armored gatch:
A marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
armored gatch:
A marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
bint:
A small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of
the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints
can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth.
blue grunt:
A small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the
Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood.
bosk:
A large, shaggy, long-horned bo-vine similar to the Earth cow;
cattle.
broad tharlarion:
A sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous.
common lit:
A bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area.
crested lit:
A bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area.
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.
fleer:
A large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night.
fruit tindel:
A bird perhaps? which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area.
giani:
A large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests
inland of Schendi.
giant gint:
Alarge 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.
giant tarsk:
A large cousin of the tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the
shoulder.
gint:
A tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the
rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes & flipper-like
fins; is amphibious, having both lungs & gills; is capable of
walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the comp any of
tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills.
golden beetle:
An insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the
caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar
Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves.
ground urt:
A small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland
of Schendi.
grub borer:
An insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
grunt:
A large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is
often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar
to the shark of Earth.
herlit:
Gorean eagle, has 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.
hight tharlarion:
An agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they
have very short, almost useless, forlegs; carnivorous.
hinti:
Small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites.
hith:
Huge python-like snake.
hook-billed gort:
A carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi;
preys on ground urts.
horned gim:
A small owl-like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the
forests of northern Gor.
hurt:
A kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth.
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.
jungle gant:
A bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests
inland of Schendi.
jungle vart:
A relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland
of Schendi.
jungle zad:
A cousin of the Tahari zad; found in the rainforest inland of
Schendi.
kaiila:
A large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky
fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is vivaparous, has
incredible stamina, and can be domesticated for riding in spite of
its vicious temper; in the Tahari, its long hair is used for
rope.
kailiauk:
A stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on haunches,
having 3 horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the
shoulder.
lang gim:
An insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
larl:
A large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color,
having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion.
leaf urt:
A small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the
rainforests inland of Schendi; tree sloth?
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 Tah.
mamba:
A large, predatory river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of
the rainforests inland of Schendi; they have long, log-like
bodies, with short, powerful legs & a long snout & tail; similar to
Earth crocodiles.
marsh gant:
A long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew.
mindar:
A short-winged, yellow & red bird of the rainforests inland of
Schendi; with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower
trees for larvae & bugs.
ost:
A tiny snake, about 12" long, bright orange in color; its venom
causes extremely painful death within seconds; the ost of
the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.
parsit fish:
A silvery fish having brown stripes.
prairie fleer:
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.
quala:
A small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of
black hair.
plural: qualae
ring-necked wader:
A variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests
inland of Schendi.
river shark:
A narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal
fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor.
river tharlarion:
An extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by
bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.
rock tharlarion:
A small reptile of the Tahari.
salt shark:
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.
slee:
A rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
sleen:
A ferocious feline, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs and 2 rows of
teeth; there are four types: the prairie sleen, which is
tawny; the forest sleen, which is black or brown; the aquatic sea
sleen; and the white snow sleen; can be domesticated
for herding and tracking.
slime worm:
A long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest
in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden
Beetles kills.
sorp:
A shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster;
like an oyster, it manufactures pearls.
tabuk:
A kind of antelope, being yellow in color and having a single horn.
tarn:
A crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; used in battle
and in racing.
tarsk:
A porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which
runs down its spine to the base of the tail; b) copper
coin that is the whole coin of least value, equalling 10 tarsk
bits.
tharlarions:
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")
tibit:
A small, thin-legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the
shores of Thassa; sandpiper?
toos:
A crab-like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest
and scavenges on discarded fungus spores.
tree urt:
A small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
tufted fisher:
A waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of
Schendi.
tumit:
A large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, having an
18'-long hooked beak; carnivorous.
tur-pah:
An edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the
tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage.
ul:
A giant carnivorous pteradactyl.
urt:
A small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three
rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns.
vart:
A blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog.
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.
vulo:
A tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also
exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs.
wingfish:
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.
yellow gim:
A bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rainforests
inland of Schendi.
yellow-legged wader:
A variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests
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.
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.
zeder:
A small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the
rainforests 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.