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Animals
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Anteater: much like the earthen anteater; more than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi.
Arthropod: a creature found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings. It is 8 feet long and a yard high with a multi-segmented body and 8 legs. It's eyes are on long stalks.
Armored Gatch: a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Bosk: a large, shaggy, long-horned bovine similar to Earth's ox, providing food, and many other needs. The meat may be roasted, broiled, boiled, stewed, fried, or dried.
The bosk, without which the Wagon Peoples could not live, is an ox like creature. It is a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. Not only does the flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink, but its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell; its tanned and sewn skin cover their bodies... {Nomads of Gor, pages 4-5}
Eel: River, Black, and the Spotted eel are considered a delicacy; voracious animal which can maim or kill a slave in moments; some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy.(Magicians of Gor, pg 428)
Fleer: a bird; of several varieties; see below
Fleer, Long Billed: A bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.
Fleer, Prairie: a 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
Frevet: a small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control.
Fruit Tindel: a bird which inhabits the canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area.
Gant: a bird; of several varieties; see below
Gant, Arctic:
Gant, Jungle: a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Gant, Marsh: a long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry
Giani: a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
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 rainforests inland of Schendi
Gim, Yellow: a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Gint: a tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforest having both lungs & 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
Gitch: a biting insect; description is vague, although it is used near mention of roaches.
Gort: a carnivorous, hook-billed, hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts.
Grub Borer: an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Grunt: varieties: Marsh, Blue, Great-speckled; a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; it is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature. Similar to the shark of Earth. The great speckled, being caught and used as food by the sailors of the Thassa (Slave Girl of Gor, pg 360)
Grunt, Blue: a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood
Grunt, Thassa: fish; related to the blue grunt; also known as: great speckled grunt; inhabiting the Thassa; caught as food for sailors.
Herlit: 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
Hinti: small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites
Hith: Gorean banded python, growing to a length of as much as 60 feet.
Hurt: a kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth
Ivory-billed Woodpecker: bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schend.
Jard: a small, yellow-winged scavenger bird of the rainforest inland of Schendi
Jit Monkey: a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Kaiila: covered with a silken fur; vicious from birth, deadly, sleek and carniverous and fast; capable of covering 600 pasangs (7/10 of a mile=1 pasang) in a day; their eyes are triple lidded against the sand storms of the desert regions; used for transportation or as pack animals. See below for more varieties.
Kaiila, Desert: a mount used of the men of the Tahari; also known as the 'sand kaiila' and is and omnivorous animal that is related to the souther kaiila; a lofty, proud, silken, long-necked, smooth-gaited animal and stands 20 to 22 hands at the shoulder; its reins are light reins, plaited with 10 to 12 strips, thinner than a thread, of dyed leather, but are very strong and durable; the caravan kaiila are pack animals and mounts; these are more often and almost always belled so that the animals do not stray to far and can be found in the desert winds when sometimes one cant even see directly in front of them; caravans are normally slow moving and silent and the bells alert the people to passers where without bells one may unknowingly pass another within yards without ever seeing that other person. Normally only raiders ride without bells. In caravans, at night, the animals, as well as slaves, are hobbled; with the kaiila, a simple figure-eight twist of kaiila-hair rope, above the spreading paws, below the knees, is used.
Kaiila, Southern: a 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.
Kailiauk: a gigantic, dangerous beast that stands 20-25 hands at the shoulder and weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides; they have a trident horn; stocky; they have three horns
Kailiauk, Forest: a 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.
Larl: a tawny leopardlike beast indigenous to the Voltai and several of Gor’s ranges and mountains, standing an incredible seven feet high at the shoulder and feared for its occasional hunger-driven visitations to the civilized plains below; tawny and leopardlike; it keeps to the mountains, but on occasion will raid human habitations; they have a sable black mane--both male & female--and there is also the maneless tawny red; the females are generally smaller, but they are very dangerous; the larl hunts in a pride, normally of three; when the larl hunts alone it hunts silently, never uttering a sound until the sudden roar that momentarily precedes its charge, the roar calculated to terrify the quarry into a fatal instant of immobility; when it hunts in a pride they offer 'driving cries' to move their prey. Called a lart in Beasts of Gor. (Tarnsman of Gor)
Larl, Red: a predominately day hunting larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female.
White, Red: these animals are 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.
Marsh Shark: a seadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes..similar in shape to the shark of earth.
