Gorean fauna

List of Fauna on the Planet Gor as described by the author, John Norman.

Gorean Animals – A

• ant, marcher (noun): inhabiting the rainforest floor, they appear in swarms, known in the jungles of Schendi as ‘The Marchers.’ These are 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 paths 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. Tarl Cabot and the small men, led a column of Marchers, by baiting them with fresh meat, the ants, weaving like a whispering black snake through the jungle until they overran an encampment of the Mamba people, Cabot's intended target. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page399-403)

• anteater (noun): more than six varieties inhabit the rainforests of Schendi. The great spined anteater grows to 20 feet in length and feeds on white ants or termites, breaking apart their towering nests of toughened clay with mighty claws then darting its four-foot saliva coated tongue, drawing thousands into its narrow tube-like mouth. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 293 and 312)

• arctic gant (noun): migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar north. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196)

• armored gatch (noun): a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• arthropod (noun): a creature found in the tunnels of the Nest of the Priest-Kings. It is eight feet long and a yard high with a multi-segmented body and eight legs. Its eyes are on long stalks. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 82)

Gorean Animals – B

• baleen whale (noun): bluish blunt-finned whale, hunted by the Red Hunters (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 334)

• bint (noun): fanged, small carnivorous freshwater marsh eel which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; a large school of bints can strip a carcass in minutes. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 267, 271)

• bosk (noun): a huge, shambling animal, with a thick, humped neck and long, shaggy hair. It has a wide head and tiny red eyes, a fearful temper, and four long, wicked, curved and pointed horns. The horns, from tip to tip may measure two spears in length. It is for good reason the bosk is called ‘The Mother of the Wagon Peoples’. Its flesh and milk furnish food and drink, shelter is made from its hides, and clothing from its tanned and sewn skins. Weapons are made from the leather of its hump and many tools and implements from its bone and horns. Even the dung is dried and used for fuel. The bosk is reverenced and the penalties for its slaughter without reason are extreme. The meat may be roasted, broiled, boiled, stewed, fried, or dried. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 45; Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 4-5; Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 26; Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 34; Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 234)

• brown vart (noun): carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches.

Gorean Animals – C

None described

Gorean Animals – D

• desert kaiila (noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount.

• dock eel (noun): a black freshwater fish, 4’ long and weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous; they inhabit the shallow waters around the dock and wharves of river ports (Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 155; Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 130)

Gorean Animals – E

• eel (noun): a voracious animal that can maim or kill a slave in moments. Some varieties are edible and considered a gorean delicacy. Varieties include: river eel, black eel, and spotted eel. (Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 428)

• egg, Priest-King’s (noun): the last egg of the Mother sought by Tarl Cabot as an agent of the Priest-Kings so that they might replenish their race and keep it from extinction. It was found in plain sight, a gray, squarish, grained, leathery object in the wagon of the Tuchuk Ubar San, Kamchak. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 326-327)

Gorean Animals – F

• finch, whistling (noun): flighted bird found at the ground level of the Schendi rainforest it is insectivorous. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• fisher, Ushindi (noun): a tufted water bird of the rainforests. It has long white feathers and long legs.

• fleer (noun): large, hook-billed bird which hunts at night (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 117)

• fleer, long-billed (noun): a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the Schendi rainforest. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• fleer, prairie (noun): 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 (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246)

• forest panther (noun): is a tawny-colored, proud beast and is very common in the forests. They hunt largely at night but are not invariably nocturnal. They normally hunt when they are hungry or irritable.

• frevet (noun): small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control. (Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 276)

• fruit tindel (noun): a bird, which inhabits the rain forests of the Schendi area (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Gorean Animals – G

• gant, arctic (noun): 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. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 196)

• gant, jungle (noun): a bird, related to the marsh gant, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)
• gant, marsh (noun): a long-legged, small, horned, web-footed marsh bird with a piping cry; similar to a curlew, broad-billed and broad-winged (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 4, 10, 41, 44; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128)

• gatch, armored (noun): a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• giani (noun): a tiny cat-sized panther of solitary prowling habits which inhabits the low branches of ground level in rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• gim, horned (noun): a small purplish owl-like bird with tufts over eyes, about 4 ounces in weight, which inhabits the forests of northern Gor (Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 39 and 97; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 293)

