Animals of Gor

Animals of Gor:

Arctic Gant - migratory bird; nest in the mountains of the Hrimgar and in steep, rocky outcroppings, called bird cliffs. The egg of the arctic gant when frozen are eaten like apples. Beasts of Gor pg 196
Arthropod - large, perhaps eight feet long and a yard high, multi-legged, and segmented, body plates rustle like plastic armor, timid creatures. Priest Kings of Gor pg 82
Bosk - an ox like creature. It is a huge, shambling animal with a thick, humped neck and long shaggy hair. It has a wide head and tiny red eyes, a temper to match that of a sleen, and two long, wicked horns that reach out from its head and suddenly curve forward to terminate in fearful points. Some of these horns, on the larger animals, measured from tip to tip, exceed the length of two spears. Nomads of Gor pg 4 - 5

• flesh of the bosk and the milk of its cows furnish the Wagon Peoples with food and drink
• its hides cover the domelike wagons in which they dwell
• its tanned and sewn skins cover their bodies
• the leather if its hump is used for the shields
• its sinews forms their thread
• its bones and horns are split and tooled into implements of a hundred sorts, from awls, punches and spoons to drinking flagons and weapon tips
• its hoofs are used for glues
• its oils are used to grease their bodies against the cold
• the dung of the bosk finds its uses on the treeless prairies, being dried and used for fuel.

The bosk is said to be the Mother of the Wagon Peoples, and they reverence it as such

• the man who kills one foolishly is strangled in thongs or suffocated in the hide of the animal he slew
• if a bosk is slain with unborn young, the man who killed, is staked out, alive, in the path of the herd and the march of the Wagon People takes it’s way over him.

Cosian Wingfish - tiny, delicate fish, blue, about the size of a tarn disk; has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin, which are poisonous; it is capable of hurling itself from the water and, for brief distances, on its stiff pectoral fins, gliding through the air, to evade the smaller sea-tharlarions, which seem to be immune to the poison of the spines. Is also sometimes referred to as the songfish because, as a portion of it’s courtship rituals, the males and females thrust their heads from the water and utter a sort of whistling sound; is found only in the waters of Cos. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. Is regarded as a great delicacy, it’s liver as the delicacy of delicacies. Nomads of Gor pg 84 - 85
Dock Eels - black, 4' long, tenacious. Rogue of Gor pg 155
Golden Beetle - about the size of a rhinoceros, glowing eyes, two multiply hooked, tubular, hollow pincer like extensions that met at the tips perhaps a yard beyond its body. They seemed clearly some aberrant mutation of its jaw, its antennae, unlike those of Priest-Kings, were very short. They curved and were tipped with a fluff of golden hair. Most strangely perhaps were several long, golden strands, almost a mane, which extended from the creature’s head over its domed, golden back and fell almost to the floor behind it. The back itself seemed divided into two thick casings which might once, ages before, have been horny wings, but now the tissues had, at the points of touching together, fused in such a way as to form what was for all practical purposes a thick, immobile golden shell. Priest Kings of Gor pg 180
Hith - many-banded gorean python. Outlaw of Gor pg 26
Hurt - a domesticated marsupial raised in large numbers in the environs of several of Gor’s northern cities. The hurt, raised on large, fenced ranches, herded by domesticated sleen are sheared by chained slaves, replaces its wool four times a year. Assassins of Gor pg 39
Jard - small scavenging bird, commonly moves in flocks. Magicians of Gor pg 400
Kaiila - It is a silken, carnivorous, lofty creature, graceful, long necked, smooth-gaited. It is viviparous and undoubtedly mammalian, though there is no suckling of the young. The young are born vicious and by instinct, as soon as they can struggle to their feet, they hunt. It is an instinct of the mother, sensing birth, to deliver the young animal in the vicinity of game. .I supposed, with the domesticated kaiila, a bound verr of a prisoner might be cast to the newborn animal. The kaiila, once it eats its fill, does not touch food for several days. The kaiila is extremely agile, and can easily outmaneuver the slower, more ponderous high tharlarion. It requires less food, of course, then the tarn. A kaiila, which normally stands about twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder, can cover as much as six hundred pasangs in a single day’s riding. The head of the kaiila bears two large eyes, one on each side, but these eyes are triply lidded, probably an adaptation to the environment which occasionally is wracked by severe storms of wind and dust; the adaptation, actually a transparent third lid, permits the animal to move as it wishes under conditions that force other prairie animals to back into the wind or, like sleen, to burrow into the ground. The kaiila is most dangerous under such conditions, and, as if it knew this, often uses such times for its hunt. Nomads of Gor pg 13 - 14
Kailiauk - a large, lumbering, shaggy, trident-horned ruminant. Having four stomachs and an eight-valved heart. Dangerous, gregarious, small-eyed and short tempered. Adult males can reach 20 - 25 hands at the shoulder, and go about 4000 pounds. Blood Brothers of Gor pg 10

• Pte - kailiauk cow (Red Savage Word)
• Tatanka - kailiauk bull (Red Savage Word)

Larl - a tawny leopard like beast indigenous to the Voltai and several of Gor ranges. Tarnsman of Gor pg 147; Black Larl - predominately nocturnal, is maned (both male and female); Red Larl - more common, hunts any hour, has no mane. Priest-Kings of Gor pg 18; Tarl Cabot encounters 2 White Larl’s in the Sardar Mountains. Priest-Kings of Gor pg 22
Leem - small arctic rodent; 5 - 10 oz in weight, hibernates in winter. Beasts of Gor pg 74
Marsh Gant - a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl, broad-billed and broad winged. Raiders of Gor pg 4
Marsh Moccasin - narrow, dark, 5' long (approx) poisonous; not common. Vagabonds of Gor pg 267
Mindar - brightly plumaged, short winged yellow/red sharp billed bird. Explorers of Gor pg 282
Ost - venomous, brilliant orange reptile a little more than a foot in length, can cause an excruciating death in seconds. Outlaw of Gor pg 26
Parsit Fish - small, narrow, stripped. Beasts of Gor pg 38
Qualae - brush-maned and three toed. Raiders of Gor pg 4
Shark - Marsh Sharks: eel like, long bodied, nine gilled. Raiders of Gor pg 58; Northern Shark: cold water shark, found in the Polar Basin. Beasts of Gor pg 36
Sleen - 6 legged long bodied mammalian carnivore. Outlaw of Gor pg 26; large-eyed sinuous, resembling a furred serpentine lizard, reliable indefatigable hunter, follows a scent days old with ease. Raiders of Gor pg 105; Forest Sleen: 20' length, weight 1100 lbs., Beasts of Gor pg 12; Aquatic Sleen: Four main types of sea sleen, found in the polar basin, black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, flat-nosed sleen. Beasts of Gor pg 38; sea sleen run 8' length; 3 - 400 lbs. in weight. Beasts of Gor pg 280; Rogue Sleen: rare in the waters of the Polar Sea, broad head, gray muzzle, double fanged jaws, 18 - 20' in length, 1000 lbs in weight. Beasts of Gor pg 283 & 285; Prairie Sleen are smaller than the forest sleen but quite as unpredictable and vicious, each about seven feet in length, furred, six-legged, mammalian. Nomads of Gor pg 2
Slime Worm   Priest-Kings of Gor pg 105

• functioned as a sewerage device
• has not served that function in thousands of years
• scavenges the kills of the Golden Beetle
  • Golden Beetle kills Priest-Kings

Snowlart - 10" high, weight 10 - 12 lbs., mammalian, 4 legs, dual stomached, hunts in sun, feeds on bird eggs and preys on the leem. Beasts of Gor pg 74
Tabuk - yellow pelted, single horned. (much like the antelope of Earth) Raiders of Gor pg 4
Tarn - sometimes spoken as "Brothers of the Wind." Plumages vary; Black Tarns for night raids; White Tarns for winter campaigns; multicolored, resplendent Tarns are bred for Warriors who wish to ride proudly; Most common Tarn is Greenish Brown. Tarnsman of Gor pg 51-52
Tarsk - six (6) tusked wild boar. Outlaw of Gor pg 76
Tharlarion - High: runs on its two back feet in bounding strides. Its cavernous mouth is lined with long, gleaming teeth. Its two small ridiculously disproportionate forelegs dangle in front of its body. Tarnsman of Gor pg 115; Wild: fearsome head, round, shining eyes, vast arc of a mouth, a long brown lash of a tongue. Tarsnman of Gor pg 83; River: domesticated, vast, herbivorous web-footed lizards. Nomads of Gor pg 3 - 4
Tumits - a large flightless bird whose hooked beak, attested only too clearly to its gustatory habits. Nomads of Gor pg 2
Ul - giant pterodactyl (native to the swamps in the delta of the Vosk River). Outlaw of Gor pg 26; normally the only creature that dares to outline itself against the sky, in the area. Vagabonds of Gor pg 90
Urt (Giant) - fat, sleek and white; three rows of needle like white teeth, two horns, tusks like flat crescents curved from its jaw; another two horns, similar to the first, modifications of the bony tissue forming the upper ridge of the eye socket. Outlaw of Gor pg 86
Ushindi Fisher - long legged, wading bird. Explorers of Gor pg 236
Vart - small sharp-toothed winged mammal, carnivorous, which commonly flies in flocks. Explorers of Gor pg 36
Verr - mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai, wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, long-haired and spiral horned. Priest Kings of Gor pg 63
Vulo - domesticated pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs. Nomads of Gor pg 1
Whale - Hunjer Whale: black, cylindrical, toothed whale. Beasts of Gor pg 258-259; Karl Whale: 4 fluked, baleen whale. Beasts of Gor pg 36; Baleen Whale: bluish, white spotted, blunt fin. Beasts of Gor pg 265
Zadit - small tawny feathered, sharp billed bird found in the Tahari. Tribesmen of Gor pg 152
Zarlit Fly - about two feet long, with four large, translucent wings, with a span of about a yard. It has large, pad like feet on which, when it alights, it can rest on the water, or pick its way delicately across the surface. Most of them are purple. Their appearance is rather formidable and are harmless, at least to humans Vagabonds of Gor. p 160

Diseases / Poisons

Diseases
The stabilization serums have virtually wiped out disease on Gor. With the exception of those listed here, the only other consideration is infection. Even with the aid of the serums, one can die from infection.