Nar: a swamp spider, whose web saved Tarl Cabot's life p.82, Tarnsman of Gor.
Ost: brilliantly colored orange reptile of about a foot in length. It is highly poisonous and its bite can mean death in seconds.
Ost, Rainforest: A snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
Qualee: a small three toed mammal; usually dun colored and having a stiff brushy mane of black hair.
Reptilian Narine Saurian: 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.
Schendi Gull: these birds are found inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.
Sleen: the deadly hunting dog of Gor..a cross between a weasel and a Komodo dragon; furred, with fangs that drip a deadly poison; 6 legged and tencious they can track a trail days old as if it were fresh rending and killing the object of the hunt; pack animals and cared for only by thier Masters so that they are not befriended by the slave who may try to escape.
Tabuk: A kind of antelope, being yellow in color and having a single horn. (Priest-Kings of Gor)
Tarn: 'Brothers of the Wind' The tarn is a huge flight bird with steel-like talons and a massive wing span of; an extremely powerful bird; their plumage varies and they are bred for their colors as much as their strength; black tarns are used for night raids and normally referred to as war tarns; racing tarns are more slender, lighter birds bred for speed and endurance and are also used by messengers to go from one city-state to another; the most common color of the tarn is a greenish-brown; surprisingly light and has hollow bones; they fear nothing but the tarn goad; rings, comparable to those which are fastened on the legs of the young birds, are worn by the adult birds to reinforce the memory of the hobbling wire and the tarn-goad; one of the two most common mounts of a Gorean warrior; a war tarn's talons are shod with steel; their tongues are long and thing, as long as a man's arm; to mount the tarn there is a five-rung leather mounting ladder which hangs on the left side of the saddle and is pulled up in flight; tarn-goads, which are about 2 feet long and have a leather strap, are used to keep the animal in check and emit an electric spark that doesnt mar but shocks; a tarn whistle is used to call the beast, it emits a powerful blast and has its own special note that will only call one specific tarn. (Tarnsman of Gor)
The Goreans believe, incredibly enough, that the capacity to master a tarn is innate and that some men possess this characteristic and that some do not. One does not learn to master a tarn. It is a matter of blood and spirit, of beast and man, of a relation between two beings which must be immediate, intuitive, spontaneous. It is said that a tarn knows who is a tarnsman and who is not, and that those who are not die in this first meeting.{Tarnsman of Gor}
The tarn is guided by virtue of a throat strap, to which are attached, normally, six leather streamers, or reins, which are fixed in a metal ring on the forward portion of the saddle. The reins are of different colors, but one learns them by ring position and not color. Each of the reins attaches to a small ring on the throat strap, and the rings are spaced evenly. Accordingly, the mechanics are simple. One draws on the streamer, or rein, which is attached to the ring most nearly approximating the direction one wishes to go. {Tarnsman of Gor}
Tarsk: Porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail, six tusks. (Outlaw of Gor, pg 76 )
Tharlarion: a species of saddle-lizard, used mostly by clans who have never mastered tarns; common in swamplands and deserts; heavy, but swift these beast range nearly 40 hands in height; warm blooded reptiles; used in battle as shock troops, and a smaller bred cousin as draft animals on Gor;
Tharlarion, Mamba: a large predatory variety of river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It is believed the cannibalistic Mamba People take their name from this flesh eating animal.
Tharlarion, Marsh: a species of tharlarion; is not domesticated, but a vicious and voracious hunter.
Ul: a giant Pterodactyl or Pteranodon, Native to the Vosk delta; winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar.
Umbrella Bird: a bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.
Urt: a thin reptilian rat; the size of a terrier; several varieties: see below.
Urt, Brush: a tiny urt. (Captive of Gor)
Urt, Canal: a rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
Urt, Giant: a giant version of the common urt
Urt, Gliding: a flying rodent animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Urt, Tree: a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Vart: a carnivorous; a small, sharp-toothed mammal that flies in flocks.
Vart, Brown: a carnivorous animal that rests clinging upside down on branches.
Vart, Jungle: a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Verr: the agile and bellicose Gorean mountain goat; indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; it is long-haired and spiral-horned; 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 (Tarnsman of Gor)
Vosk Sorp: 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.
Vulo: a tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for its meat and eggs. (Nomads of Gor, pg 1)
Wingfish: also known as song fish 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
Zad: a bird; zadit; it eats on insects. (Tribsemen of Gor)
In dedication to
Master Saxus
