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Anteaters
"A great spined anteater, more than twenty feet in length, shuffled about the edges of the camp. We saw its long, thin tongue dart in and out of its mouth. The blond-haired barbarian crept closer to me. "It is harmless," I said, "unless you cross its path or disturb it." It lived on the white ants, or termites, of the vicinity, breaking apart their high, towering nests of toughened clay, some of them 35 feet in height, with its mighty claws, then darting its four-foot-long tongue, coated with adhesive saliva, among the nest's startled occupants, drawing thousands in a matter of moments into its narrow, tube-like mouth." ~ Beasts of Gor, page 239~
Armored Gatch
"On the floor itself are also found several varieties of animal life, in particular marsupials, such as the armored Gatch, and rodents, such as slees and ground urts. Several varieties of tarsk, large and small, also inhabit this zone. More than six varieties of anteater are also found here, and more than twenty kinds of small, fleet, single-horned tabuk." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Black Squirrel
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
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'. " ~Nomads of Gor, page 4~
Forest Panther
"Panther girls are arrogant. They live by themselves in the Northern forests, by hunting, and slaving and outlawry. They have little respect for anyone, or anything, saving themselves, and, undeniably, the beasts they hunt, the tawny forest panthers, the swift, sinuous sleen." ~Hunters of Gor, page 28~
Frevet
"The small animal skittered backward, with a sound of claws on the boards. Its eyes gleamed in the reflected light of the lamp. "Generally, too, they do not come this high," said the proprietor. "That is a frevet." The frevet is a small, quick, mammalian insectivore. "We have several in the house," he said. "They control the insects, the beetles and lice, and such." ~Mercenaries of Gor, page 276~
Giani
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Explorers of Gor, page 31~
Guernon Monkey
"I can go no further," said Ayari. This was the fourth portage of the day. "Let us rest," I said. Gently we lowered the canoe. While the others held it I, with rocks, braced it that it might not slip backwards down the grade. Trees surrounded us. Overhead bright jungle birds flew. We could hear the chattering of guernon monkeys about." ~Explorers of Gor, page 307~
Hith
"After dark, various serpents seek out the road for its warmth, its stones retaining the sun's heat longer than the surrounding countryside. One such serpent was the huge, many-banded Gorean python, the hith." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Hith, Golden
"In another cage, somnolent and swollen, I saw a rare golden hith, a Gorean python whose body, even when unfed, it would be difficult for a full-grown man to encircle with his arms." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191~
Humans
The humans that now live on Gor are not native. They were brought to Gor by the Priest-Kings.
Book 1: Tarnsman Of Gor
Hurt
"Cernus of Ar wore a coarse black robe, woven probably from the wool of the bounding, two-legged Hurt, a domesticated marsupial raised in large numbers in the environs of several of Gor's northern cities. The Hurt, raised on large, fenced ranches, herded by domesticated sleen and sheared by chained slaves, replaces its wool four times a year." ~Assassin of Gor, page 39~
Jit Monkey
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Kaiila, Desert
"I conjecture, though I do not know, that the sand kaiila is a desert-adapted mutation of the subequatorial stock; both animals are lofty, proud, silken creatures, long-necked and smooth-gaited; both are triply lidded, the third lid being a transparent membrane, of great utility in the blasts of the dry storms of the southern plains or the Tahari; both creatures are comparable in size, ranging from some twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder." ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 71~
Kaiila, South
"It is a silken, carnivorous, lofty creature, graceful, long-necked, smooth-gaited. It is viviparous and undoubtedly mammalian, though there is no suckling of the young. The young are born vicious and by instinct, as soon as they can struggle to their feet, they hunt." ~Nomads of Gor, page 13~
Kailiauk, Barrens
"It is a gigantic, dangerous beast, often standing from twenty to twenty-five hands at the shoulder and weighing as much as four thousand pounds. It is almost never hunted on foot except in deep snow, in which it is almost helpless. " ~Savages of Gor, page 40~
Kailiauk, Forest