Bazi Plague

Originated from Port Bazi, it is transmitted through bites of lice. Some were found immune to it but lethal to others. Those who survive transmit this immunity to their offspring. Slaves who were infected with the disease were often killed. This port was closed by the merchants for two years. It is how the pox was prevented in spreading to other cities, eventually ending. An infected person is described to have dry lips, yellow eyes, and on the skin are broken open, erupted, black, blister-like scattering of pustules. There is no known cure. Also known as the Pox.

Dar-KosisThe literal translation of Dar-Kosis is "the Holy Disease" or equivalent "the Sacred Affliction," a disease similar to Earth leprosy. The disease is named so because it is regarded as being holy to the Priest-Kings. Those who suffer from it are regarded as consecrated to the Priest-Kings. It is regarded as heresy to shed their blood. On the other hand, the Afflicted, as they are called, have little to fear from their fellow men. Their disease is so highly contagious, so devastating in its effects, and so feared on the planet, that even the boldest of outlaws gives them a wide berth.
The Afflicted enjoy a large amount of freedom of movement on Gor. They wander the countryside in shroudlike yellow rags beating a wooden clapping device to warn men from their path. They are warned to stay away from the habitations of men, and, if they approach too closely, they are sometimes stoned. Oddly enough, stoning the Afflicted is not regarded as a violation of the Priest-Kings' injunction against shedding their blood. As an act of charity, Initiates have arranged at various places Dar-Kosis pits where the Afflicted may voluntarily imprison themselves to be fed with food hurled downward from the backs of passing tarns. Once in a Dar-Kosis pit, the Afflicted are not allowed to leave. Those who contract it are regarded by law as dead. The Caste of Physicians worked on a cure and were set back by the Caste of Initiates hiring men to destroy their work. This suggests that the Initiates, representing the Priest-Kings, do not desire a cure to be developed, perhaps using the disease as a control method. The Caste of Physicians has determinedly resumed their work on it. Poisons
Since most poison on Gor is fast acting, according to the Scrolls, there is little chance to treat it in a timely manner. It is usually a death sentence, as in the case of an ost bite. For those poisons that are not immediately deadly, there are antivenins or antitoxins available. Gorean medicine is advanced enough to produce them, even though it may not have been mentioned. However, man-made poisons may have become stronger to counteract the resistance to it, since a formula could be adjusted to produce a stronger solution.
Poison is considered against the codes of the warriors and unworthy of men. It is usually regarded as a woman's weapon. Animals and Plants
Cosian Wingfish: This small, delicate fish has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin that are poisonous.
Kanda: The root of the plant, dried and ground, makes a deadly poison. The leaves of the plant may be chewed for a narcotic effect. The poison can be made into a paste that melts by body heat. This paste can be applied to weapons, such as knives and arrows, for a deadly effect. Likewise, the past can be applied to the pins of locks. Barrels of kanda are used to poison an area's water supply.
Marsh Moccasin: A snake about five feet long, having a small, triangular head. It often glides along the surface of the water in swamps and marshes. It is an uncommon animal. Slower in effect than the ost, it is still quite poisonous.
Ost: The banded ost is a variety of ost, yellowish orange and is marked with black rings. It is exceedingly poisonous.
Rennel: These are poisonous, crablike desert insects. They tend to gather and move in swarms.
Seaweed, Waters near Schendi: Many fish in these tropical waters are poisonous to eat, a function of certain forms of seaweed on which they feed. The seaweed is harmless to the fish but it contains substances toxic to humans.
Sullius Maximus' Poison: Sullius Maximus was knowledgable in poisons. One particular use mentioned was paralyzing a man who was an enemy. The unfortunate was paralyzed from the neck down. There is an antidote.
Tropical Fish, Waters near Schendi: They are toxic by reason of the seaweed on which they feed.
Uses of Poisons
Fang Ring: The name comes from the fact that it is worn like a normal ring, but there is a place to press which causes a "fang" to raise up. The venom or poison is stored inside the ring, the fang is just like a snake's fang, hollow and when it punctures the skin, the poison is delivered through it.
Free Women: Drugs and poison are often the tools of a Free Woman, since most are not trained in other ways to defend herself. A Free Woman may carry a poisoned knife or needle concealed in her clothes. She may also use poisoned pins to style her hair. Such weapons can also be concealed in a room or area known only to the woman.
Poison Girls: A person can be slain by the bite of a chemically prepared slave. It is also possible to breed a girl with poisonous saliva.
Poisoned Drinks: Poison, such as kanda or ost is added to a drink.
Poisoned Teeth: Artificial teeth placed in the mouth, such as upper canine teeth. Poison is delivered when the teeth are used in a bite. Merchants may use this most often, since they do not learn skill in arms.
Suicide Pellets: Special pellets formulated to kill. They are taken when a person does not wish to give up information that may be tortured from him.
Water Sources: Poison may be added to a place's water supply to spoil it and cause death and confusion.

Reptiles

Hith: This is the huge, many-banded python of Gor. The great banded, horned hith is the most feared constrictor but is only native to certain areas of the great forests. The golden hith is a rare snake. Its body would be difficult for a grown man to encircle with his arms. Mamba: This is a large, predatory river tharlarion from the rainforests. It has a long, log-like body with short powerful legs. It has a long snout and tail. It is similar to a crocodile. Moccasin: Known as the marsh moccasin, this reptile is a rare, poisonous, triangular-headed snake found in the waters of the Vosk marsh. It is described as dark and five feet in length. Ost: This is a venomous, brilliantly orange snake that is a bit longer than a foot. Its bite causes an excruciating death within seconds. A powder prepared from its venom can be put into wine. The osts of the rainforests are red with black stripes. The banded ost is yellowish orange and marked with black rings. This is considered the Gorean version of an asp. Python: The Gorean python is called a hith. Salamander: In the salt mines, salamanders are tiny, white and blind. They are long-bodied with long, stem-like legs. They have fern-like filaments at the sides of their heads that are feather gills, an external gill system. They have a slow metabolism and are capable of long periods of dormancy. Snakes: Besides the ost and hith, there are other snakes on Gor, such as the adder and marsh moccasin. Tharlarion: There are numerous varieties of this reptile. One type is a species of saddle lizard common on Gor, especially in swamplands and deserts. They are used mostly by those who have not mastered tarns. Tharlarions had been bred for a thousand generations before the first tarn was tamed. Wild tharlarion have round, shining eyes, webbed feet, teeth ridges and a long, brown tongue that curls around their prey. They are carnivorous creatures. High tharlarion are short-tempered creatures that run on the two back feet. Its forelegs are tiny and near useless. They respond to voice signals, but sometimes the butt of a lance is needed to move them by striking about the eye or ear openings. Those are the two of the few sensitive areas on its body. They are almost impervious to pain, having a sluggish nervous system. Most of the larger varieties have a brain and a smaller brain-like organ located near the base of the spine. They need far less water than tarns and their metabolism is slower than a tarn. When they move slowly, their stride is a proud, stalking movement. When going fast, they bound in leaps that can carry them twenty paces at a time. Its saddle is built to absorb shock, unlike the tarn saddle. Mounted warriors wear a leather belt around their waists. They also wear high, soft boots to protect against the abrasive hide. Draft tharlarion are four-footed, slow-moving animals. They are herbivorous, also known as broad tharlarions. There are at least four species of draft tharlarion. Sea tharlarion, immune to the poison of Cosian wingfish, grow up to thirty feet and more in length and have a yellowish, slatted belly. Rock tharlarion are the small lizards of the Tahari. There are tiny water tharlarion, about six inches long, that are little more than teeth and tail, like piranha. Some live in the swamps. There are also marsh tharlarion and river tharlarion. River tharlarion are long necked, web-footed, and scaled. Some of them are herbivorous and can be domesticated. They may be used to tow barges on the Cartius River. Tharlarion are also used as cavalry and there are even racing tharlarions. Racing tharlarion are usually larger and more agile than saddle tharlarion but smaller than draft or war ones. The city of Venna is famed for its tharlarion races. Some select breeds of racing tharlarion include the Venetzia, Torarii and Thalonian. Turtle: There is a variety of Vosk turtle, a hook-beaked creature that can grow to be gigantic. It is a persistent carnivore that is almost impossible to kill. The marsh turtle is another variety of turtle on Gor. Ul: This is a silent, giant pterodactyl-like creature that is native to the swamps of the Vosk Delta. It is a predatory winged tharlarion. It has a wing span of twenty-five to thirty Gorean feet. It has a small head with long, narrow toothed jaws with a narrow extension of bone and skin in the back. Its long snake-like tail ends in a spade-like structure. It has a clawed hand with a very long fourth digit. There are several smaller varieties, some as small as a jard. The larger ones are isolated and territorial. They will not attack a tarn as a tarn could easily tear them to pieces. Water Lizard: Small lizards of marsh and swamp that feed off carcasses of dead animals. They inhabit the swamps near Ar.