• gim, lang (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• gim, yellow (noun): a bird, related to the horned gim, which inhabits the second level of rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• gint (noun): a tiny (6”) freshwater fish which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; it has bulbous eyes and flipper-like fins; is amphibious, having both lungs and gills; is capable of walking on its pectoral fins; often found in the company of tharlarion, feeding off the scraps of their kills (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 299 and 384)

• gint, giant (noun): a large cousin of the gint found in western Gor, similar in appearance, but with a four-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 384 and 389-390)

• gitch (noun): biting insect; description is vague, although it is used near mention of roaches. (Book 21: Mercenaries of Gor, page 277)

• Golden Beetle (noun): 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 and exudate 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.’ (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, pages 180 and 274-276; Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 31)

• golden hith (noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle its body with his arms. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• gort, hook-billed (noun): this is a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests. It preys on ground urts. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• grasshopper, red (noun): beyond color, this insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 261, 293)

• grub borer (noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• grunt (noun): a large, carnivorous, saltwater fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature; similar to the shark of Earth (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 59)

• grunt, blue (noun): a small, voracious, carnivorous freshwater fish, related to the Thassa grunt; like its larger cousin, it is attracted by blood (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 267)

• grunt, great speckled (noun): a fish inhabiting the Thassa and caught as food for sailors. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360)

• grunt, white-bellied (noun): a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. Its eggs are considered a rare delicacy. (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 59; Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276)

• guernon monkey (noun): found in the jungle along the Ua River; recognized by their chattering sound. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 307, 311)

• gull, coasting (noun): found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull. Its feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvladsland. (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 235)

• gull, Schendi (noun): inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 99)

• gull, vosk (noun): a gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River, it apparently has a loud or insistent cry, which is imitated by the rence people as a means of surreptitious communication at night. Its 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. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 137; Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 314; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128)

Gorean Animals – H

• herlit (noun): 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 (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 143; Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 315)

• hermit, yellow-breasted (noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree, to hunt for larvae; similar to Earth sapsucker or woodpecker (Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 106)

• hinti (noun, plural): small, flea-like insects; unlike fleas, they are not parasites

• hith (noun): huge python-like snake found in the ground zone of the Schendi rainforest (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• hith, golden (noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle its body with his arms. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• hook-billed gort (noun): a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• Hunjer whale (noun): large black, toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36)

• hurt (noun): a two-legged, domesticated marsupial. It is raised on large fenced ranches in several northern cities, herded by domesticated sleen and sheared for their white wool. Hurts replace their black wool four times a year. Similar to a kangaroo on Earth. (Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 39)

Gorean Animals – I

• ivory-billed woodpecker (noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Gorean Animals – J

• jard (noun): a small, yellow winged scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds. Found near Lydius. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 149; Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 426)

• jit monkey (noun): a simian mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• jungle gant (noun): a bird related to the marsh gant that inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.

• jungle panther (noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety inhabitant of the rainforest.

• jungle vart (noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• jungle zad (noun): a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 415)

Gorean Animals – K

• kaiila (noun): large (20-22 hands), carnivorous mammal, with a long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 lids; is viviparous, 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 (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 307)

• kaiila, desert (noun): also known as sand kaiila; this omnivorous animal is related to the southern kaiila and similar in most aspects barring pelt color and rearing of young; pelt color is tawny or black and young are suckled for a length of time. The men of the Tahari Desert use this mount. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 71)

• kaiila, southern (noun): large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have three lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 pasangs in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper. It has a rich gold to black coat. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 13)

• kailiauk (noun): stocky ruminant, tawny with red and brown markings on its haunches, having three horns; stands c. 20-25 hands at the shoulder; weighing as much as 4,000 lbs, they migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides. They have a trident horn. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 93)

• kailiauk, Barrens, herds of (noun): gigantic, dangerous beast that stands 20-25 hands at the shoulder and weighs as much as 4,000 lbs. They migrate across the Barrens in massive herds, hunted by Red Savages and those who trade in their hides. They have a trident horn. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 40 and 95)

• kailiauk, forest (noun): four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short trunked and tawny. The males have three trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000 lbs) and are 10 hands at the shoulder. The females are 8 hands and weigh 300 - 400 Gorean stone (1200-1600 lbs). Their horns and tooled hides are major exports of the port of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 93)

• kailiauk, prairie (noun): short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars. Their wide heads bear a trident horn. They instinctively circle when resting, their she-kailiauk and young protected within. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2)

• Karl whale (noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters.