"Kailiauk are four-legged, wide-headed, lumbering stocky ruminants. Their herds are usually found in the savannahs and plains north and south of the rain forests, but some herds frequent the forests as well. ~Explorers of Gor, page 93~
Kailiauk, Plains
"Even past me there thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short bunked kailiauk, a stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns; they had not stood and formed their circle, she's and young within the circle of tridents; they, too, had fled; ~Nomads of Gor, page 138~
Kajira/Kajirus
"As a slave she would indeed be politically valueless. She could be exchanged, or bought and sold, for whatever masters might wish. The slave is not a person before Gorean law but a rightless animal." ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 151~
Kur
"The beast stood there, blinking, bent over the body. Its fir was sable, mottled with white. Its ears, large, pointed and wide, were laid back flat against its head. It was perhaps seven feet tall and weighed four or five hundred pounds. Its snout was wide, leathery. There were two nostrils, slit-like. Its tongue was dark. It had two rows of fangs, four of which were particularly prominent, those in the first row of fangs, above and below, in the position of canines; of these, the upper two were particularly long, and curved. Its arms were longer and larger than its legs; it held the body it was devouring in clawed, paw-like hands, yet six-digited, extra-jointed, almost like tentacles. It hissed, and howled and, eyes blazing, fangs bared, threatened us. "This is a small Kur," said the Forkbeard." ~Marauders of Gor, page 109~
Kurii:
an alien race existing in their space ships, which orbit in the asteroid belts of the outer atmosphere, their 'Steel World'. It is thought that their own world had been destroyed, partially as a result of their advanced technology, ferocity, and greed. They are locked in a war with the Priest-Kings for the domination of Gor and Earth. Their ships have sometimes been shattered and have fallen to the surface. It is the practice of the Priest-Kings to destroy the wrecks, but they do not hunt down and exterminate the survivors. These marooned Kur are allowed to live if they abide by the laws of the Priest-Kings. They are extremely powerful, highly intelligent, fond of killing, and technologically advanced.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor
Book 13: Explorers of Gor
Larl
"More dangerously, the larl, a tawny leopard-like beast indigenous to the Voltai and several of Gor's ranges, is standing an incredible seven feet high at the shoulder and is feared for its occasional hunger-driven visitations to the civilized plains below." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 147~
Larl, Black -
"The black larl, which is predominantly nocturnal, is manned, both male and female." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 18~
Larl, Jungle -
"On the jungle floor, as well, are found jungle larls and jungle panthers, of diverse kinds, and many smaller catlike predators." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
Larl, Red -
"The red larl, which hunts whenever hungry, regardless of the hour, and is the more common variety, possesses no mane. Females of both varieties 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." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 18~
Larl, Snow -
"I was struck with wonder, though I was careful to keep beyond the range of their chains, for I had never seen white larls before. They were gigantic beasts, superb specimens, perhaps eight feet at the shoulder." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 22~
Leem -
"Leem, a small arctic rodent, some five to ten ounces in weight, which hibernates during the winter." ~Beasts of Gor, page 74~
Long-Tailed Porcupine
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Ost -
"One to be feared even more perhaps was the tiny ost, a venomous, brilliantly orange reptile little more than a foot in length, whose bite spelled an excruciating death within seconds." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Ost, Banded -
"Banded ost is a variety of ost, a small customarily brilliantly orange Gorean reptile. It is exceedingly poisonous. The banded ost is yellowish orange and banded with black rings." ~Assassin of Gor, page 335~
Ost, Uschindi -
"The ost is usually an orange snake, but these were Uschindi osts, which are red with black stripes. Anatomically, and with respect to toxin, I am told they are almost identical to the common ost." ~Beasts of Gor, page 239~
Panther -
"On the jungle floor, as well, are found jungle larls and jungle panthers, of diverse kinds, and many smaller catlike predators." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Prairie simian-