Miscellaneous

Arthropod: There is a segmented arthropod about eight feet long and three feet high with multiple legs. It has eye stalks, pincers, and its body plates rustle like plastic armor. It is a timid creature that does not like the sight of men. It is found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings. Golden Beetle: One of the most unique and dangerous creatures in the Nest is the Golden Beetle, that lives in the unlit caverns beneath the Sardar caves of the Priest-Kings. This is an insect the size of a rhinoceros. Its back seems divided into two thick casings which once long ago might have been horny wings but which have fused into a thick, immobile golden shell. It has glowing eyes and its head can almost withdraw beneath the shell. It can still use its jaws when its head is beneath the shell. It has two multi-hooked, hollow, pincer-like extensions that meet at the tips about a yard beyond its body. These suck a creature's fluids out. Its antennae are very short, curved and topped with a fluff of golden hair. There are also several long, golden strands that extend from its head over its domed back and fall almost to the floor behind it. Its bite has paralytic venom. It hisses and can move fast but only for a brief time. Its greatest weapon is that it exudes an odor, somewhat oppressive, that induces sleep in people nearby. This is even effective on Priest-Kings. Its primary food is Priest-Kings. It lays its eggs, each about the size of a fist, in a host. The egg has leathery shell and the baby is the size of a child's turtle. The host will not die if the eggs are removed before they hatch. Gur: This is a product originally secreted by large, grey, domesticated, hemispheric arthropods which are fed on special sim plants. They are milked by Priest-King muls. The special gur used on the Feast of Tola is kept for weeks in the social stomachs of specially chosen Priest-Kings to mellow and reach the exact flavor and consistency desired. It is spoken of as retaining gur. Sim Plant: A plant that is extensive, rambling, tangled and vine-like with huge, rolling leaves. They are raised under square energy lamps fixed in the ceilings of the broad pasture chambers of the Priest-King Nest. Gur is produced by milking an arthropod that feeds on the plant, much like dairy cattle. Slime Worm: This is a long, whitish, wormlike animal that resides in the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar. It is eyeless and has a small, red mouth on the underside of its body. It inches its way along, hugging the angle between the wall and floor. It once functioned as a sewerage device but it has not done so for thousands of years. It now scavenges on the kills of the golden beetle. Swamp Spider: Those known as the Spider People are actually rational beings rather than simple insects that inhabit the swamps of the Ar area. Like Priest Kings, they use a translator to communicate with humans. Toos: This is a crab-like creature covered with overlapping plating that resides in the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar. It lives on discarded fungus spores. Unnamed Creatures: There are a few creatures that exist in the Sardar that were described but never named.

• There is a flat, slug-like creature with multiple legs.
• There is a small humanoid creature with a receding forehead and an excessively hairy face and body.

Yellow Pool Monster of Turia: This was a bizarre creature so far unique to the city of Turia. Its origins are unknown. It makes its appearance in Nomads of Gor. The merchant, Saphrar, has this creature in an indoor pool area. This pool area is a spacious chamber decorated with numerous exotic floral designs representing the vegetation of a tropical river. The room is hot and steamy. This may mean that this creature comes form the jungles near Schendi. The creature occupied an entire in-ground pool area. At first glance, it looks like a pool of yellow water that sparkles as though filled with gems, but, it is much more. It apparently breathes by releasing gases or steam. It also contains filamentous strands and spheres of color. The creature can thicken and gel around someone within it. A victim's flesh will tingle and burn due to the corrosive elements within the creature. Saphrar would place men into the pool and the victims would find themselves unable to escape the creature and they would slowly be killed. It might take hours for a victim to be fully digested by this beast. A few men have lived as long as three hours. Slashing or cutting it generally does no harm to it. But, it has a collection of threads and granules in a transparent bag, imbedded in a darkish yellow jelly. This is walled off by a translucent membrane. This area is vulnerable to attack and it reacts violently when this area is threatened. It may then solidify and push out someone irritating until you are standing on its now hard outer shell. Tarl Cabot was fed to this creature but learned how to irritate it. Once he found he could not escape its clutches, he swam within it towards its center. He attacked the darkish bag and it reacted by expelling him. The creature would then later be killed by being burnt to death once the Tuchuks had taken the city.

Marine

Bint: There are two types of bints. One is a small, carnivorous freshwater fish, like a piranha, that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests. A large school of bints can strip a carcass bare in minutes. The other type is a fanged, carnivorous marsh eel. Carp: A carp of the Vosk Delta. Clam, Tamber: This is a shellfish of the Tamber Gulf. The polished shells are generally used in making cheap jewelry, though certain shells can be quite valuable. Crayfish: No description was found. It is most likely similar to the Earth variety. Cuttlefish: No description was found. It is most likely similar to the Earth variety. Eels: There are several varieties, including dock eels, river eels, black eels, spotted eels, carnivorous eels, and Vosk eels. The dock eel is a black freshwater fish, about four feet long and weighing eight to ten pounds. It is carnivorous, living in the shallow waters around the docks of most river ports. Gint: There are two types of gints. One is a tiny, six-inch freshwater fish inhabiting the rainforests. It has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins. It is amphibious and capable of walking on its pectorals. It is often found feeding off the scraps of tharlarion kills. It is similar to the Earth lungfish. It suns itself on exposed roots near the river, remaining close to the water. It may even rest on the backs of resting or sleeping tharlarion. There is also a giant gint in the rainforests that is about ten feet long, weighs a thousand pounds and has a four-spined dorsal fin. Grunt: This is a carnivorous fish found in a number of varieties. There is the great speckled grunt and the white grunt, whose tiny black eggs are a delicacy. The northernmost white-bellied grunt is a salt water variety that is always described as large. It is a game fish which feeds on parsit fish. Its southern cousin, the small fresh water blue grunt, is found in waters of the Schendi region. It is particularly voracious in the hours that precede its mating period. This species is often attracted by the scent of blood like a shark. They are also more of a threat when they school and not when a solitary individual is encountered. Lelt: This is a small blindfish that measures five to seven inches long. It has fern-like filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs. It is white with long fins and swims slowly. It inhabits the brine pits and is the main food of the salt shark. Moccasin: Known as the marsh moccasin, this reptile is a rare, poisonous, triangular-headed snake found in the waters of the Vosk marsh. It is described as dark and five feet in length. Oyster: This is an oyster that is found in the Vosk Delta. Parsit: There are several types of this slender, silvery fish with brown stripes. It is a migratory fish and the principal prey of sea sleen. It is a staple of Torvaldslanders. It is used raw in the gruel of bond maids. The fish is used in trade, salted or dried. Pike: This is a carnivorous fish about fifteen inches long. Saurian: The term saurian simply means “lizard” and refers to a reptile. One variety of this rare marine monster is an unusual sight but harmless. This reminds one of a species of predatory marine reptile called a plesiosaur from Earth’s prehistory. The plesiosaur had a small, short head, a long, snake-like neck, a broad, solid body, and a short tail. Its sharp, interlocking teeth were well equipped for catching fish, and its four paddle-like legs were similar to those of a marine turtle. In total length, a plesiosaurus ranged from 10 to 60 ft (318m). Shark: 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. Its body is eel-like, long and narrow. Varieties include river sharks, salt shark, marsh shark, white sharks of the north and the Vosk and Laurius sharks. The salt shark is commonly over twelve feet long, with a sickle-like tail. It has several rows of triangular teeth and a sail-like dorsal fin. It inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari region. Sleen, Sea: This is a large, fanged aquatic mammal more common to the northern waters and hunted for its pelts. It is said to be the swiftest predator in Thassa and found in many varieties. It can measure as much as 20 feet in length and weigh as much as 1000 pounds. The four most common are the black, the brown, the flat-nosed and the tusked sea sleen. Other varieties include the rogue sleen and a reference to a white spotted sea sleen. Snail: This is a marine snail that is edible, similar to escargot. Sorp, Vosk: This giant-shelled mollusk creates pearls like an oyster. Its blood is used for dye. Its shell is so large it can be used as a chair. Tharlarion, Marsh and Water: Sea tharlarion are immune to the poison of Cosian wingfish. They grow up to thirty feet and more in length and have a yellowish, slatted belly. There are tiny water tharlarion, about six inches long, that are little more than teeth and tail, like piranha. Some live in the swamps. There are also marsh tharlarion and river tharlarion. River tharlarion are long-necked, web-footed, and scaled. Some of them are herbivorous and can be domesticated. They may be used to tow barges on the Cartius River. Whale: There are several varieties of whales on Gor, including the karl whale and the Hunjer long whale. The karl whale is a four-fluked baleen whale of the northern waters. The Hunjer whale is a rare toothed black whale which eats cuttlefish. Wingfish, Cosian: This is a tiny, delicate fish, about the size of a tarn disk when curled in one's hand. It is blue in color and has three or four slender spines in its dorsal fin that are poisonous. It can hurl itself from the water and glide through the air for brief distances on its stiff pectoral fins. It does this to evade sea-tharlarions who are immune to their poison. It is sometimes called the songfish because of the whistling sound they make in courting rituals. The fish thrust their heads out of the water to whistle. The blue, four-spined variety is only found in Cosian waters. Larger varieties are found farther out to sea. It is a great delicacy, especially its liver.