• kur (noun; lit. ‘beast’; pl. kurii; a corruption of their name for themselves): a large (8-9’) furred, mammal having four legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has six multi-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb, so that it can grip; it has two rows of teeth; they are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, even to eating humans (See “Kurii”) (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 92 and 109; Book 17: Savages of Gor, pages 21-22)

Gorean Animals – L

• Land tharlarion (noun): land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion.

• lang gim (noun): an insectivorous bird that inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.

• larl (noun): a large (seven ft. at shoulder) feline, tawny red or black in color, having a black mane; carnivorous; similar to a lion, broad viper-shaped head and cat-like slitted pupils; females of the species tend to be smaller than the males (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18)

• larl, black (noun): predominately nocturnal larl which is black coated and maned, both male and female. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18)

• larl, jungle (noun): found in the Schendi rainforest, these larls normally avoid men and are less dangerous than those found in the northern latitudes, though if provoked or challenged will attack (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• larl, red (noun): predominately day hunting larl that is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18)

• larl, white (noun): seen in icy mountains of the Sardar, they are the largest of the big cats standing eight feet; upper canines extending below their jaws, very similar to saber-toothed tiger; long tails are tufted at the ends. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 22)

• lart, two-stomached snow (noun): mammalian animal with four legs, that is about 10” high, and weighs between 8-12 lbs. It hunts in the sun. The food in the second stomach can be held almost indefinitely. It is filled in the fall and must last the lart through the winter night, which lasts months. It eats bird’s legs and preys on the leem. 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. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 74)

• leaf urt (noun): a small tree-dwelling rodent having four toes which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.

• leech, marsh (noun): described as rubbery about 4 inches long; it attaches itself 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. They are edible. (Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 96-97, 99-100, 102, and 236)

• leem (noun): a small arctic rodent, five to ten ounces in weight. It hibernates in the winter and their summer coats are brown; furs are sold by the Red Hunters (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 74)

• lilt (noun): 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 (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247)

• lice, tarn (noun): marble to fist-sized parasites that infest tarns. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 142)

• lit, common (noun): a bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• lit, crested (noun): a bird found in the rain forests of the Schendi area (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236 and 311)

• lit, needle-tailed (noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• long-billed fleer (noun): a bird inhabitant of the emergent level of the rainforest.

Gorean Animals – M

• mamba (noun): large, predatory variety of river tharlarion which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi; they have long, log-like bodies, with short, powerful legs and a long snout and tail; similar to Earth crocodiles. It is believed the cannibalistic Mamba People take their name from this flesh eating animal. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393)

• marcher ant (noun): known in the jungles of Schendi as ‘The Marchers’ are these aggressive carnivorous insects. Each is about two 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’s 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. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 399-403)

• marine saurian (noun): fish-like but reptilian predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks; more than twenty feet in length. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360)

• marine saurian, reptilian (noun): reptilian-like scavengers found in the Thassa, more than 20 ft in length, it has a long neck and small head with rows of small teeth. Its appendages are like broad paddles. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 360)

• marsh gant (noun): 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. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 4, 10, 41, 44; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128)

• marsh leech (noun): described as rubbery about 4 inches long; it attaches itself 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. They are edible. (Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, pages 96-97, 99-100, 102, and 236)

• marsh moccasin (noun): narrow dark, poisonous snake about five feet long with a small triangular head. It inhabits the waters of the Vosk Delta. (Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 267)

• marsh shark (noun): long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like. Deadly fresh water hunter, similar in shape to the shark of earth. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 13 and 21)

• marsh tharlarion (noun): inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 26 and 326)

• mindar (noun): a short winged, yellow and red bird of the rain forests inland of Schendi; with its sharp bill, it digs in the bark of flower trees for larvae and bugs (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 282, 311)

• monkey, guernon (noun): found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 307)

• monkey, jit (noun): a simian mammal, which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; nocturnal. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

Gorean Animals – N

• needle fly (noun): also known as sting flies, these originate in the delta and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful but it is usually not dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers. (Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161)

• needle-tailed lit (noun): a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• northern tabuk (noun): massive tawny and swift. It is much larger than its smaller southern variety; standing ten hands at the shoulders. They have a single spiraling ivory horn, which at its base can be 2 ½ inches in diameter and over a yard in length. The Red Hunters are irrevocably 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. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 152)

