Zolanders were the native species of Zolan. As their sun increased the radioactive emissions, the Zolanders created a skin-altering gene, accidentally making the genetic offshoot of the Zolanders, the Clawdite. After the formation of the New Republic, the Zolan Civil War broke out between the two species, and the Zolanders became dominated by the Clawdite, whom they previously treated as lesser species.