The pak'ma'ra are a species of sapient, spacefaring, semi-humanoid multiped, foul smelling, poisonous carrion-eating aliens and members of the League of Non-Aligned Worlds, which later converged into the Interstellar Alliance. Contrary to the majority of species (except humans) the name pak'ma'ra is most often spelled in low caps; and it has been stated that that's the way they write it themselves.