Mammals

Anteater: There are six varieties of anteater in the rainforests near Schendi. One type is the great spined anteater. It is about twenty feet long and has heavy, clawed forefeet. These claws are generally used to break into termite nests, its primary prey. They are also strong enough to eviscerate a larl. The anteater's four-foot long tongue is coated with adhesive saliva used to collect termites. It commonly makes a whistling sound. Bosk: There are fifteen varieties of bosk, a cattle-like animal. These varieties include the brown bosk, red bosk, and milk bosk. They are the long-haired wild ox of the plains. They have a thick, humped neck, a wide head, and tiny red eyes. They also have the temper of a sleen. With their two long horns, they can be quite deadly. The horns reach out and suddenly curve forward and may reach the length of two spears. They are very important animals to the Wagon Peoples as well as many others on Gor. Bosk meat and milk is available over much of Gor. Deer: A northern variety is mentioned in Marauders of Gor, although no description is given. Frevet: This is a small, quick, and friendly mammalian insectivore. It sometimes lives in insulae in the cities and eats pests. Since it cannot eat through walls, the frevet does not harm the insulae. Gatch, Armored: A marsupial of the rainforest areas of Schendi. Giani: This is a solitary, prowling, tiny cat-sized panther. It lives in the rainforests near Schendi and is not dangerous to man Hurt: This is a two-legged, domesticated marsupial that bounds like a kangaroo. It is raised on ranches in several northern cities, herded by sleen and sheared for their white wool. A hurt replaces its wool four times a year. The finest wool is sheared in the spring from the bellies of hurts and verr. Kaiila: There are two varieties of kaiila, the southern kaiila and the desert, or sand, kaiila. The earlier books stated that kaiila did not exist in the northern hemisphere, but this was later changed, since the Red Savages in the Barrens have kaiila. The two varieties are very similar. The southern kaiila are used by the Wagon Peoples as mounts. It is a silken, lofty, and graceful animal. It is long necked, smooth gaited, and carnivorous. It is mammalian but doesn't suckle its young. The young are born vicious and can hunt as soon as they struggle to their feet. The mother's instinct is to deliver the young near game. Once a kaiila eats its fill, it will not eat for several days. They are extremely agile and can easily outmaneuver a high tharlarion. They require less food than a tarn. They normally stand about twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder. They can cover as much as six hundred pasangs a day. Its head bears two large eyes, one on each side, and the eyes are triple-lidded, so it can travel in adverse weather like storms. It is most dangerous at these times and often hunts then. Some are colored black. They also have long, triangular tongues, long ears and four rows of fangs. They are trained to avoid the thrown spear. Until it is proficient in this skill, it is not allowed to breed. The sand, or desert, kaiila is used as a mount in the Tahari. They are almost all tawny colored, though there are some black ones. This variety does suckle their young. Kaiila milk is reddish and has a strong salty taste. This is an omnivorous creature and must feed more frequently than the southern kaiila. Its paws are much broader, the digits being webbed with leathery fibers and heavily padded. Its hair is never sheared, though it is gathered when it sheds. The most prized hair is found on its belly. Such hairs are commonly used to make cloth. The long outer hairs are coarser and used for ropes and tent cloth. Kailiauk: This is a short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. There are several varieties, including the yellow kailiauk. The yellow variety is tawny and their haunches are marked in red and brown bars. The males have a trident of horns and usually stand about ten hands at the shoulder. Females only stand about eight. The males weigh about sixteen hundred to two thousand pounds and the females only weigh twelve hundred to sixteen hundred pounds. They are located in the savannahs and plains north and south of the rainforests. Some herds even frequent the forests. The kailiauk of the Barrens is the larger type, standing twenty to twenty-five hands, and weighing up to four thousand pounds. Their numbers in the Barrens are enormous and most have never seen a man or sleen. They have nearly no natural enemies. They are migratory creatures and drift with the seasons, bending northward in the summer and southward in the winter. They generally follow a gigantic oval pattern that crosses the lands of many tribes so a tribe need not leave its own territory to hunt them. The kailiauk in the Barrens travel in herds that have often been named. Some famous herds include the Boswell, Bento and Hogarthe herds. The four or five best known herds number between two and three million animals. The tremors from any of those herds can be felt fifty pasangs away. There are several smaller herds numbering in the hundreds of thousands, and there are even smaller herds of hundreds to thousands. They are rarely hunted on foot except in snow. They are commonly hunted riding kaiila. They have four stomachs and an eight-valve heart. A Red Savage can kill one with a single arrow by striking into the intestinal cavity behind the last rib causing large internal bleeding or by a shot behind the left shoulder blade into the heart. Larl: There are several varieties of this tawny leopard-like beast that is indigenous to the Voltai and other ranges. It is six to eight feet tall at the shoulder. Its head is broad, sometimes more than two feet across, and shaped roughly like a triangle. This makes its head viper-like. Their heads are in constant motion. It has an unobtrusive bony ridge which runs from its four nasal slits to the start of its backbone. The ridge can be penetrated by a spear but an imperfect cast would glance off the bone. It has an eight-valve heart in the center of its breast. They sometimes visit the civilized plains. When it hunts alone, it is silent until it roars preceding its charge. When hunting with others, they emit hunting cries, cries to drive their prey toward a certain direction, into the path of quiet larls of the same pride. A larl prefers to ruin a hunt, even with a number of other quarries, if it means that one might escape. No one has ever tamed a larl. Even when raised from a cub, a larl will go wild at sometime and run away. They are hunted with spears. They usually only attack men when provoked or no other prey is available. Hunters of larls use the Gorean spear. They go in single file. When they see a larl, the first man in the line casts his spear and then drops to the ground, covering himself with his shield. If the larl is not dead, the next man in line will cast his spear. The last spear must stand his ground if the larl is not dead and face it with his sword alone so the others can escape. The First Spear is usually the best spearman and Last the worst. Its pelt is normally a tawny red or sable black. The black larl is predominately nocturnal and both male and female have manes. The red larl, the more common type, hunts whenever hungry and has no mane. Females of both types are smaller but are quite as aggressive and sometimes even more dangerous, particularly when they are hunting for their cubs during the late fall and winter. The white larls have upper canine fangs that are a foot in length and extend down like a saber-toothed tiger. Their tails are long and tufted at the end. There are also larls in the jungles near Schendi. The heart of the mountain larl allegedly brings great luck, even more luck than that of the sleen. There is even a larl hunter dance that is performed by men. They dance in a file, dancing the stalking of the beast including the confrontation and the kill. Lart, Snow: This is a four-legged mammal whose winter fur is snowy white. It has two stomachs and the food in its second stomach can be held almost indefinitely. It hunts in the sun, eating bird's eggs and leems. It is about ten inches high and weighs eight to twelve pounds. A good pelt could sell in Ar for half a silver tarsk. Leem: This is a small arctic rodent hunted by the Red Hunters for its pelt. It weighs around five to ten ounces and is said to hibernate in the winter. Its summer coat is brown. Monkeys: Several varieties of monkeys live in the rainforest, such as Guernon monkeys, tarsiers and the nocturnal jit monkeys. Panther: There are several varieties of this cat. They include jungle panthers, yellow panthers, and forest panthers. The forest panther is a proud beast that does not care to be distracted when it is hunting. It hunts largely at night but is not nocturnal. It will hunt when hungry or irritable. A panther will only attack men if they are provoked or if no other prey is available. Panthers are able to climb but they normally take a hunting scent from the ground. Porcupine: This is a long-tailed variety that lives in the rainforests. Quala: This is a small, three-toed mammal. It is dun colored with a stiff brushy mane of black hair. It travels in a scampering flock. The plural form for them is qualae. Slee: This is a rodent that makes its home in the jungle. Sleen: There are several varieties of this six-legged, long-bodied carnivorous mammal. It is almost like a snake. Some can get as big as twenty feet long and up to twelve to fourteen hundred pounds. It has two rows of teeth in a wide and triangular head. Its paws have six claws. It smells like a weasel or ferret but only stronger. A sleen is a very dirty animal. It is an efficient, tireless, almost infallible hunter. It is capable of pursuing a scent, days old, for hundreds of pasangs. In the wild, the sleen is burrowing and nocturnal. It will not climb. The preferred prey is the tabuk. A sleen mates once a year in the spring. The mating ritual is interesting. If a female has never mated before, she will flee and fight a male sleen. The male must finally take her by the throat and, belly to belly, mate with her. After mating once, a female never needs to be forced again. The mating season is usually confined to the spring. Gestation is six months and there are usually four young born. The young are commonly white-furred and darken by the next spring. A young sleen is about eight feet long and an adult is nineteen to twenty feet long. A young sleen's attack is noisy, a whistling rush, a clumsy squealing charge. An adult sleen can make kills swiftly and silently. There is also a hunting frenzy experienced by some sleen that is a function, in part, of the secretions of certain glands. Most domestic sleen are bred, since it is hard to tame a wild one and a wild sleen could revert. If young sleen are taken from their mother within the first two months of their life, there is a good chance they can be tamed. It may still revert, especially in the spring during the mating period. Specific verbal signals between a master and his trained sleen are private. Verbalizing is important because a sleen on the hunt may not look at its master. Sleen are used for herding verr and bosk, tracking tabuk and slaves, guarding and patrolling, and many other activities. In Thentis, sleen sniff out the smuggling of black wine beans. Assassins sometimes use them. The gray sleen is the best tracker. The forest sleen is large, and commonly either brown or black. The prairie sleen is smaller than the forest sleen, usually only seven feet in length. It is domesticated as herd sleen and used as shepherds and sentries by the Wagon People. Aquatic sleens, or sea sleens, are common in the north. There are four varieties of sea sleen in the north including the black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, and flat-nosed sleen. Many migrate though some remain largely dormant in the winter. Their principal prey is parsit fish and they follow their migrations. A medium-sized adult sea sleen is about eight feet long and weighs 300 to 400 pounds. There is a white snow sleen in the north as well. Sleen hunters eat its heart for luck when they kill one. There are no sleen in the rainforests. The sleen is considered Gor's most perfect hunter. Sloth: A slow-moving arboreal mammal that inhabits tropical forests. It hangs from the branches back downward, and feeds on leaves, shoots, and fruits. Squirrels: This is a small to medium-sized arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail and strong hind legs. Tabuk: There are several varieties of this one-horned, yellow antelope. The common type frequents ka-la-na thickets. It is small, graceful and eats berries and salt. Young tabuk rarely leave the thickets. Their hide is a mottled yellow and brown. The northern tabuk is massive, tawny, and swift. Many stand ten hands at the shoulder. Northern tabuk hairs are hollow and give its fur an excellent insulating quality. Both types have a single horn of ivory, a deadly weapon. It is a yard or so long and two and a half inches at the base. The herd of Tancred is a gigantic herd of northern tabuk, one of several. This herd winters in the rims of the northern forests, south and east of Torvaldsland. In the springtime, short-haired and hungry, they migrate northward, following the shore of Thassa until they reach the tundra of the polar basin for their summer grazing. When winter comes, long-haired and fat, they return south. The prairie tabuk resides in the Barrens. It is tawny, single-horned, and travels in herds. Some varieties lie down when sensing danger. They can attain short-term speeds of eighty to ninety pasangs an ahn. Their evasive leaps can cover thirty to forty feet in length and heights of ten to fifteen feet. There are twenty varieties of tabuk in the rainforests. Tarsk: This is a six-tusked wild boar, with a bristly mane running down its spine. There is a giant tarsk that stands ten hands at the shoulder. There are several varieties of tarsk in the rainforests, both large and small. They can be domesticated and the rencers keep some. They are best hunted from the back of kaiila with lances and the giant tarsk is often hunted on tarns with lances. Tarsk meat tends to be salty. Urt: There are several varieties of this common rodent. It is usually fat, sleek and white. It has three rows of needle-like teeth, tusks that curve from its jaw and two horns that protrude over its eyes. It also has a long hairless tail. Most are tiny enough to hold in palm of your hand but some can get as big as wolves or ponies. Certain varieties migrate twice a year and it is only dangerous if you are in the middle of their path. In the rainforests, there are gliding, ground, leaf and tree urts. The canal urt is web-footed and can be found in Port Kar's canals. There are also brush urts and forest urts. Some large urts are domesticated and bred for attacking and killing. Most urts attack in a pack and are messy and noisy when attacking. Vart: This is a blind, bat-like flying rodent. It can grow to the size of a small dog. They can strip a carcass in minutes. Some are rabid. They hang upside down like bats. There are jungle varts in the rainforests. Varts on Tyros are trained as weapons. Verr: This is a mountain goat, indigenous to the Voltai Mountains. It is long-haired, spiral-horned, and ill-tempered. There is a small, long-haired verr that is smaller and less belligerent than the wild verr. Some are domesticated and they are a source of wool and milk. The finest wool is sheared in the spring from the bellies verr. Zeder: This is a small, sleen-like carnivore from the rainforests. It frequents the Ua River and its tributaries. It grows to two feet and weighs eight to ten pounds. It is diurnal, can swim well, and builds a stick and mud nest in tree branches where it sleeps at night.

