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finch, whistling - flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest it is insectivorous.
fisher, tufted - a water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi.
fisher, Ushindi - a tufted water bird of the rainforests. It has long white feathers and long legs.
fleer - large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night.
fleer, long-billed - a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.
fleer, prairie - yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food
fruit tindel - a bird which inhabits the rain forests of the Schendi area.
gant, arctic - migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar north, when frozen, their eggs are eaten like apples.
gant, jungle - a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi
gant, marsh - a long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew?
gim, horned - a small owl like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor.
gim, lang - an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi.
gim, yellow - a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi.
gort, hook-billed - this is a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests. It preys on ground urts.
grub borer - an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendif
gull, coasting - found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull. It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvladsland.
gull, Schendi - inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.
gull, vosk - a gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River, it apparently has a loud or insistent cry, which is imitated by the rence people as a means of surreptitious communication at night. It's feathers are used on sheaf arrows. It winters on the prairies of the Wagon Peoples and flies north in the spring, when the ice breaks up.
herlit (noun): Gorean eagle, having a wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black; also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the Barrens.
hermit, yellow-breasted - a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree, to hunt for larvae.
ivory-billed woodpecker - bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi.
jard - a small, yellow winged scavenger bird of the rain forest inland of Schendi.
kites - a type of bird with a shrill call.
lit, common - a bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area.
lit, crested - a bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area.
lit, needle-tailed - a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
mindar - a short winged, yellow and red bird of the rain forests inland of Schendi; with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower trees for larvae and bugs.
parrot - bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest, some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.
tanager - bird found in the emergent level of the rainforests.
tarn - crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; some with a 50' wing span, they are bred for various reasons such as battle and in racing.
tarn, racing - more slender, lighter birds bred for speed and endurance. Racing Tarns are also used by messengers to go from one city-state to another.
tarn, transport - huge, heavy, slower birds bred to carry large loads in hanging baskets or pallets over great distances.
tarn, war - heavier then average tarn but agile, trained to aid in battle, very ferocious.
tibit - a small, thin legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa.
tumit - large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, having an 18'-long hooked beak; carnivorous.
umbrella bird - bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.
veminium bird - a bird with a beautiful song not otherwise described.
vulo - a tawny colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs
warbler - bird found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.
wader, ring necked - a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi.
wader, yellow legged - a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi.
zad - a large, broad winged, black-&- white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion; similar to the Earth vulture.
zad, jungle - a cousin of the Tahari zad; found in the rain forest inland of Schendi.
zadit - a small, tawny feathered, sharp billed bird of the Tahari; insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects; they often land a kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal.
anteater - more than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi. The great spined anteater usually grows to 20 ft in length and feeds on white ants or termites breaking apart their towering nests of toughened clay with mighty claws then darting it's 4 foot saliva coated tongue, drawing thousands into it's narrow tubelike mouth.
bosk - a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. It has a wide head and tiny red eyes, a fearful temper, and two long, wicked, curved and pointed horns. The horns, from tip to tip may measure two spears in length. It is for good reason the bosk is called 'The Mother of the Wagon Peoples'. It's flesh and milk furnish food and drink, shelter is made from it's hides, and clothing from it's tanned and sewn skins. Weapons are made from the leather of it's hump and many tools and implements from it's bone and horns. Even the dung is dried and used for fuel. The bosk is reverenced and the penalties for it's slaughter without reason are extreme.
frevet - small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control.
gatch, armoured - a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
giani - a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi
hith - huge python-like snake.
hith, golden - a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.
hurt - a two-legged, domesticated marsupial. It is raised on ranches in several northern cities, herded by sleen and sheared for their white wool. Hurts replace their wool four times a year.
kaiila - large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous, has incredible stamina, and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper; in the Tahari, its long hair is used to braid rope; its milk is potable by humans
kaiila, desert - also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.
kaiila, southern - large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper. It has a rich gold to black. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples.
kailiauk - stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on haunches, having 3 horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder.
kailiauk, forest - four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short- trunked and tawny. The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder. The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi.
kailiauk, prairie - short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars. Their wide heads bear a trident horn. They instinctively circle when resting, their she's and young protected within.
larl - a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion.
larl, black - predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and maned both male and female.
larl, red- predominately day hunting larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female.
larl, white - seen in icy mountains of the Sardar they are the largest of the big cats standing 8 feet; upper canines extending below their jaws very similar to saber-toothed tiger; long tails are tufted at the ends.
lart, two-stomached snow - mammalian animal with four legs, that is about 10" high, and weighs between 8-12 lbs. It hunts in the sun. The food in the second stomach can be held almost indefinitely. It is filled in the fall and must last the lart through the winter night, which lasts months. It eats bird's legs and preys on the leem.
leem - a small arctic rodent, five to ten ounces in weight. It hibernates in the winter and their summer coats are brown
guernon monkey - found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound.
jit monkey - a simian mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi.
ost - tiny snake, about 12" long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds; the ost of the rain forests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
rainforest ost - a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
panther, forest - is a tawny-colored, proud beast and is very common in the forests. They hunt largely at night but are not invariably nocturnal. They normally hunt when they are hungry or irritable.
panther, jungle - Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.
porcupine, long-tailed - animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
quala - small, dun colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae.
slee - a rodent which inhabits the ground zone of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
sleen - a ferocious feline, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs and 2 rows of teeth; can be domesticated for herding and tracking.
sleen, forest - It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, black or brown in color. It resembles a lizard, except it is furred and mammalian. In its attack frenzy it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor.
