Land Animals
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 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
Armored Gatch a marsupial mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi
Bosk 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 two 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 it's tanned and sewn skins. Weapons are made from the leather of its hump and many tools and implements from it's 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.
Frevet Small quick mammal, an insectivore that is kept in some homes for insect control.
Giani Tiny cat-sized panther of solitary habits that inhabits the low branches of ground level in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Guernon Monkey Found in the jungle along the Ua river; recognized by their chattering sound.
Hurt a two-legged, domesticated marsupial. It is raised on ranches in several northern cities, herded by sleen and sheared for their white wool. Hurts replace their wool four times a year.
Jit Monkey A simian mammal that inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi; nocturnal.
Kaiila, Desert 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. Its milk can be drunk, it is reddish and salty due to the amount of ferrous sulfate within it.
Kaiila, Southern Large (20-22 hands) carnivorous mammal with long neck and silky fur; its eyes have 3 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 pelt. The kaiila is a mammal, but there is no suckling of the young, who begin hunt within hours of birth.
Kailiauk, Barrens Gigantic, dangerous beast that stands 20-25 hands at the shoulder and 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.
Kailiauk, Forest Four-legged wide-headed, lumbering, stocky ruminants, described as short trunked and tawny. The males have 3 trident-like horns, with brown and reddish bars on the haunches. The males are 400 to 500 Gorean stone (1600-2000lbs) 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.
Kailiauk, Prairie 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 females and young protected within.
Larl A large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline with a broad viper shaped head and cat-like silted pupils; carnivorous; the females of the species tend to be smaller than the males.
Larl, Black Predominately nocturnal larl which is sable coated and manned both male and female. Females tend generally to be slightly smaller than the males, but are quite as aggressive and sometimes even more dangerous, particularly in the late fall and winter of the year when they are likely to be hunting for their cubs.
Larl, Red Larl that is tawny-red coated and has no mane in either male or female. It hunts either day or night, whenever it is hungry. Females tend generally to be slightly smaller than the males, but are quite as aggressive and sometimes even more dangerous, particularly in the late fall and winter of the year when they are likely to be hunting for their cubs.
Larl, White 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 ends.
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. 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.
Panther, Jungle Inhabitant of the floor of the jungle. No true description given but it is inferred that there is more than one type.
Quala (pl. qualae) Tiny, three-toed mammal, dun-colored with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair.
Sleen, Forest It is long, up to 20 feet, sinuous, 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. The sleen has six legs. It is long, sinuous; it resembles a lizard, save that it is furred and mammalian. In its attack frenzy it is one of the most dangerous animals on Gor.
Sleen, Gray 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. This breed is relentless and tenacious. It can follow a scent that is weeks old for a thousand pasangs.
Sleen, Hunting 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. 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, Prairie 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. They are killed with their owner dies.
Tabuk, Common A kind of antelope, yellow in color with a single horn found in many areas’s of Gor. It travels in fleet footed herds and haunts the ka-la-na thickets of the planet. Men use its meat as food. It is a favorite prey of Tarns.
Tabuk, Northern 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 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.
Tabuk, Prairie 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.
Tarsk Fat, grunting, 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 it's tarsk markets.
Tarsk, Giant Ppresumably similar to the common tarsk, however it stands 10 hands at the shoulder and is hunted with lances from tarnback.
Urt, Canal Rapid moving water mammal living along canals; abundant in Port Kar, where they are hunted to decrease the population.
Urt, Giant Fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 horns. Large enough to drag a man in its jaws.
Urt, Forest Nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.
Vart Carnivorous; a small, sharp-toothed mammal that flies in flocks. Raised on Tyros in vart caves to be used as weapons.
Vart, Brown Carnivorous animals that rest clinging upside down on branches.
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; its milk is potable as well as being used for cheese. Its meat is sometimes eaten by men.
Zeder A small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal that inhabits the Ua River area. It grows to about 2 feet in length, and weighs 8-10 lbs. It is diurnal can swim very well, and builds a stick and mud nest in the branches of a tree where it spends the night