Insects

Ant: There is a particular variety of ants that inhabits the rainforests near Schendi. They are referred to as the “marchers.” Essentially, this is a huge mass of black ants that move through the jungles. The ants usually form a column that is about a yard wide but that could be pasangs in length. The column widens only when food is found. It may then spread up to five hundred feet wide. To cross small streams, the ants will make a bridge of themselves. During a rain, they will separate and seek shelter, reforming after the rains stop. A knowledgeable individual could guide the marchers on a specific path. The bite of these ants is extremely painful but not poisonous. Termites are referred to as white ants on a few occasions.
Bee: Honeybees are domestically raised for their honey. Though the books only depicted an instance of such breeding in Torvaldsland, the wide availability of honey throughout Gor seems to support beekeeping in many other regions. Beetle: Mentioned as one of the insects that frevets are used to control. Fly: There are many types on Gor including sand flies, arctic flies, and sting flies. Sand flies live in the Tahari and appear after the rains. The flies in the arctic are black and long-winged. Sting flies, also known as needle flies in the southern regions, usually live in deltas and similar wet areas. They generally lay their eggs on the stems of rence plants. They tend to be attracted to eyes and cause a painful sting. Several stings can cause nausea and a swelling that will go away after a few ahn. In great numbers, they can kill. The hatching time is the most dangerous period and lasts for four to five days. Luckily, that season is predictable so can be easily avoided. Gitch: These are insects that cause a painful bite. Some can grow quite large. Grasshopper: In the rainforests, there is a red grasshopper that weighs about four ounces. Hinti: This is a small, flea-like insect though it is not a parasite. Leech: The salt leech is one type of known leech and the marsh leech is another. The marsh leech is about four inches long and half an inch thick. If a leech is stuck on you, burning it or placing salt on it will cause it to let go. Lice: This insect varies in size from very tiny to the size of marbles. The larger variety infests tarns, so tarnsmen must remove them. When they remove them, they might feed them to the tarn. Lice can be dangerous because they transmit the pox. Rennel: This is a crablike desert insect with a poisonous bite, though it is not lethal. They leave little red bites. Roach: This is commonly an oblong, flat-bodied black creature about half a hort long. It has long feelers and is basically harmless. Scorpion: No description was found. It is most likely similar to the Earth species. Termite: The termite is extremely important to the ecology of the forest. In feeding, it breaks down and destroys the branches and trunks of fallen trees. The termite "dust," by the action of bacteria, is reduced to humus, and the humus to nitrogen and mineral materials. It is also referred as a white ant. Vint: This is a tiny, sand-colored insect of the Tahari seen feeding on rotting fruit. Worm, Silk: No description was found. It is most likely similar to the Earth variety. Zarlit Fly: This is a large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with four translucent wings spanning a yard across. It is insectivorous. It hums over water and alights on the water with its pad-like feet daintily walking across the surface. It is reminiscent of the prehistoric giant dragonflies of Earth.

Birds

Finch: This is also called a songbird. It is likely that many varieties of finch can be found all over Gor, but one variety is specified by name among those of Schendi, that of the whistling finch. Finches have a conical bill adapted for crushing seeds. They exist in a vast array of colors, sizes and shapes, some crested, some tiny, some as large as doves. Most have in common the ability to sing.
Fisher: This is a water bird with a tufted variety and a white, wading Ushindi variety. They live by the waters of lakes in the jungle areas of Schendi. Fleer: This long-billed, night hunting bird is found in at least three varieties. The first is simply referred to as fleer and found in the northern forests. The jungles of Schendi are home to the long-billed fleer. The Barrens would be home to the yellow prairie fleer, also called the maize bird. Gant: There are several types of these duck-like birds. The marsh gant is a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl. It is broad-billed and broad-winged. Its call is a kind of piping whistle. Rence growers tame them and also eat them. The jungle gant is a bird of the rainforests related to the marsh gant. The migratory arctic gant nests in the Hrimgar Mountains in steep, rocky outcroppings called bird cliffs. Their eggs may be frozen and eaten like apples. Gim: This bird comes in several varieties. The horned gim is a small owl-like bird, about four ounces in weight that inhabits the forests of northern Gor. It migrates from the Plains of Turia late in the spring. The lang gim is an insectivorous bird that lives in the rainforests. The yellow gim also resides in the rainforests. Most gims make a throaty warbling. Gort, Hook-billed: This is a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests. It preys largely on rodents like ground urts. Grub Borer: A flightless bird which inhabits the ground levels of the rainforests near Schendi. Gull: Shore birds found along various coastlines. The Vosk gull migrates north in the spring. The more northern Torvalsdland gull, possibly also called coast gull, has black-tipped feathers on its wings and tail. The Schendi gull, which nests inland at night, is found on the coasts of Schendi. Herlit: This is the Gorean eagle. It is also called Sun-Striker or Out-of-the-Sun-It-Strikes, from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it. It lives in the Barrens. It has a wingspan of six to eight feet and stands about four feet high. It is carnivorous. It has yellow feathers tipped with black. It has fifteen tail feathers which are the mostly highly prized of its feathers. They are fourteen to fifteen inches long and used by the Red Savages to mark coups. The wing, or pinion, feathers are used for ceremonial and religious purposes.The breath feathers, light and delicate, from the base of the bird's tail, are used with the tail feathers in the fashioning of bonnets and complex headdresses. Feathers from the right side of the tail are used in the right side of the headdress and the left side used in the left side. To make a headdress requires several birds. Two to five Herlits may be traded for a kaiila. Hermit: A yellow-breasted bird of the northern forest similar to a woodpecker. It bores the bark of tur trees for larvae. Hurlit, Forest: A bird that migrates from the Plains of Turia late in the spring. Jard: This bird is a scavenger, reminiscent of Earth's vultures, mentioned in various areas as feeding on carcasses. The Schendi variety is described as yellow-winged. Kite: A type of bird with a shrill call. One variety is the meadow kite that migrates from the Plains of Turia early in the spring. Lit: There are several varieties of this bird, including the common lit, crested lit, and the needle-tailed lit. They are all found in the rainforests. The crested lit is brightly plumaged with red and yellow feathers. Mindar: This bird is similar to a hummingbird. It is a short winged, yellow and red bird of the rainforests. It uses its sharp bill to dig at the bark of flower trees for larvae and insects. Its wings have adapted for short, rapid flights. Parrots: Colorful birds of the jungles of Schendi Tanager: This is a brightly plumaged bird in the rainforests near Schendi. Tarn: These are the giant riding birds of Gor, also called the Brothers of the Wind. They resemble a hawk but with a crest like a jay. They are surprisingly light for their size due to the hollowness of their bones. A tarn is an extremely powerful bird. It can fly from the ground with a spring and sudden wing flurry. Its tongue is thin, sharp and as long as a man's arm. It has a curved beak, slit with narrow nostrils. They are not migratory birds and cannot live in the cold northern regions. Tarns are diurnal and carnivorous. They eat only what they catch themselves, usually antelopes and wild bull. If enough food is available, they will eat half their weight. By the time of Renegades of Gor, tarns are being trained to eat prepared meat. They are seldom more than half-tamed and it is not unknown for a tarn to attack its own rider. Their plumage varies and they are bred for color. The most common color is greenish-brown. Black tarns are used for night raids, white for winter raids, and multi-colored for proud warriors who care not for camouflage. It is extremely difficult to fly a tarn from the sight of land. The jungle tarn is a rare bird, gloriously plumaged, from the tropical reaches of the Cartius. Tarns often are trained for specific functions. Draft tarn is used for transporting cargo while saddle tarns are used for transport of people. War tarns are used by tarnsmen in battle. Racing tarns are made for entertainment like Earth horse racing. Racing tarns are different in size, strength, build, and tendencies from most other tarns. They are extremely light so that two men could lift one. Its wings are broader and shorter permitting a swifter take-off and a capacity for extremely abrupt turns and shifts in flight. They lack the stamina of most other tarns and cannot carry heavy weight. Tibit: A small stick-legged bird found on the shores of Thassa. It feeds on small mollusks it pecks from the sand. The tibit would probably be similar to a sandpiper or a plover, commonly found on the beaches that line the shores of Earth oceans. Tindel, Fruit: Brightly plumaged bird of the rainforests near Schendi. Tumit: This is a large flightless bird of the prairie lands. It is said the Wagon People's much used bola was invented initially as a weapon for hunting this bird. This indicates the tumit is similar to rhea, a large flightless bird of the South American plains of Earth. The rhea was hunted in the same fashion by natives of those lands. Umbrella Bird: This bird lives in the rainforest. Veminium Bird: A songbird that is found in veminium fields. It has a charming song. Vulo: These are domesticated, tawny-colored pigeons raised for eggs and meat. At least some of their meat is white. Wader: Both the ring-necked and the yellow-legged varieties of this water bird inhabit the rainforest areas near Schendi. Their name comes from their wading in water while searching for food. Warbler: Songbirds of the Schendi jungle. The term “warbler” is synonymous to “singer” and applied to a species of numerous small Old World birds of Earth, most of which are noted songsters. Woodpecker: At least one variety of woodpeckers is noted. This is an ivory-billed bird that is a jungle inhabitant of Schendi. Zad: This is a large, broad winged, black and white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak. There is a variety found in the Tahari that is a scavenger like a vulture. There is a jungle zad in the rainforests, but it is less aggressive than the desert ones. They both like to tear out the eyes of weakened victims. Zadit: This is a small, tawny-feathered, sharp billed bird of the Tahari. It is insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other insects. It often lands on kaiila and eats the insects on this animal. They leave small wounds on the kaiila which the drovers treat with poultices of kaiila dung.