"In spite of the shortness of the legs the Kur can, when it wishes, by utilizing its upper appendages, in the manner of a prairie simian, like the baboon, move with great rapidity." ~Marauders of Gor, page 171~
Priest-Kings:
Sardar; golden insect-like creatures about a yard wide and almost 18 feet tall with six legs and globe-like head. Keepers of the Sacred Place in the Sardar Mountains. The Priest-Kings rule all of Gor and have set the rules for living on Gor. They have limited the use of technology on the planet. Humans are not permitted any weapons of war, but have been allowed to advance technology in the area of medicine. Hence the creation of the serum, a medicine that is injected in Goreans to prolong their lives and wipe out illness. Thanks to the Priest-Kings, sickness is almost non-existent on Gor. The Priest-Kings do fully understand the mind of a human, but they do respect all human life on Gor. The Priest-Kings live in a nest, like a colony of ants on Earth, but they function as a collective like bees. They ultimately follow the will of a Queen, like the bees of Earth, but they are rational creatures capable of amazing reason and wisdom. Many, from the various cities, worship the Priest-Kings as Gods. In fact there is a religious group, known as the Initiates, who try and interpret the will of the Priest-Kings, similar to the ministers of the various religions of Earth. The Priest-Kings are at war with another race of alien life forms known as the Kurii.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor
Quail
"Near one of the green stretches I saw what I first thought was a shadow, but as the tarn passed, it scattered into a scampering flock of tiny creatures, probably the small, three-toed mammals called quail, dun-colored and with a stiff brushy mane of black hair." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 141~
Rock Tharlarion
"I looked at the tiny lamp on the shelf near the door. It smoked, and burned oil, probably from tiny rock Tharlarions, abundant south of Tor in the spring. " ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 222~
Salamander
"Among the lelts, too, were, here and there, tiny salamanders, they, too, white and blind. Like the lelts, they were, for their size, long-bodied, were capable of long periods of dormancy and possessed a slow metabolism, useful in an environment in which food is not plentiful." ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 247~
Sleen, Forest
"The animal was some twenty feet in length, some eleven hundred pounds in weight, a forest sleen, domesticated. It was double fanged and six-legged. It crouched down and inched forward. Its belly fur must have touched the tiles. It wore a leather sleen collar but there was no leash on the leash loop. ~Beasts of Gor, page 12~
Sleen, Hunting
"Commonly such a beast scouts prey, surreptitiously, and then, unless suspecting a trap, as with a tethered victim, perhaps a staked-out girl, used as a lure, .makes its swift, unexpected strike, its kill charge. Such a beast is a tireless and single-minded hunter. Domesticated, it is often used as a tracker. Once it sets out upon a scent it commonly pursues it unwaveringly." ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 40~
Sleen, Prairie
"I saw a pair of prairie sleen, smaller than the forest sleen but quite as unpredictable and vicious, each about seven feet in length, furred, six-legged, mammalian, moving in their undulating gait with their viper's heads moving from side to side, continually testing the winds." ~Nomads of Gor, page 2~
Sleen, Snow
"I thought a snow sleen, one of those long, vicious animals, would surely be puzzled to find itself attached to a sled where there was no snow. " ~Beasts of Gor, page 215~
Sloths
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Snow Lart
"A small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 5 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." ~Beasts of Gor, page 74~
Tabuk
"The tabuk is the most common Gorean antelope, a small graceful animal, one-horned and yellow, that haunts the Ka-la-na thickets of the planet and occasionally ventures daintily into its meadows in search of berries and salt. It is also one of the favorite kills of a tarn." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 56~
Tabuk, Northern
"They were northern tabuk, massive, tawny and swift, many of them ten hands at the shoulder, a quite different animal from the small, yellow-pelted, antelope-like quadruped of the south. On the other hand, they, too, were distinguished by the single horn of the tabuk. On these animals, however, that object, in swirling ivory, was often, at its base, some two and one-hall inches in diameter and better than a yard in length."
