression from gúta is rare, apart from rutting males or females with young. Even so, it is an extremely dangerous animal. The gúta is nearly hairless, with scaled skin and sharp teeth. The species has tusks extruding from either side of its jaw. Gúta have two toes on each foot and three fingers on each hand, with an extremely sharp, long claw on each digit. Although gúta are capable of moving bipedally, they will use their arms for support while running.

Trivia

 * A creature that looks very similar to a gúta, albeit a much smaller one than depicted in Halo: Reach, is indigenous to Minab.
 * The gúta has a slight resemblance to the Deathclaw from the Fallout series and slightly resembles the rancor of the Star Wars universe.
 * The gúta is seemingly named after the guta, a fearsome demon from Hungarian mythology, as many of Reach's early settlers were of Hungarian descent.
 * A gúta's roar can push a Spartan back fairly hard despite the enormous weight of a Spartan clad in MJOLNIR armor.