- Armoured Gatch :
- a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
- Bint:
- small carnivorous freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a
large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes; similar to the piranha of Earth
- Bosk:
- large, shaggy, long-horned bovine similar to the Earth cow; cattle
- 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
- 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 large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night
- Fruit Tindel:
- a bird which inhabits the rainforests of the Schendi area
- Giani:
- a large mammal of solitary habits which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
- Golden Beetle:
- an insect, roughly the size of a rhinoceros, which lives in the caverns below the Nest of
the Priest-Kings in the Sardar Mountains; its prey is the Priest-Kings themselves
- Gort, Hook-billed:
- a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts
- Herlit
- Gorean eagle, has wingspan of 6-8 feet; is carnivorous, and has yellow feathers tipped with black;
also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes', from its habit of striking with the sun above and
behind it; inhabits the Barrens
- Hith:
- huge python-like snake
- Kur:
- 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
- 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
- River Shark:
- a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the
rivers of Gor
- 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
- Tarn:
- crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; used in battle and in racing
- 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 therainforests inland of Schendi
- Verr:
- mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai Mountains; wild, agile, ill-tempered, with long hair and
spiraling horns; source of a form of wool; it milk is potable, as well as being used for cheese
- Vulo:
- a tawny-colored poultry bird, similar to a pigeon, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and
eggs
- Zad:
- a large, broad-winged, black-&- white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in
the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion; similar to the Earth vulture
- 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
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