Animals of Gor ****

Ants, Marcher

• Known in the jungles of Schendi as " The Marchers " these are very aggressive carnivorous insects. Each is about 2 inches long, with a shiny black exoskeleton and two antennae. Their name is derived from their apparently seasonal marches through the jungle in a single column, yards wide and pasangs in length. They may number in the millions, their path widening to as much as 500 feet when they overtake, swarm over, and devour all flesh, living or dead, in their path. Their bite is extremely painful but not poisonous. Their victims die from being weakened from relentless attack, being overcome until they are still. (Explorers of Gor, page 400)

Anteater

• More than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi. The great spined anteater grows to 20 ft in length and feeds on white ants or termites by 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. (Explorers of Gor, page 293)

Arctic Gant

• see Gants: Arctic Gant

Armored Gatch

• see Gatch, Armored

Baleen Whale

• see Whales: Baleen Whale

 

Bee

• These are presumed to be honey bees much like one would find on earth. (Marauders of Gor, page 81)

Beetle, Golden

• 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. It releases an aroma which is so compelling to a Priest-King that to die by that method is referred to as succumbing to the " Pleasures of the Golden Beetle ". (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 180)

Bint

• A fanged, carnivorous, freshwater marsh eel which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a large carcass of all flesh in minutes. (Explorers of Gor, page 267)

Bepedilian Tharlarion

• see Tharlarions: Bidpedilian Tharlarion

 

Birds

• see Finch, Whistling
• see Gants
• see Gims
• see Gort, Hook Billed
• see Gulls
• see Herlit
• see Hermit, Yellow Breasted
• see Hurlit
• see Jard
• see Kite
• see Lits
• see Mindar
• see Parrot
• see Tanager
• see Tarns
• see Tibit
• see Tindel, Fruit
• see Tumit
• see Umbrella Bird
• see Veminium Bird
• see Vulo
• see Waders
• see Warbler
• see Zads
• see Zadit

Black Larl

• see Larl: Black Larl

Black Sea Sleen

• see Sea Sleen: Black Sea Sleen

Black Squirrels

• see Squirrels, Black

Blue Grunt

• see Grunt: Blue Grunt

Borer Grub

• see Grub, Borer

 

Bosk

• A huge shaggy animal with a thick humped neck, wide head, and tiny red eyes. It wields long curved and sharp horns. Called the "Mother of the Wagon People," whom it nourishes with meat, milk, cheese, and butter, every part of a bosk is used to provide for the People: hides for shelter and clothing, shields are covered with the thick leather of the hump, the dung is used for fuel, it's hooves for glue. Killing a bosk without reason is punishable by death, usually by turning the herd and running over the offender, who is staked upon the Plains to await his fate. (Nomads of Gor, pages 4-5)

Broad Tharlarion

• see Tharlarions: Broad Tharlarion

Brown Sea Sleen

• see Sea Sleen: Brown Sea Sleen

Brown Vart

• see Varts: Brown Vart

Canal Urt

• see Urts: Canal Urt

 

Carp

• A fish found in the Delta of the Vosk. (Raiders of Gor, page 1)

Centipede

• No description is given, but presumed to be similar to those of earth. (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Clam,Tamber

• A shellfish found in the Tamber Gulf, its shell and pearls are used to make jewelry. (Nomads of Gor, page 20)

Coasting Gull

• see Gulls: Coasting Gull

Common Lit

• see Lits: Common Lit

 

Cosian Wingfish

• see Wingfish, Cosian

Crested Lit

• see Lits: Crested Lit

Cuttlefish

• No description is given, but thought to be much like the bottom-dwelling fish of earth.(Marauders of Gor, page 114)

Deer

• An animal from the Northern lands. (Marauders of Gor, page 108)

Desert Kaiila

• see Kaiila: Desert Kaiila

 

Dock Eel

• see Eel: Dock Eel

Eel

• A freshwater fish found in the rivers, some varieties are edible, and are even considered a great delicacy. They are large enough to kill a human easily and are voracious killers. (Guardsman of Gor, page 129)

Dock Eel

• A black freshwater fish approximately 4 feet long, weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous and aggressive, they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports. (Rogue of Gor, page 155)

Finch, Whistling

• A flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest, it is insectivorous. (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

 

Fishers

 

Tufted Fisher

• A water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Ushindi Fisher

• A long-legged, wading bird found near the Schendi; its long, white, curling feathers are often used for headdresses. (Explorers of Gor, page 236)

Flat Nosed Sea Sleen

• see Sea Sleen: Flat Nosed Sea Sleen

 

Fleer

• A large hook-billed bird which hunts at night. (Slave Girl of Gor, page 117)

Long Billed Fleer

• A bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest of Schendi. (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Prairie Fleer

• A large yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill which is sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food. It is described as a hook-billed bird which hunts at night. (Savages of Gor, page 246)

Flies

Needle Flies

• Also known as sting flies, these originate in the delta and similar marshy places. It's sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers or near delicate tissues such as the eyes. (Vagabonds of Gor, page 161)

Zarlit Fly

• Described as an enormous dragonfly. (Raiders of Gor, page 5)

Forest Sleen

• see Sleen: Forest Sleen

Forest Urt

• see Urts: Forest Urt

Frevet

• A small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control. (Mercenaries of Gor, page 276)

Fruit Tindel

see Tindel, Fruit

Gants

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  Arctic Gant
  

  A 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.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 196)

  
  
  
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  Jungle Gant
  

  A bird related to the marsh gant which inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

  
  
  
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  Marsh Gant
  

  A small long-legged horned bird; broad-billed and broad-winged; hunted by marsh girls. It's cry is imitated by the rence people as a surreptitious means of communication.

  (Raiders of Gor, page 4)

Gatch, Armored

A marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Giani

A tiny cat-sized panther of solitary habits which inhabits the low branches of ground level in rainforests inland of Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Giant Gint

see Gint: Giant Gint

Giant Tarsks

see Tarsk: Giant Tarks

Giant Urt

see Urts: Giant Urt

 

Gims

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  Horned Gim
  

  A small purplish owl-like bird with tufts over eyes, approximately 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor.

  (Captive of Gor, page 39)

  
  
  
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  Lang Gim
  

  An insectivorous and non-flying bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Yellow Gim

A bird related to the horned gim which inhabits the second level of rainforests inland of Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

 

Gint

Also called "lung fish", this is a tiny (about 6 inches long) freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins. Having both lungs and gills, it is amphibious and is capable of walking on its pectoral fins. Gints are often found in the company of tharlarion feeding off the scraps of their kills.

(Explorers of Gor, page 299)

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  Giant Gint
  

  A larger cousin of the gint found in western Gor which is similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin. It is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 384)

Gliding Urt

see Urts: Gliding Urt

Golden Beetle

see Beetle, Golden

Golden Hith

see Hith: Golden Hith

Gort, Hook Billed

A carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi which preys on ground urts.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Great Speckled Grunt

see Grunt: Great Speckled Grunt

 

Grasshopper, Red

Other than color and size, this red insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces and is presumed to be similar to those of earth.

(Explorers of Gor, page 293)

Gray Sleen

see Sleen: Gray Sleen

Ground Urt

see Urts: Ground Urt

Grub, Borer

An insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Grunt

A large carnivorous salt-water fish which inhabits the Thassa. It is often attracted to feed by the blood of a wounded creature.

(Marauders of Gor, page 59)

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  Blue Grunt
  

  A small, voracious, carnivorous, and freshwater fish that is related to the Thassa grunt. Like its larger cousin it is attracted by blood.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 267)

  
  
  
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  Great Speckled Grunt
  

  A four-gilled fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors.

  (Slave Girl of Gor, page 360)

  
  

  White Bellied Grunt
  

  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 similar to caviar.

  (Marauders of Gor, page 59)

Guernon Monkey

see Monkeys: Guernon Monkey

Gulls

• 
  
  Coasting Gull
  

  Found in Torvaldsland, this broad winged bird has black tips on its wings and tail feathers, and is similar to the Vosk gull. It's feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvaldsland.

  (Marauders of Gor, page 235)

  
  
  
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  Schendi Gull
  

  Inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 99)

Vosk Gull

A gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River. 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

(Nomads of Gor, page 137)

 

High Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: High Tharlarion

Hith

A huge python-like snake.

(Outlaw of Gor, page 26; Explorers of Gor, page 311)

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  Golden Hith
  

  A rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's body with his arms.

  (Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191)

Herlit

This Gorean eagle of The Barrens has a wingspan of 6-8 feet. It is carnivorous and has yellow feathers tipped with black. Also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes' for its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it.

(Savages of Gor, page 143)

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 the larvae of insects.

(Hunters of Gor, page 106)

 

Hook Billed Gort

see Gort, Hook Billed

Horned Gim

see Gims: Horned Gim

Hinti

Small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they do not drink blood, and are not parasitic.

(Blood Brothers of Gor, page 220)

Hunjer Whale

see Whales: Hunjer Whale

Hurlit

A migrating bird, not described within the books.

(Nomads of Gor, page 138)

Hurt

A domesticated marsupial, small and curious, raised on large fenced ranches in several of Gor's northern cities. It is a two legged animal and has black silken wool which is sheared four times a year by slaves, then spun and woven into cloth. It is herded by domesticated sleen.