Gorean Animals – O

• ost (noun): tiny snake, about 12” long, bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds; the ost of the rain forests inland of Schendi are red with black stripes. It is the most venomous snake on Gor. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26)

• ost, rainforest (noun): a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi, red with black stripes (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• oysters (noun): from the delta of the Vosk. (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 301)

Gorean Animals – P

• panther, forest (noun): is a tawny-colored, proud beast and is very common in the forests. They hunt largely at night but are not invariably nocturnal. They normally hunt when they are hungry or irritable.

• panther, jungle (noun): Less dangerous to man than the northern variety, inhabitant of the rainforest. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• parrot (noun): bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest, some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• parsit fish (noun): 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. (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 28, 56 and 63-64; Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• porcupine, long-tailed climbing (noun): animal of the canopy level of the rainforest. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• prairie fleer (noun): 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. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 246)

• prairie kailiauk (noun): short-trunked, stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains. Their color is tawny with haunches marked in red and brown bars. Their wide heads bear a trident horn. They instinctively circle when resting, their she-kailiauk and young protected within. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2)

• prairie sleen (noun): the prairie sleen is tawny in color, and are smaller than the forest sleen, but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are used for hunting and nocturnal herd sleen are used as shepherds and sentinels. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 9; Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185)

• prairie tabuk (noun): described as tawny and gazelle-like with a single horn, it responds to threat by scurrying away or lying down. Presumably this response is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate its prey.

Gorean Animals – Q

• quala (noun): small, dun colored, three-toed mammal with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair; pl. qualae (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 140; Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 4)

Gorean Animals – R

• racing tharlarion (noun): 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. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.

• rainforest ost (noun): a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi is red with black stripes. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• red grasshopper (noun): beyond color, this insect is described as weighing around 4 ounces. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 261)

• red larl (noun): predominately day hunting larl that is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18)

• rennel (noun): a crablike poisonous desert insect. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 27)

• ring-necked waders (noun): bird found along the river of the ground zone of the rain forest. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• river shark (noun): a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 79)

• river tharlarian (noun):

1) extremely large, herbivorous, web-footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges. (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 80);

2) crocodile-type animal; implied to be carnivorous and very similar to the marsh tharlarion. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 326)

• rock spider (noun): an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level; this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking 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. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 294)

• rock tharlarion (noun): a small, six-toed reptile of the south.

• rogue sea sleen (noun): rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 283)

Gorean Animals – S

• salamander (noun): an inhabitant of the brine pits of the salt mines of the Tahari, they are white and blind with long stem like legs with fern-like filaments which are feather gills. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247)

• salt shark (noun): 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 (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 251)

• Schendi gull (noun): inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.

• sea sleen (noun): long, sleek, mammal with flippers and six legs, and double fanged jaws, can weigh as much as 1000 pounds and as much as 20 feet in length, hunted by the Red Hunters for food and pelts. There are four varieties of sea sleen in the north including the black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, and flat-nosed sleen. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 285)

• sea sleen, black (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar region (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• sea sleen, brown (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar region (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• sea sleen, flat-nosed (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar region (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• sea sleen, rogue (noun): rare broader headed more dangerous variety of sea sleen found in the Polar North. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 283)

• sea sleen, tufted (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar region (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• sea sleen, white-spotted (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar region; its rich fur is used for cloaks (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 300)

• sharks (noun): 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. Varieties include river sharks, salt shark, marsh shark, white sharks of the north and the Vosk and Laurius sharks.

• shark, marsh (noun): deadly fresh water hunter of the rence island areas of the Gorean Marshes, long bodied, nine-gilled. They are almost eel-like, similar in shape to the shark of earth. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 13, 21 and 58)

• shark, river (noun): a narrow, black, vicious, carnivorous fish with a triangular dorsal fin, which inhabits the rivers of Gor. (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 79)

• shark, salt (noun): 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. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 249)

• slee (noun): a rodent which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• sleen (noun): a ferocious animal, some 20 feet long, having six legs and two 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

• sleen, forest (noun): It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, black or brown in color; it resembles a lizard, save it is furred and mammalian. In its attack frenzy, it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 155; Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185; Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13)

