Masato's Den





Gorean Animal Fauna


ref: The Karian Notes, Section 02F



Anteaters
More than six varieties inhabit the rainforest

Bosk
Though similar in build to the Yak of earth the Bosk bears the heavier form of the buffalo of earth and like him, provides, food, leather and many of the needs of the people of Gor. The meat may be roasted or broiled, dried, stewed or served in a myriad of ways.

Frevet
Book 21, page 276
small mammalian creature, similar to a weasel or ferret in shape, which eats insects. Commonly kept inside a domicile to keep bugs under control. Friendly and curious animals.

Armored gatch
A marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

Giani
A large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi. They are normally cat-sized panthers, not dangerious to man

Hith
Book 2, page 26
Huge python-like snake, many-banded, growing to a length of as much as 60 feet.

Hurt
A kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth, bounding, 2-legged marsupial, similar to a kangaraoo, replaces it's wool 4x/year, used to make cloth.

Jit monkey
A simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

Kaiila
Picture a velociraptor standing 20-22 hands high, 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. The eyes are triple lidded against the sand storms of the desert regions.

Kailiauk
Stocky ruminant, stocky, tawny with red and brown stripped markings on haunches, having 3 skewer-like horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder, short-trunked heavy ruminant with wide head

Two-stomached snow lart
A 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

Larl
mountain predator
huge standing to 7' feet at the shoulder, tawny red or black in color - lion and leopardlike, it keeps to the mountains, but on occasion will raid human habitations. They sable black have a mane..bothmale & female, and there is also the maneless tawny red. Where the females are generally smaller, they are very dangerous, carnivorous.
jungle
Less dangerous to man, than the northern variety, inhabitant of the rainforest.

Leem
a small arctic rodent, some five to ten ounces in weight, which hybernates in the winter... it's furs are sold by the Red Hunters

Nar
Book 1, page 82
A swamp spider, whose web saved Tarl Cabot's life

Marsh moccasins
Book 24, pages 163
poisonous snakes found in the Delta of the Vosk

Ost
Book 2, page 26
tiny serpent, about 12", of brilliant orange with incredibly virulent poison reptile of about a foot in length. It is highly poisonous and its bite can mean death in seconds. Ones of rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes.

Panther, jungle
Less dangerous to man, than the northern variety, inhabitant of the rainforest.

Quala
Small, dun-colored, 3-toed small mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae

Slee
A rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

Sleen
Book 2, page 26; Book 11, page 185
wedge-like head, whiskered snout, lizard-like body with 6 short legs, mammalian, the young average about 8' long, full grown averages about 20' long, 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. Sleen are pack animals and cared for only by thier Masters so that they are not befriended by the slave who may try to escape.
Miniature
Book 22, page 167
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"

Squirrels, black
Inhabitant of the rainforest.

Tabuk
Book 2, page 48
antelope, swift gazelle like animals known for their sweet meat and speed... the Tabuk is generally served roasted.
single-horned
Small, fleet tabuk.. more than 20 varieties are found in the rainforest.

Tarns
enormous relatives of the earth Golden eagle..some with a 50' wing span..they are bred in 2 types...War Tarns- heavier but agile, trained to aid in battle...and Racing Tarns- slender, lighter birds bred for speed and endurance. Racing Tarns are also used by messengers to go from one city-state to another.

Tarntauros
Book 23, page 138
legendary half-man, half-tarn, similar to the Earth legend of the centaur

Tharlarion
Book 21, page 45
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. The Marsh Thalarion is not domesticated, but a vicious and voracious hunter.
Saddle Tharlarian
smaller, and more agile than the High Tharlarian, close breed to the Bipedalian.
(Book25, page 290)
Fine tharlarion breeds;1) Venetzia, 2) Torarii, and 3) Thalonian
21:229 Bipedalian Tharlarian - smaller and swifter than the High Tharlarian, used as scouts and fast-passage cart pullers.
broad, Sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous
high, Agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they have very short, almost useless, forlegs; carnivorous
river, Extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges
rock, A small reptile of the Tahari

Tarsiers
Nocturnal jit monkeys, inhabitants of the rainforest.

Tarsk
Book 2, page 76
six-tusked wild boar, Similar to the earth pig in form and ecological niche, they are not a favored food, being carrion eaters, but, are a staple amoung the rence growers. Giant - large cousin of the tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the shoulder

Ul
Book 2, page 26
similar to a giant pterodactyl or pteranodon, Native to the Vosk delta.

Urts
(Book4, page 124; Book2, page 191)
reptilian like rat..the size of a terrier, a small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns
ground, A small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi
leaf, A small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; tree sloth?
tree, A small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi

Vart
Book 2, page 26
rodent-like, flying carnivorous mammal with pack-instincts
Blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog
jungle, A relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi

Zeder
A small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua River; grows to about 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal, can swim very well, and builds a stick-and-mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night.



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