Tarsiers
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man. " ~Explorers of Gor, page 321~
Tarsk
"The tarsk, a small one, no more than forty pounds, tasked, snorting, bits of leaf scattering behind it, charged. Such animals are best hunted from the back of kaiila with lances, in the open. They are cunning, persistent and swift. The giant tarsk, which can stand ten hands at the shoulder, is even hunted with lances from tarn" ~Explorers of Gor, page 345~
Tarsk, Giant
"The giant tarsk, which can stand ten hands at the shoulder, is even hunted with lances from tarnback." ~Explorers of Gor, page 346~
Tharlarion, Broad
"The high tharlarions, unlike their draught brethren, the slow-moving, four-footed broad tharlarion, were carnivorous." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 125~
Tharlarion, High
"The high tharlarions, unlike their draught brethren, the slow-moving, four-footed broad tharlarion, were carnivorous. However, their metabolism was slower than that of a tarn, whose mind never seemed far from food and, if it was available, could consume half its weight in a single day. Moreover, they needed far less water than tarns. To me, the most puzzling thing about the domesticated tharlarions, and the way in which they differed most obviously from wild tharlarions and the lizards of my native planet, was their stamina, their capacity for sustained movement. When moving slowly, its stride is best described as a proud, stalking movement, each great clawed foot striking the earth with a measured rhythm. When urged to speed, however, the high tharlarion bounds in great leaping movements that carry it twenty paces a time." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 125~
Tharlarion, Land
"Those approaching were drawn by land tharlarion, plodding on log roads along the edges of the river. The land tharlarion can swim barges across the river, but he is not as efficient as the vast river tharlarion." ~Captive of Gor, page 81~
Tharlarion, Wild
"To me, the most puzzling thing about the domesticated tharlarions, and the way in which they differed most obviously from wild tharlarions and the lizards of my native planet, was their stamina, their capacity for sustained movement." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 83~
Urt
"It was a giant urt, fat, sleek & white; it bared its three rows of needlelike white teeth at me and squealed in anger two horns, tusks like flat crescents curved from its jaw; another two horns, similar to the first, modifications of the bony tissue forming the upper ridge of the eye socket protruded over those gleaming eyes that seemed to feast themselves upon me." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 86~
Urt, Four-Toes Leaf
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
Urt, Gliding
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Urts, Ground
"On the floor itself are also found several varieties of animal life, in particular marsupials, such as the armored gatch, and rodents, such as slees and ground urts. Several varieties of tarsk, large and small, also inhabit this zone. More than six varieties of anteater are also found here, and more than twenty kinds of small, fleet, single-horned tabuk."
Urt, Tree -
"In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits. Monkeys and tree urts, and snakes and insects, however, can also be found in this highest level." ~Beasts of Gor, page 310~
Vart
"Perhaps most I dreaded those nights filled with the shrieks of the vart pack, a blind, bat-like swarm of flying rodents, each the size of a small dog." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Vart, Jungle
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 321~
Verr
"The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, longhaired and spiral-horned. Among the Voltai crags it would be worth one's life to come within twenty yards of one." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63~
Vints
"I detected the odor of kort rinds, matted, drying, on the stones, where they had been scattered from my supper the evening before. Vints, insects, tiny, sand-colored, covered them. On the same rinds, taking and eating vints, were two small cell spiders. " ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 115~
Vulo
"She was a peasant, barefoot, her garment little more than coarse sacking. She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat." ~Nomads of Gor, page 1~
Zeder
"There is, however, a sleen-like animal, though much smaller, about two feet in length and some eight to ten pounds in weight, the zeder, which frequents the Ua and her tributaries. It knifes through the water by day and, at night, returns to its nest, built from sticks and mud in the branches of a tree overlooking the water." ~Explorers of Gor, page 321~