• sleen, gray (noun): said to be Gor’s finest tracker, this six legged sleen is a furred mammal with silver gray fur. It has an agile, sinuous body, thick as a drum and is 14-15 feet long. The gray sleen has a broad triangular head and a huge jaw with two rows of fangs and a dark tongue. Its widely set eyes have slit-like pupils. As is true for all sleens, it has six legs. This breed is relentless and tenacious. It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs. (Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 160-161)

• sleen, hunting (noun): the hunting sleen is a hunter of men. It is 20 feet in length and weighs eleven hundred pounds. This domesticated forest sleen is double fanged and six-footed. Its tail tends to switch back and forth, getting rigid as it hunts, its ears flatten against its head just prior to its final ‘charge’ attack on its prey. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13)

• sleen, miniature (noun): sly, nasty, and dangerous if not properly controlled, often kept as sinuous pets by Freewomen. It is this creature that is the cause of the derogatory reference in calling someone a “sleen” or “she-sleen”.

• sleen, prairie (noun): the prairie sleen is tawny in color, and are smaller than the forest sleen, but quite as unpredictable and vicious. Domesticated prairie sleen are trained and used for hunting and nocturnal herd sleen are used as shepherds and sentinels by the Wagon Peoples. They are released from their cages with the falling of darkness, responding only to the voice of their master and when he is killed or dies, his animals are slain and eaten. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 2 and 9; Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185)

• sleen, sea (noun): aquatic mammal that inhabits the polar seas, following the parsit current in search of their main food source, the parsit fish. There are four main types: black sleen, brown sleen, tusked sleen, flat-nosed sleen. Some remain under the ice year round, mostly dormant but rising every quarter of an Ahn or so to breathe through cracks in the ice. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185)

• sleen, snow (noun): inhabits the northern regions. Always white in color. (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 185)

• slime worm (noun): a long, slow, blind worm which inhabits the caverns below the Nest in the Sardar; scavenges the remains of the Golden Beetles kills (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 186)

• snow lart (noun): 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. Its 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. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 74)

• sorp (noun): a shellfish, common especially in the Vosk river, similar to an oyster; like an oyster, it manufactures pearls (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 20)

• sorp, vosk (noun): a giant clam that thrives in the seas and Marshes of Gor, the shell of which is large enough to be used as a throne southern kaiila (noun): large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have three lids; is viviparous has incredible stamina (capable of covering 600 in a day) and can be domesticated for riding in spite of its vicious temper. It has a rich gold to black. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth. These are the mounts of the Wagon Peoples. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 13)

• Spider People (noun): man-sized arachnids 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 Curlon Fiber which is used in the textile mills of Ar. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 81)

• spider, rock (noun): an inhabitant of the rainforests lower level this brown or black spider camouflages itself by tucking 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. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 294, 311)

• squirrels, black ( noun): inhabitant of the rainforest. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• sting flies or needle flies (noun): originate in the delta and similar places. Its sting is extremely painful, but it is usually not dangerous, unless inflicted in great numbers (Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 161)

Gorean Animals – T

• tabuk, common (noun): a kind of antelope, yellow in color with a single horn found in many area’s of Gor. 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. Its meat is used as food by men (often as tabuk steak) and animals. It is a favorite prey of Tarns. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, pages 76 and 126; Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191)

• tabuk, northern (noun): massive, tawny and swift, is much larger than its smaller southern variety; standing ten hands at the shoulders. They have a single spiraling ivory horn, which at its base can be 2-1/2 inches in diameter and over a yard in length. The Red Hunters are irrevocably tired 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. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 152)

• tabuk, prairie (noun): described as tawny and gazelle-like with a single horn, it responds to threat by scurrying away or lying down. Presumably this response is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate its prey. (Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 316)

• tanager (noun): bird found in the emergent level of the rainforests (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• tarn (noun): crested, hawk-like bird large enough to be ridden; some with a 50’ wing span, they are bred for various reasons such as battle and in racing (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 51; Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 148)

• tarn lice (noun): marble to fist-sized parasites that infest tarns. (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 142)

• tarn, war (noun): heavier then average tarn but agile, trained to aid in battle, very ferocious.

• tarsiers (noun): nocturnal jit monkeys, inhabitants of the rainforest.

