Information Collected on Creatures of Gor: Mammals: armored gatch: a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of bosk: large, shaggy, long-horned bo- vine similar to the Earth cow; cattle giani: a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi hurt: a kangaroo-like animal whose wool is used for cloth jit monkey: a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi kaiila: large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is vivaparous, has incredible stamina, and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper; in the Tahari, its long hair is used to braid rope; its milk is potable by humans kailiauk: stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on haunches, having 3 horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder Kur (noun; lit. 'beast'; pl. kurii; a corruption of their name for themselves): a large (8-9') furred,  mammal having 4 legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has 6 multiply-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb, so that it can grip; it has 2 rows of teeth; they are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, even to eating humans larl: a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion quala: small, dun-colored, 3-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae sleen: a ferocious feline, some 20 feet long, having 6 legs and 2 rows of teeth; there are four types: the prairie sleen, which is tawny; the forest sleen, which is black or brown; the aquatic sea sleen; and the white snow sleen; can be domesticated for herding and tracking tabuk: a kind of antelope, being yellow in color and having a single horn tarsk: porcine animal akin to the Earth pig, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail tarsk, giant: large cousin of the tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the shoulder ul: giant carnivorous pteradactyl verr: a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it milk is potable, as well as being used for cheese zeder: a small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi, esp. along the Ua River; grows to c. 2' and weighs 8-10 lbs; is diurnal, can swim very well, & builds a stick-&-mud nest in the branches of a tree, where it spends the night   Birds: fleer: large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night fleer, prairie: yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird'  from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food fruit tindel: a bird which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area gant, jungle: a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi gant, marsh: a long-legged marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew  gim, horned: a small owl-like bird, c. 4 ozs. in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor gim, lang: an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi gim, yellow: a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi grub borer: an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi herlit: Gorean eagle, having a wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black; also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it; inhabits the Barrens hook-billed gort: a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts jard: a small, yellow-winged scavenger bird of the rainforest inland of Schendi lit, common: a bird found in the rainforests of the Schendi area mindar: a short-winged, yellow & red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower trees for larvae & bugs tarn: crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; used in battle and in racing tibit: a small, thin-legged bird which lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa; sandpiper tufted fisher: a waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi tumit: large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, having an 18'-long hooked beak; carnivorous vulo: a tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs wader, ring-necked: a variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi wader, yellow-legged: a variety of waterbird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi   Fish: bint: small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests Schendi inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth  dock eel: a black freshwater fish, 4' long & weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports gint: a tiny (6") freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes & flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs & gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills gint, giant: a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins grunt: a large, carnivorous, salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth grunt, blue: a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood lelt: a small (5-7") blindfish with fernlike filaments at either side of the head which are its sensory organs; white, with long fins, it swims slowly, and is the main food of the salt shark; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari parsit fish: a silvery fish having brown stripes river shark: a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor salt shark: a long-bodied (12' or more) carnivorous fish having gills situated under the jaw, several rows of triangular teeth, a sickle- like tail, and a sail-like dorsal fin; inhabits brine pits such as those of the Tahari sorp: a shellfish, common esp. in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls toos: a crab-like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus spores wingfish: tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal   Insects: Golden Beetle: an insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns below the Nest of the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings them- selves  hinti: small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites 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 tur-pah: an edible tree parasite with curly, red, ovate leaves; grows on the tur tree; a main ingredient in sullage    Reptiles: hith: huge python-like snake mamba: large, predatory river tharlarion  which inhabits  the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; they have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs & a long snout & tail; similar to Earth crocodiles ost: tiny snake, about 12" long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds; the ost of the rainforests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes tharlarion: one of several types of large, carnivorous reptiles, some of which have been domesticated; it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba tharlarion, broad: sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous tharlarion, high: agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they have very short, almost useless, forlegs; carnivorous tharlarion, river: extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges  tharlarion, rock: a small reptile of the Tahari   Rodents: slee: a rodent which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi urt: a small, silken-furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns urt, ground: a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi urt, leaf: a small tree-dwelling rodent, having 4 toes, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; tree sloth? urt, tree: a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi vart: blind, bat-like flying rodent, about the size of a small dog vart, jungle: a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi   Back To Tor-Tu-Gor