Caniphants were a crafty type of creature that covered their own tracks, making them extremely difficult to find. A feral caniphant at one point terrorized a ranch on the planet Koboh where the hunter Mosey Cimmaron and her mother lived, destroying the barn on two occasions. In order to locate the hard-to-track creature, Cimmaron and her mother reversed the ranch's moisture vaporators and filled the air with moisture. This made the caniphant's scent far more pungent, allowing them to track it.
After the Jedi Knight Cal Kestis slew the unpleasant smelling mogu known as the Mire Terror in 9 BBY, Cimmaron told him about the caniphant that terrorized the ranch as an example of how important smell could be when hunting .
In the current Star Wars canon, a caniphant was mentioned in an optional conversation available after completing the "The Mire Terror" rumor in the 2023 Respawn Entertainment video game, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The creature originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it appeared in The Game Chambers of Questal, a 1990 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game adventure written by Paul Murphy and published by West End Games.
In the current Star Wars canon, a caniphant was mentioned in an optional conversation available after completing the "The Mire Terror" rumor in the 2023 Respawn Entertainment video game, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The creature originated in the Star Wars Legends continuity, where it appeared in The Game Chambers of Questal, a 1990 Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game adventure written by Paul Murphy and published by West End Games.