Fauna

Animals

anteater
-(noun): 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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 293 and 312

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

bint
-(noun): a fanged, 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, page 267 and 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 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'. It's flesh and milk furnish food and drink, shelter is made from it's hides, and clothing from it's tanned and sewn skins. Weapons are made from the leather of it's 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 it's slaughter without reason are extreme.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor, page 45
Book 4 : Nomads Of Gor, pages 4 and 5
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 26
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 34
Book 16: Guardsman of Gor, page 234

cosian wingfish
-(noun): also known as songfish due to its whistling mating song; a tiny blue salt-water fish with 4 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, page 84-85
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139

dock eel
-(noun): a black freshwater fish 4 feet long, weighing 8-10 lbs.; carnivorous and aggressive, 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

eel
-(noun): a voracious animal which 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

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

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 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

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 canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

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 river in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

gant, marsh
-(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 as a surreptitious means of communication.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, pages 4, 10, 41, 44
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128

giani
-(noun): tiny cat-sized panther of solitary habits which inhabits the low branches of ground level in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorer's of Gor, page 312

gim, horned
-(noun): a small purplish owl-like bird with tufts over eyes c. 4 ozs. in weight which inhabits the forests of northern Gor.
Book 7: Captive of Gor, pages 39 and 97

gim, lang
-(noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests 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 rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

gint
-(noun): a tiny (6 inches) 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 4-spined dorsal fin; is also amphibious and capable of walking on its pectoral fins.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 384 and 389-390

grub borer
-(noun): an insectivorous bird which inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

grunt
-(noun): a large carnivorous salt-water fish which inhabits Thassa; is often attracted by the blood of a wounded creature.
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. It's 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, page 307

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. It's 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. 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.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 137
Book 15: Rogue of Gor, page 314
Book 24: Vagabonds of Gor, page 128

herlit
-(noun): this Gorean eagle of The Barrens has 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.
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.
Book 8: Hunters of Gor, page 106

hith, golden
-(noun): a rare Gorean python, so large, it would be difficult for a man to encircle it's 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

hurt
-(noun): a domesticated marsupial raised on large fenced ranches in several of Gor's northern cities. It is a two legged animal and has black wool which is sheared four times a year by slaves. It is herded by domesticated sleen.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 39

jard
-(noun): a small 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; nocturna.l
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

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 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. 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, Barrens, herds of
-(noun): 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.
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 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.
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's and young protected within.
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, page 2

Kur
-(noun): a large (8-9') furred, mammal having 4 legs, which can stand upright or on all fours; each paw has 6 multiple-jointed digits with retractable claws and an opposing thumb. It has 2 rows of teeth. They are incredibly strong and ferocious, and are carnivorous, regarding humans as food. The Kur are members of an alien race, the Kurii. (See Kurii)
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, pages 92, 109
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 21-22

larl
-(noun): a large (7 ft. at shoulder) feline with a broad viper shaped head and cat-like slitted pupils; carnivorous; similar to a lion; the 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 sable coated and maned both male and female.
Book 3: Priest Kings of Gor, page 18

larl, red
-(noun): predominately day hunting larl which 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 8 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, snow
-(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. 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

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 some five to ten ounces in weight which hybernates in the winter. Its furs are sold by the Red Hunters.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 74

lelt
-(noun): a small (5-7 inches) 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; inhabits the brine pits such as those at Klima in the Tahari.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 247

lit, common
-(noun): a bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

lit, crested
-(noun): a brightly plummaged bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 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

lung fish
-(noun): also called gints; small fish found near half-submerged roots of shore trees or sunning on the back of tharlarion.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 384

mamba
-(noun): 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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 393

marine saurian
-(noun): fish-like predator with long, toothed snouts that are silent and aggressive; sailors fear them as they do the long-bodied sharks.
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 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

mindar
-(noun): 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.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 282

needle-tailed lit
-(noun): a bird found in the highest level of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

ost
-(noun): tiny snake about 12 inches long bright orange in color; its venom causes extremely painful death within seconds. It is the most venemous snake on Gor.
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26

ost, rainforest
-(noun): a snake of the rainforests inland of Schendi are 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