sleen, gray - said to be Gor's finest tracker, this six legged sleen is a furred mammal with silver gray fur. It has an agile, sinuous body, thick as a drum and is 14-15 feet long. The gray sleen has a broad triangular head and a huge jaw with two rows of fangs and a dark tongue. It's widely set eyes have slit-like pupils. As is true for all sleens, it has six legs. This breed is relentless and tenacious. It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs.
sleen, hunting - the hunting sleen is a hunter of men. It is 20 feet in length and weighs eleven hundred pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double-fanged and six-footed. It's tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid, as it hunts, it's ears flatten against it's head just prior to it's final 'charge' attack on it's prey.
sleen, miniature - sly, nasty, and dangerous if not properly controlled, often kept as sinuous pets by Free Women. It is this creature that is the cause of the derogatory reference in calling someone a "sleen" or "she-sleen".
sleen, prairie - tawny in color, and are smaller than the forest sleen, but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are used for hunting and nocturnal herd sleen are used as shepherds and sentinels. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master.
squirrels, black - inhabitant of the rainforest.
tabuk - a kind of antelope, being yellow in color and having a single horn.
tabuk, northern - massive tawny and swift is much larger than its smaller southern variety; standing ten hands at the shoulders. They have a single spiralling ivory horn, which at it's base can be 2 1/2 inches in diameter and over a yard in length. The Red Hunters are irrecovably tired to the tabuk for sustenance and the devices of daily living much like the Wagon Peoples and the bosk, and the Red Savages and the kailiauk.
tabuk, prairie - described as tawny and gazelle-like with a single horn, it responds to threat by scurrying away or lying down. Presumably this reponse is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate it's prey.
tarsiers - nocturnal jit monkeys, inhabitants of the rainforest.
tarsk - porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail.
tarsk, giant - large cousin of the tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the shoulder.
tharlarion - one of several types of large, carnivorous reptiles, some of which have been domesticated; it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba.
tharlarian, bipedalian - smaller and swifter than the High Tharlarian, used as scouts and fast- passage cart pullers.
tharlarion, broad - sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous.
tharlarion, high - agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they have very short, almost useless, forelegs; carnivorous.
tharlarion, land - land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.
tharlarion, marsh -: inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile.
tharlarion, racing - these high tharlarions are bred and registered for racing. Unlike the animals used as cavalry, these are chosen from 'medium class' tharlarion, being smaller and ligher. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.
tharlarion, river - extremely large, herbivorous, web footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.
tharlarion, rock - a small reptile of the Tahari.
tharlarian, saddle - smaller, and more agile than the High Tharlarian, close breed to the Bipedalian.
ul - winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25 foot wing span and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure.
urt - a small, silken furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns.
urt, canal - rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
urt, forest - nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.
urt, giant - fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns.
urt, gliding - animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
urt, ground - a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rain forests inland of Schendi.
urt, leaf - a small tree dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi; tree sloth?
urt, tree - a small tree climbing rodent found in the rain forests inland of Schendi.
vart - blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog.
vart, brown - carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches.
vart, jungle - a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rain forests inland of Shendi.
verr - a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it milk is potable, as well as being used for cheese.
zeder - a small, sleen-like,carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua river; grows to c. 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal , can swim very well, & builds a stick-&-mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night.
bint - small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth.
eel - a voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel.
dock eel - a black freshwater fish, 4' long and weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports.
gint - a tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs and gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills.
gint, giant - a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4- spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins.
grunt - a large, carnivorous, saltwater fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth.
grunt, blue - a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood.
grunt, great speckled - a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors.
grunt, white-bellied - a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. It's eggs are considered a rare delicacy.
lelt - a small (5-7") blindfish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white, with long fins, it swims slowly, and is the main food of the salt
shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari.
mamba - large, predatory river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rain forests inland of Schendi;they have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs and a long snout and tail; similar to Earth crocodiles.
marine saurian - fish-like predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.
marine saurian, reptilian - reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft in length, it has a long neck and small head with rows of small teeth. Its appendages are like broad paddles.
marsh moccasin - narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.
oysters - from the delta of the Vosk.
salamander - an inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stemlike legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills.
Tambur Gulf Oysters - from the Tamber Gulf, these oysters are served raw or baked.
parsit fish - a silvery fish having brown stripes.
salamander - an inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stemlike legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills.
sharks - there are several varieties of sharks on Gor, saltwater and freshwater. The common shark is nine-gilled and its skin is very rough and abrasive. Varieties include river sharks, salt shark, marsh shark, white sharks of the north and the Vosk and Laurius sharks.
shark, marsh - deadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes, similar in shape to the shark of earth.
shark, river - a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor
shark, salt - a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle-like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.
sea sleen - long, sleek, mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 pounds and as much as 20 feet in length, hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelts. There are four varieties of sea sleen in the north including the black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, and flat-nosed sleen
sea sleen, black
sea sleen, brown sea sleen, flat-nosed
sea sleen, rogue - rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North.
sea sleen, tufted
sea sleen, tusked
sea sleen, white-spotted - its rich fur is used for cloaks.
sorp - a shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls.
sorp, vosk - a giant clam that thrives in the seas and Marshes of Gor, the shell of which is large enough to be used as a throne.
tharlarion, river - extremely large, herbivorous, web footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.
tharlarion, water; tiny - described as not much more than 'teeth and tail', this tiny scavenger follows in the wake of the larger water tharlarion and is not more than 6 inches long. It inhabits the marshes.
turtle, Vosk - can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Can be difficult to kill.
whales - there are several varieties of whales on Gor including the Karl whale; baleen whale; and the Hunjer Long Whale, a rare toothed black whale.
Hunjer whale - large black, toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters.
Karl whale- four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters
Wingfish - tiny blue saltwaterfish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
wingfish, cosian - also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.
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