(Assassin of Gor, page 39)

Ivory Billed Woodpecker

see Woodpecker, Ivory Billed

Jard

A small scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds.

(Beasts of Gor, page 149)

Jit Monkey

see Monkeys: Jit Monkey

Jungle Gant

see Gants: Jungle Gant

Jungle Vart

see Varts: Jungle Varts

 

Jungle Zad

see Zads: Jungle Zad

Kailla

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  Southern Kaiila
  

  A large (20-22 hands tall), carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur. Its eyes have 3 lids to protect it from the dust of the Plains. It's body is long and sinewy, much like a snake, and it has incredible stamina. Frequently domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper; they are trained from birth to avoid the thrown lance: many do not survive the training. Despite being a mammal, they do not suckle their young, who begin hunt within hours of birth.

  (Nomads of Gor, page 13)

  
  
  
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  Desert Kaiila
  

  A black or tawny pelted kaiila, also known as sand kaiila. Unlike the Southern kaiila, this species does suckle its young for a time.

  (Tribesmen of Gor, pages 70-71)

Kailiauk

A stocky grazing animal that travels in herds, they are tawny with red and brown markings on haunches, having 3 horns. It stands approximately 20-25 hands at the shoulder, and defends itself by circling its young and weak, facing outward with its dangerous horns. They typically roam the savannahs and plains, although some herds may also be found within the forests of Schendi.

(Nomads of Gor, page 2; Explorers of Gor, page 93)

 

Karl Whale

see Whales: Karl Whale

Kite

A migrating meadow variety bird with a shrill call. No other description is given in the books.

(Nomads of Gor, page 137)

Land Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: Land Tharlarion

Lang Gim

see Gims: Lang Gim

Larl

A large (approximately 7 ft. tall at the shoulders) feline with a broad triangular head, much like a viper. The larl's upper canines extend below their jaws very similar to the saber-toothed tiger, and they have long tails that are tufted at the ends. A voracious carnivore, larl are known to be fierce and unafraid of Man.

(Priest Kings of Gor, pages 18)

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  Black Larl
  

  A predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and with a shaggy mane on both male and female.

  (Priest Kings of Gor, page 18)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Red Larl
  

  A larl which is tawny-red coated and has no mane on either the male or female.

  (Priest Kings of Gor, page 19)

   

  
  
  
• 
  
  White Larl
  

  Seen in icy mountains of the Sardar, they are the largest of the big cats, standing approximately 8 feet at the shoulder.

  (Priest Kings of Gor, page 22)

Lart, Snow

A small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 12 pounds. The snow lart has two stomachs and hunts in summer, filling the second stomach in the fall to last the animal through winter. It's pelt is snowy white and thick. It is considered valuable, selling in Ar for half a silver tarsk. They are found in the Polar North.

(Beasts of Gor, page 74)

Leaf Urt

see Urts: Leaf Urt

 

Leem

A small arctic rodent some five to ten ounces in weight which hibernates in the winter. Its furs are sold by the Red Hunters.

(Beasts of Gor, page 74)

Leech, Marsh

Described as rubbery and about 4 inches long. They attach themselves to plants in the marsh or float free in the water, waiting for warm blooded animals. They fasten themselves to their victim to suck blood until, satiated, they detach. They can be removed with fire or salt and they are edible.

(Vagabonds of Gor, page 99-100)

Lelt

A small (5-7 inches long) blind fish 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. It inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari.

(Tribesmen of Gor, page 247)

Lice

A large, marble-sized variety said to be found on a Tarn.

(Tarnsman of Gor, page 142)

Lits

• 
  
  Common Lit
  

  A bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Crested Lit
  

  A bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Needle Tailed Lit
  

  A bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Long Billed Fleer

see Fleer: Long Billed Fleer

Long Tailed Porcupine

see Pocupine, Long Tailed

Mamba

see Tharlarion: River Tharlarion

Marcher Ants

see Ants, Marcher

Marine Saurian

see Saurian, Marine

Marsh Gant

see Gants: Marsh Gant

Marsh Leech

see Leech, Marsh

Marsh Moccasin

see below

Moccasin, Marsh

A narrow, dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta.

(Vagabonds of Gor, page 267)

Marsh Shark

see Sharks: Marsh Shark

Marsh Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: Marsh Tharlarion

 

Mindar

A short-winged yellow and red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It has a sharp bill which it uses to drill into the bark of flower trees for larvae and grubs.

(Explorers of Gor, page 282)

Miniature Sleen

see Sleen, Miniature Sleen

Monkeys

• 
  
  Guernon Monkey
  

  Found in the jungle along the Ua river, it can be recognized by their chattering sound.

  (Explorers of Gor, page307)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Jit Monkey
  

  A simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi and is active at night.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Needle Flies

see Flies: Needle Flies

Needle Tail Lit

see Lits: Needle Tail Lit

Northern Tabuk

see Tabuk: Northern Tabuk

Ost

A tiny snake about 12 inches long and bright orange in color. Its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds. It is the most venemous snake on Gor, and to be feared. It can be stumbled upon in the night, when it lays out upon roads to soak up the heat in the stones.

(Outlaw of Gor, page 26)

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  Rain Forest Ost
  

  A snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi which is red with black stripes.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Oysters

A shellfish from the delta of the Vosk.

(Captive of Gor, page 301)

Tamber Gulf Oysters

From the Tamber Gulf, these oysters are served raw or baked.

(Captive of Gor, page 301)

Panther

Several varieties and colors are found in different areas of Gor, such as within the forests of the North and jungles of Schendi. While they usually hunt at night, they are not invariably nocturnal. They tend to hunt when irritable as well as hungry.

(Captive of Gor, page 181)

Parrot

A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest, although some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

 

Parsit Fish

A silvery fish having brown stripes, they follow the 'parsit current' in the polar basin. In Torvaldsland, it is smoked and dried, stored in barrels, and used in trade to the south.

(Marauders of Gor, page 28)

Pool, Yellow, of Turia

A living, breathing monster that slowly digests it's victims in its acid, it was housed in a chamber in the House of Saphrar. Intertwined, writhing filaments and spheres are embedded in a darkish, yellow jelly and walled in by a translucent membrane. It changed consistency from thick gel to solid at its own will.

(Nomads of Gor, page 205-213)

Porcupine, Long Tailed

An animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Prairie Fleer

see Fleer: Prairie Fleer

Prarie Sleen

see Sleen: Prarie Sleen

Prairie Tabuk

see Tabuk: Prarie Tabuk

Quala

A small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair, much like prehistoric horses of earth. For those who are into trivia: the plural form is qualae.

(Raiders of Gor, page 4)

 

Racing Tarn

see Tarns: Racing Tarn

 

Racing Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: Racing Tharlarion

Rain Forest Ost

see Ost: Rain Forest Ost

Red Grasshopper

see Grasshopper, Red

Red Larl

see Larl: Red Larl

Rennel

A crablike desert insect which is poisonous.

(Nomads of Gor, page 27)

Ring Neck Wader

see Waders: Ring Necked Wader

River Shark

see Sharks: River Shark

River Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: River Tharlarion

Rock Spider

see Spiders: Rock Spider

Rock Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: Rock Tharlarion

Rogue Sea Sleen

see Sea Sleen: Rogue Sea Sleen

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.

(Tribesmen of Gor, page 247)

Salt Shark

see Sharks: Salt Shark

Saurian, Marine

A fish-like predator with a long neck and a toothed snout, it is silent and aggressive, and moves by swimming with its broad, paddle-like fins. Sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.

(Slave Girl of Gor, page 360)

Schendi Gull

see Gulls: Schendi Gull

Scorpion

These are found in the canopy level of the rainforest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

 

Sharks

There are several varieties of sharks on Gor, saltwater and freshwater, and they are found in all areas of Gor. The common shark is nine-gilled and its skin is very rough and abrasive.

(Captive of Gor, page 79)

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  Marsh Shark
  

  A deadly fresh water hunter of the Gorean Marshes, eel-like in appearance, with nine-gills.

  (Raider of Gor, page 58)

  
  
  
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  River Shark
  

  A narrow, black, vicious, and very carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin which inhabits the rivers of Gor.

  (Captive of Gor, page 79)

Salt Shark

A long-bodied (12 foot 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. It inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari.

(Tribesmen of Gor, page 249)

 

Sea Sleen

A long sleek mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws. It can weigh as much as 1000 pounds and measure as much as 20 feet in length. It is hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelts.

(Beasts of Gor, page 280)

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  Black Sea Sleen
  

  One of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 38)

  
  
  
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  Brown Sea Sleen
  

  One of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 38)

  
  
  
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  Flat Nosed Sea Sleen
  

  One of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 38)

  
  
  
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  Rogue Sea Sleen
  

  A rare, broader headed, and more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 283-285)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Tufted Sea Sleen
  

  One of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 38)

  
  
  
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  White-Spotted Sea Sleen
  

  An uncommon variety of sea sleen, its rich fur is used for cloaks.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 300)

Slee

A rodent which inhabits the ground zone of the rainforests inland of Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)

 

Sleen

A ferocious feline, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs. The 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. 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 can be domesticated for herding and tracking, although they respond only to the voice of their Master. The hunting sleen are said to be the best trackers upon Gor, and will follow a scent until the quarry is dead or captured.

(Beasts of Gor, page 12-13; Raiders of Gor, page 105)

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  Forest Sleen
  

  A long, sinuous feline that is 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.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 12-13)

  
  
  
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  Gray Sleen
  

  Said to be Gor's finest tracker, this six legged sleen is a furred mammal with a silver gray pelt. It has an agile, sinuous body, as thick as a drum, and is 14-15 feet long. This breed is relentless and tenacious. It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs.

  (Dancer of Gor, page 160)

  
  
  
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  Miniature Sleen
  

  Sly, nasty, and dangerous if not properly controlled, these are 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".

  (Dancer of Gor, page 167)

Prairie Sleen

Tawny in color, and smaller than the forest sleen, but these are every bit as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are used for hunting, and these nocturnal animals are used as shepherds and sentinels. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding to and obeying only the voice of their master.

