Valtarii

The Valtarii are an anthropoid species native to the planet Vultra.

Background
Valtarii cavemen lived in tribal communities and were capable of wielding clubs. They averaged 7 to 8 feet tall, seemed aggressive, and were covered with long hair.

History
By the 23rd century, as Vultra became colder, Valtarii homelands became covered with snow and ice. Some Valtarii were kept in locked caverns by the Vultran race and treated like savage animals.

In 2266, Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard McCoy visited Vultra. Despot Zella threw Kirk and his crew into a handful of imprisoned Valtarii in order to coerce Kirk into unsealing the airlock of his space bug. The cavemen assaulted the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) personnel with clubs, but Kirk refused to give in.