• tarsk (noun): porcine fat, grunting, brindled, shaggy-maned, hoofed, flat-snorted, rooting, short-legged quadruped, having a bristly mane which runs down its spine to the base of the tail. In the wild, it is viciously aggressive. A common source of meat, and is often roasted whole. Market of Semris is famed for its tarsk markets. Similar to the Earth boar. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 76; Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 87; Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 44 and 219; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 345-346; Book 22: Dancer of Gor, pages 106, 108 and 281)

• tarsk, giant (noun): presumably the large cousin of the common tarsk, standing 10 hands high at the * shoulder and hunted with lances from tarnback. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 346)

• termite (noun): insect found in the ground level of the Schendi rainforest, extremely important to the ecology of the rainforest. These insects feed by breaking down and destroying the branches and trunks of fallen trees; this termite ‘dust,’ through the action of bacteria, is reduced to humus and the humus to nitrogen and mineral materials. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• tharlarion (noun): one of several types of large, carnivorous reptiles, some of which have been domesticated; its fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 84)

• tharlarian, bipedalian (noun): smaller and swifter than the High Tharlarian, used as scouts and fast-passage cart pullers.

• tharlarion boots (noun): high boots of soft leather worn by riders of high tharlarion to protect their legs from the abrasive hides of their mounts (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 125)

• tharlarion, broad (noun): sluggish tharlarion used as draft animals; herbivorous (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 125)

• tharlarion, high (noun): agile tharlarion used as a mount for riding; like T. rex, they have very short, almost useless, forelegs; carnivorous (Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 115 and 125)

• tharlarion, land (noun): land dwelling tharlarion used for towing. The land tharlarion can swim, though not as efficiently as the river tharlarion. (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 81)

• tharlarion, marsh (noun): inhabitants of the marshes that comprise the delta of the Vosk; similar to crocodile. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 26 and 326)

• tharlarion, racing (noun): 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. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian. (Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 290)

• tharlarion, river (noun): extremely large, herbivorous, web footed lizards used by bargemen of the Cartius River to pull barges (Book 7: Captive of Gor, page 80); crocodile-type animal; implied to be carnivorous and very similar to the marsh tharlarion (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 326)

• tharlarion, rock (noun): a small six-toed reptile of the Tahari (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 152)

• tharlarian, saddle (noun): smaller, and more agile than the High Tharlarian, close breed to the Bipedalian.

• tharlarion, water; tiny (noun): 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 six inches long. It inhabits the marshes. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1)

• tharlarion, winged (noun): winged, monstrous, hissing predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas around Port Kar (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1)

• tibit (noun): a small, thin-legged bird that lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa. (Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 247)

• toos (noun): a crab like organism with overlapping plating; inhabits the Nest and scavenges on discarded fungus spores (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 142)

• tree urt (noun): a small tree-climbing rodent found in the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• tufted sea sleen (noun): one of the four main types of sea sleen found in the polar North. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38)

• tumit (noun): large flightless bird, about the size of an ostrich, having an 18 inches-long hooked beak; carnivorous (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2)

• turtle, Vosk (noun): can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Can be difficult to kill. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 204)

• two-stomached snow lart (noun): mammalian animal with four legs, that is about 10” high, and weighs between 8-12 lbs. It hunts in the sun. The food in the second stomach can be held almost indefinitely. It is filled in the fall and must last the lart through the winter night, which lasts months. It eats bird’s legs and preys on the leem.

Gorean Animals – U

• ul (noun): winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, found flying over the deltas surrounding Port Kar. This reptile has a 25-foot wingspan and a long, snakelike tail, terminating with a flat spade like structure. Also known as “winged tharlarion.” (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1; Book 14: Savages of Gor, page 18; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 179 and 180)

• umbrella bird (noun): bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• urt (noun): a small, silken furred rodent akin to the Earth rat; it has three rows of teeth, two tusks, and two horns (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86)

• urt, canal (noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar. (Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67)

• urt, forest (noun): nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer, about the size of a cat (Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, pages 117 and 237)

• urt, giant (noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has three rows of needle-like white teeth and four horns. (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 86)

