They are natural-born sprinters. Unlike many feline races with claws, the claws on their hands and feet are non-retractile, and typically blunt, more useful for getting a grip in the soil than for combat. Most "wild" Savanites do not possess any special senses beyond human ability, relying more upon skill, group tactics and tools for survival.

Savanite communities, scarce as they are, are found in regions of the Savan (hence their name), either in the plains or the jungles. They live a largely primitive existence, and are unable to vocalize, thus relying upon sign and body language for communication. For this reason and others, they are considered as inferior by many sapient species on Sinai, and are considered a "slave race" by Rephidim and other major powers. Thus, communities in the Savan are few and scattered, since slavers frequently roam in search of new "commodities".

Savanites in slavery can be found on a much wider range, and most of them have been born to this life through so many generations that this is the only life they know ... and don't even consider "freedom" as an option.

In recent times, a settlement of free Savanites, the City of Hands, has been revealed in the region of Xenea (part of the Nagai Empire). Also, there have been attempts to introduce freedom to Savanite slaves in the Nagai Empire, although this has been fraught with complications.