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

parrot
-(noun): A 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, the 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
-(noun): animal of the canopy level of the rainforest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

quala
-(noun): (pl. qualae) tiny, three-toed mammal, dun-colored with a stiff, brushy mane of black hair.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 140 - 141
Book 7: Raiders of Gor, page 4

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

salamander
-(noun): 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.
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

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 pelt.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 285

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

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

sea sleen, white-spotted
-(noun): its rich fur is used for cloaks.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor page 300

shark, marsh
-(noun): long bodied, nine-gilled inhabitant of the rence island areas of the marsh, they are almost eel-like.
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 ground zone of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

sleen, forest
-(noun): 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.
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. It's 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. 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.
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, pages 12-13

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 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, 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
Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 38

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

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

squirrels, black
-(noun) animal of the ground zone of the rain forest.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

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. It's 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 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 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 reponse is useful because of the high grass of the Barrens as most predators depend on vision to detect and locate it's prey.
Book 18: Blood Brothers of Gor, page 316

tarn
-(noun): crested hawk-like bird large enough to be saddled and flown, it is used in battle and in racing and is bred for swiftness and aggressiveness.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 51
Book 22: Dancer of Gor, page 148

tarn cot
-(noun): building in which domesticated tarns are housed.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 165

tarn cot, faction
-(noun): a tarn cot for use by numerous owners involved in a faction.
Book 5: Assassin of Gor, page 169

tarsk
-(noun): 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 it's tarsk markets.
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 similar to the common tarsk, however it stands 10 hands at the shoulder and is hunted with lances from tarnback.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 346

tharlarion
-(noun): one of several types of large reptiles, some of which have been domesticated, it's fat is rendered to provide lamp oil; see also mamba and Ul.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, page 84

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

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. 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 ligher. Famous bloodlines include Venetzia, Toraii, and Thalonian.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 290

tharlarion, river (2)
-(noun): 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 south.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor, page 152

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 6 inches long. It inhabits the marshes.
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 1

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

tindel, fruit
-(noun): brightly plumaged bird living in the second level of the rainforest near Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, pages 236 and 311

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

tufted fisher
-(noun): a water bird which inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 311

tumit
-(noun): large flightless bird about the size of an ostrich having an 18'-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

ul
-(noun): winged, monstrous, hissing, predatory tharlarion, 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.
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, canal
-(noun): rapid moving water mammal living along canals; particularly found in Port Kar.
Book 17: Savages of Gor, page 67

urt, giant
-(noun): fat, sleek, and white, it has 3 rows of needle-like white teeth and 4 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 animal 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 4 toes which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

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

urts, forest
-(noun): nocturnal animal living in the forests, hunted by the hook-billed night crying fleer.
Book 11: Slave Girl of Gor, page 117

Ushindi fisher
-(noun): long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 236

vart
-(noun): carnivorous; a small, sharp-toothed mammal that flies in flocks.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 36
Book 6: Raiders of Gor, page 139
Book 2: Outlaw of Gor, page 26

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 rainforests inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312

veminium bird
-(noun): a bird with a beautiful song not otherwise described.
Book 25: Magicians of Gor, page 363

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

vulo
-(noun): a tawny-colored poultry bird similar to a pigeon 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

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

water lizard
-(noun): Simular to water lizards on earth, inhabit swamps near AR.
Book 1: Tarnsman of Gor, pages 85-86

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

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

Yellow Pool of Turia
-(noun): housed in a magnificent chamber in the House of Saphrar is a marble basin filled with a brilliant, yellow fluid. Beneath it's oddly shifting surface is a collection of threads and granules in a transparent bag of intertwined, writhing filaments and spheres, imbedded in a darkish, yellow jelly and walled in by a translucent membrane. The pool is a living, breathing monster that slowly digests it's victims. The Yellow Pool was destroyed by Kamchak after he conquered Turia
Book 4: Nomads of Gor, pages 202-213 and 322-323

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.
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 rainforest inland of Schendi.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 415

zadit
-(noun): 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.
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor, page 152

zeder
-(noun): a small, sleen-like, carnivorous mammal which inhabits the rainforests inland of Schendi especially along the Ua River. It grows to about 2 feet in length, and weighs 8-10 lbs. It is diurna,l can swim very well, and builds a stick and mud nest in the branches of a tree where it spends the night.
Book 13: Explorers of Gor, page 312