• urt, gliding (noun): animal living in the canopies of the rainforests inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• urt, ground (noun): a small rodent which inhabits the floor of the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• urt, leaf (noun): a small tree dwelling rodent, having four toes, which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi; similar to a tree sloth (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• urt people (noun): the urt people are narrow-shouldered and narrow-chested, measuring only three and a half feet tall when upright with a narrow, elongated face and rather large, ovoid eyes. They have long, thin arms and short, spindly legs along with a bent-over gait; often bringing the knuckles to the ground, and their head moving from side to side. They commonly keep inconspicuously among the large, migratory urt packs, and are capable of incredible stillness and sudden, surprising bursts of movements. They communicate with each through a series of hissing squeals but can learn Gorean. They are rational and can learn quickly; some people keep them as pets. (Book 20: Players of Gor, page 267)

• urt, tree (noun): a small tree climbing rodent found in the rain forests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• Ushindi fisher (noun): a tufted water bird of the rainforests. It has long legs for wading and long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236)

Gorean Animals – V

• vart (noun): blind, bat-like flying rodent, carnivorous, small, sharp-toothed mammal that flies in flocks; about the size of a small dog (Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26; Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 36; Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139)

• vart, brown (noun): carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 191)

• vart, jungle (noun): a relative of the northern vart, it inhabits the rain forests inland of Shendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

• verr (noun): 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 (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 63)

• vint (noun): tiny, sand-colored insects found in the Tahari Desert. (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 115)

• vosk gull (noun): a gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River, it apparently has a loud or insistent cry, which is imitated by the rence people as a means of surreptitious communication at night. Its 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. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 137)

• Vosk Sorp (noun): a giant clam that thrives in the seas and Marshes of Gor, the shell of which is large enough to be used as a throne.

• Vosk turtle (noun): can grow to be gigantic, these animals are carnivorous, aggressive and persistent. Can be difficult to kill. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 204)

• vulo (noun): a tawny colored, domesticated bird, similar to a mourning dove, which also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 1 and 84; Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 34; Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 48)

Gorean Animals – W

• wader, ring necked (noun): a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• wader, yellow legged (noun): a variety of water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

warbler (noun): bird found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• whales There are several varieties of whales on Gor including the Karl whale; baleen whale; and the Hunjer Long Whale, a rare toothed black whale.

• whale, baleen (noun): bluish white spotted whale with a blunt fin, hunted by the Red Hunters. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 265 and 334)

• whale, Hunjer (noun): toothed whale hunted by the Red Hunters. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36)

• whale, Karl (noun): four-fluked baleen whale hunted by the Red Hunters. (Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 36)

• whistling finch (noun): flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest it is insectivorous. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• white-bellied grunt (noun): a large game fish which haunts the plankton beds in the Polar North to feed on parsit fish. Its eggs are considered a rare delicacy. (Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 59; Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276)

• white grunt, eggs of (noun): described as clustered, tiny black eggs of the white grunt served in a small golden cup with a small golden spoon. (Book 14: Fighting Slave of Gor, page 276)

• white larl (noun): seen in icy mountains of the Sardar they are the largest of the big cats standing 8 feet; upper canines extending below their jaws very similar to saber-toothed tiger; long tails are tufted at the end. (Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 22)

• wingfish (noun): tiny blue saltwater fish with four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139)

• wingfish, cosian (noun): also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with four poisonous spines on its dorsal fin; found in the waters off Port Kar; its liver is considered a delicacy in Turia. (Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 84-85)

• woodpecker, ivory-billed (noun): bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Gorean Animals – Y

• yellow gim (noun): a bird related to the horned gim that inhabits the second level of rainforests inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

• yellow-breasted hermit (noun): a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees, such as the Tur tree, to hunt for larvae. (Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 106)

• yellow-legged wader (noun): a variety of water bird that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi. (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311)

Gorean Animals – Z

• zad (noun): a large, broad winged, black-and-white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak, found in the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion; similar to the Earth vulture (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 232)

• zad, jungle (noun): a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rain forest inland of Schendi (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 415)

• zadit (noun): a small, tawny feathered, sharp billed bird of the Tahari; insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects; they often land on a kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal (Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 152)

• zarlit (noun): large, harmless, purple insect about two feet long with four long, translucent wings, with a span of about a yard. It is able to walk on top of water because of its pad like feet and feeds on small insects. (Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 5; Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 160)

• zeder (noun): a small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rain forests inland of Schendi, especially along the Ua River and her tributaries; grows to about two-feet and weighs 8-10 pounds; is diurnal, can swim very well and builds a stick-and-mud nest in the branches of a tree overlooking the water, where it spends the night (Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312)

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