These guys are a sapient alien people called the Thresh.
They are not indigenous to Laynair but instead come from the Parite home world which is currently being tended to after a nasty parasite infection rendered it unsafe to live on.
The Thresh are an intelligent people even though they have quadruped locomotion. They have very dexterous tentacles along their heads and necks that have hollow openings where small grabby sensory organs come out and gingerly manipulate objects.
Because of how sensitive and mobile their tentacle 'hands' are; there are some that work as doctors for those that don't wish to be operated on by machines.
However most Thresh that choose to get long term jobs in Lanian cities tend to work as taxis or other emergency services. Thresh can be quite large but they are very sleek and fast; not that they would want to run full speed when taxiing people around lol. They have a few subspecies so their sizes can vary but the largest are around the size of Clydesdale and the smallest the height of cheetah but much longer.
The smallest Thresh are normally found on space stations doing work there rather than ferrying people around planet side.