(Nomads of Gor, page 2)

 

Slime Worm

A long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar. It scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles' kills.

(Priest Kings of Gor, page 104-105)

Sloth

Although no description is available in the books, it is assumed to be similar to those of earth.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Snail

These are used for fish bait, but are also edible.

(Marauders of Gor, page 62)

Snow Lart

see Lart, Snow

Sorp

A shellfish common especially in the Vosk river and the marshes, which is similar to an oyster. They may become large enough that their shells may be used as a throne. Like an oyster, it manufactures pearls.

(Nomads of Gor, page 20; Raiders of Gor pgs 14)

 

Southern Kaiila

see Kaiila: Southern Kaiila

• Spiders
  Rock Spider
  An inhabitant of the rainforests lower level, this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking its legs under its body to look like a rock, hence its name. It is approximately one foot in diameter and will catch small rodents or birds in its web.
  (Explorers of Gor, page 294)

Swamp Spiders

Man-sized acrachnids which inhabit the swampland near the city of Ar. They can communicate in human speech via the mechanical translators they wear around their abdomens. They spin Cur-lon Fiber, which is used in the textile mills of Ar.

(Tarnsman of Gor, page 81-83)

Squirrels, Black

An animal of the ground zone of the rain forest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Swamp Spiders

see Spiders: Swamp Spiders

Tabuk

• 
  
  Prairie Tabuk
  

  A kind of antelope, 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 and Plains, as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate it's prey. It travels in fleet footed herds and haunts the ka-la-na thickets of the planet, occasionally venturing daintily into the meadows in search of berries and salt. It's meat is used as food by men and animals. It is a favorite prey of Tarns.

  (Blood Brothers of Gor, pages 316-317)

  
  
  
• 
  
  Northern Tabuk
  

  Massive, tawny and swift, it is much larger than the smaller southern variety. Standing ten hands at the shoulders, they have the 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 tied 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.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 152)

Tahari Zad

see Zads: Tahari Zad

Tamber Clam

see Clam, Tamber

Tamber Gulf Oysters

see Oysters: Tamber Gulf Oysters

 

Tanager

A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforests.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Tarns

A huge, crested, hawk-like bird. It is large enough to be ridden, and is used in battle and in racing. While they can be "domesticated", they are extremely fierce and dangerous, and are said to know whether One who approaches is a "tarnsman" or not. Despite Their own strength and power, few Men of Gor would dare to approach one without a goad.

(Tarnsman of Gor, page 51)

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  Racing Tarn
  

  A more slender, lighter bird that is bred for speed and endurance. Racing Tarns are also used by messengers to go from one city-state to another.

  (Assassin of Gor, page 143)

  
  
  
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  Transport Tarn
  

  A huge, heavy, slower bird, bred to carry large loads in hanging baskets or pallets over great distances.

  (Assassin of Gor, page 143)

  
  
  
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  War Tarn
  

  A heavier then average tarn, but very agile and vicious, it is trained to aid in battle.

  ( Assassin of Gor, page 143)

Tarsiers

Nocturnal monkeys that inhabit the rainforest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Tarsk

A porcine animal, much like a wild boar, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail. It is viciously aggressive and considered a prime hunting animal. A common source of meat, it is often roasted whole.

(Raiders of Gor, page 219)

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  Giant Tarsk
  

  Presumably similar to the common tarsk, however it stands 10 hands at the shoulder and is hunted with lances from tarnback.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 346)

Tharlarion

One of severval types of large reptiles, some of which have been domesicated. As well as being a livestock animal, It's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil.

(Tarnsman of Gor, page 84)

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  Bipedalian Tharlarian
  

  Smaller and swifter than the High Tharlarian, these are used as scouts and fast-passage cart pullers.

  (Magicians of Gor, page 290)

  
  
  
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  Broad Tharlarion
  

  A large and sluggish herbivore that is used as draft animals.

  (Tarnsman of Gor, page 125)

  
  
  
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  High Tharlarion
  

  An agile carnivore that is used as a mount for riding. They have very short almost useless forelegs.

  (Tarnsman of Gor, page 115)

  
  
  
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  Land Tharlarion
  

  A land dwelling tharlarion used for towing river barges. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.

  (Captive of Gor, page 81)

  
  
  
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  Marsh Tharlarion
  

  Inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk, these are presumed to be similar to crocodiles.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 326)

  
  
  
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  Water Tharlarion
  

  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.

  (Raiders of Gor, page 1)

  
  
  
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  Racing Tharlarion
  

  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 lighter.

  (Magicians of Gor, page 290)

  
  
  
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  River Tharlarion
  

  Extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges.

  (Captive of Gor, page 80)

  
  
  
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  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.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 393)

  
  
  
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  Rock Tharlarion
  

  A small, six-toed reptile of the south.

  (Marauders of Gor, page 152)

  
  
  
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  Winged Tharlarion (also knowns as Ul)
  

  A giant flying reptile, it is a winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion that is 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. It is fiercely carnivorous.

  (Raiders of Gor, page 61)

Tibit

A small, thin-legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa.

(Hunters of Gor, page 247)

Tindel, Fruit

A bird which inhabits the canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Toos

A crab-like organism with overlapping plating which inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus spores.

(Priest Kings of Gor, page 82)

Transport Tarn

see Tarns: Transport Tarn

Tree Urt

see Urts: Tree Urt

Tufted Sea Sleen

see Sea Sleen: Tufted Sea Sleen

Tumit

A large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, which has a long hooked beak (approximately 18 inches in legth) that is long enough and sharp enough to sever a Man's arm from his body. Carnivorous and fierce, it is hunted by the Wagon People with the bola.

(Nomads of Gor, page 2)

Tufted Fisher

see Fisher: Tufted Fisher

Turtle, Vosk

Able to grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Because of the thickness of their shell, they can be difficult to kill.

(Raiders of Gor, page 61)

Ul

see Tharlarion: Winged Tharlarion (Ul)

Urt

A small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat. It has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns, and swims well. There are several different species of urts depending on where they live.

(Nomads of Gor, page 125)

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  Canal Urt
  

  A rapid moving water mammal living along canals and is particularly found in Port Kar.

  (Savages of Gor, page 67)

  
  
  
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  Forest Urt
  

  A nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.

  (Slave Girl of Gor, page 117)

  
  
  
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  Giant Urt
  

  Fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns.

  (Outlaw of Gor, page 86)

  
  
  
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  Gliding Urt
  

  An animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi, there is a flap of skin between front and hind legs which opens into "wings" when it leaps from tree to tree.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

  
  
  
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  Ground Urt
  

  A small animal which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 312)

  
  
  
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  Leaf Urt
  

  A small tree-dwelling rodent having 4 toes which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 312)

  
  
  
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  Tree Urt
  

  A small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Umbrella Bird

A bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Ushindi Fisher

see Fisher: Ushindi Fisher

Varts

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  Brown Vart
  

  A carnivorous animal, blind, bat-like, about the size of a small dog. It rests clinging upside down on branches.

  (Priest Kings of Gor, page 191; Outlaw of Gor, page 26)

  
  
  
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  Jungle Vart
  

  A relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Veminium Bird

A songbird of the veminium fields, no description is given in the books.

(Magicians of Gor, page 363)

Verr

A mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains, it is wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns. Tended in herds, it is a source of a form of wool. Its milk is drunk, tho not preferred over that of the bosk. More commonly, the milk is used for making cheese.

(Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63)

 

Vosk Gull

see Gulls: Vosk Gull

Vosk Turtle

see Turtle, Vosk

Vulo

A tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which roams wild, although it flocks within the herds of bosk. It is used for meat and eggs, and its feathers for stuffing pillows.

(Nomads of Gor, page 1)

Waders

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  Ring Necked Wader
  

  A variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

  
  
  
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  Yellow Legged Wader
  

  A variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 311)

War Tarn

see Tarns: War Tarn

Warbler

A bird found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

 

Water Tharlarion

see Tharlarion: Water Tharlarion

Whales

There are several varieties of whales on Gor.

(Beasts of Gor, page 265)

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  Baleen Whale
  

  A bluish, white spotted, blunt-finned whale found in the waters of the far North. It's bones are used in making of instruments, weapons and building materials. Commonly hunted by the Red Hunters.

  (Beasts of Gor, page 36)

  
  
  
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  Hunjer Whale
  

  A rare, toothed whale, which is hunted by the Red Hunters.

  (Marauders of Gor, page 114)

Karl Whale

An uncommon, four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters.

(Beasts of Gor, page 36)

 

Whistling Finch

see Finch: Whistling Finch

White Bellied Grunt

see Grunt: White Bellied Grunt

White Larl

see Larl: White Larl

White Spotted Sea Sleen

see Sea Sleen: White Spotted Sea Sleen

Winged Tharlarion

see Tharlarions: Winged Tharlarion

Wingfish, Cosian

Also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song, this is a tiny, blue, salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin. It is found in the waters off of Port Kar, and its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia.

(Nomads of Gor, page 84-85)

Woodpecker, Ivory Billed

A bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi.

(Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Yellow Gim

see Gims: Yellow Gim

Yellow Legged Wader

see Waders: Yellow Legged Waders

Yellow Pool of Turia

see Pool, Yellow, of Turia

Zads

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  Jungle Zad
  

  A cousin of the Tahari zad which is found in the rainforest inland of Schendi.

  (Explorers of Gor, page 415)

  
  
  
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  Tahari Zad
  

  A large, broad-winged, black & white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in the Tahari. They scavenge on carrion and are similar to the Earth vulture.

  (Tribesmen of Gor, page 232)

Zadit

A small, tawny-feathered, sharp-billed bird of the Tahari. It is insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects. They often land on kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal.

(Tribesmen of Gor, page 152)

Zarlit Flies

see Flies: Zarlit Flies

Zeder

A small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi, especially along the Ua River. It grows to approximately 2 feet in length and weighs 8-10 lbs. It is diurnal and swims very well. It also builds a nest of sticks and mud in the branches of a tree where it spends the night.

(Explorers of Gor, page 312)