Ice Cats, also referred to as Pantran whitefangs, were a feline species from the planet Hoth, classified as non-sentient. A key trait of these creatures was their predominantly muscular physique. Due to their lack of fat reserves, these felines needed to hunt perpetually. They were the sole predators on Hoth capable of keeping pace with a tauntaun, thus making them the only real threat.
During the era of the Cold War, several criminal organizations attempted to capture and domesticate wild whitefangs for use as guard animals, but these attempts invariably resulted in fatalities for both the trainers and the animals themselves. Conversely, these crime bosses made a substantial amount of money from underground fighting rings, where they pitted the felines against each other in fights to the death.