"A great spined anteater, more than twenty feet in length, shuffled about the edges of the camp. We saw its long, thin tongue dart in and out of its mouth. The blond-haired barbarian crept closer to me. "It is harmless," I said, "unless you cross its path or disturb it." It lived on the white ants, or termites, of the vicinity, breaking apart their high, towering nests of toughened clay, some of them 35 feet in height, with its mighty claws, then darting its four-foot-long tongue, coated with adhesive saliva, among the nest's startled occupants, drawing thousands in a matter of moments into its narrow, tube-like mouth." ~ Beasts of Gor, page 239~
Armored Gatch
"On the floor itself are also found several varieties of animal life, in particular marsupials, such as the armored Gatch, and rodents, such as slees and ground urts. Several varieties of tarsk, large and small, also inhabit this zone. More than six varieties of anteater are also found here, and more than twenty kinds of small, fleet, single-horned tabuk." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Black Squirrel
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
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'. " ~Nomads of Gor, page 4~
Forest Panther
"Panther girls are arrogant. They live by themselves in the Northern forests, by hunting, and slaving and outlawry. They have little respect for anyone, or anything, saving themselves, and, undeniably, the beasts they hunt, the tawny forest panthers, the swift, sinuous sleen." ~Hunters of Gor, page 28~
Frevet
"The small animal skittered backward, with a sound of claws on the boards. Its eyes gleamed in the reflected light of the lamp. "Generally, too, they do not come this high," said the proprietor. "That is a frevet." The frevet is a small, quick, mammalian insectivore. "We have several in the house," he said. "They control the insects, the beetles and lice, and such." ~Mercenaries of Gor, page 276~
Giani
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Explorers of Gor, page 31~
Guernon Monkey
"I can go no further," said Ayari. This was the fourth portage of the day. "Let us rest," I said. Gently we lowered the canoe. While the others held it I, with rocks, braced it that it might not slip backwards down the grade. Trees surrounded us. Overhead bright jungle birds flew. We could hear the chattering of guernon monkeys about." ~Explorers of Gor, page 307~
Hith
"After dark, various serpents seek out the road for its warmth, its stones retaining the sun's heat longer than the surrounding countryside. One such serpent was the huge, many-banded Gorean python, the hith." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Hith, Golden
"In another cage, somnolent and swollen, I saw a rare golden hith, a Gorean python whose body, even when unfed, it would be difficult for a full-grown man to encircle with his arms." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 191~
Humans
The humans that now live on Gor are not native. They were brought to Gor by the Priest-Kings.
Book 1: Tarnsman Of Gor
Hurt
"Cernus of Ar wore a coarse black robe, woven probably from the wool of the bounding, two-legged Hurt, a domesticated marsupial raised in large numbers in the environs of several of Gor's northern cities. The Hurt, raised on large, fenced ranches, herded by domesticated sleen and sheared by chained slaves, replaces its wool four times a year." ~Assassin of Gor, page 39~
Jit Monkey
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Kaiila, Desert
"I conjecture, though I do not know, that the sand kaiila is a desert-adapted mutation of the subequatorial stock; both animals are lofty, proud, silken creatures, long-necked and smooth-gaited; both are triply lidded, the third lid being a transparent membrane, of great utility in the blasts of the dry storms of the southern plains or the Tahari; both creatures are comparable in size, ranging from some twenty to twenty-two hands at the shoulder." ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 71~
Kaiila, South
"It is a silken, carnivorous, lofty creature, graceful, long-necked, smooth-gaited. It is viviparous and undoubtedly mammalian, though there is no suckling of the young. The young are born vicious and by instinct, as soon as they can struggle to their feet, they hunt." ~Nomads of Gor, page 13~
Kailiauk, Barrens
"It is a gigantic, dangerous beast, often standing from twenty to twenty-five hands at the shoulder and weighing as much as four thousand pounds. It is almost never hunted on foot except in deep snow, in which it is almost helpless. " ~Savages of Gor, page 40~
Kailiauk, Forest
"Kailiauk are four-legged, wide-headed, lumbering stocky ruminants. Their herds are usually found in the savannahs and plains north and south of the rain forests, but some herds frequent the forests as well. ~Explorers of Gor, page 93~
Kailiauk, Plains
"Even past me there thundered a lumbering herd of startled, short bunked kailiauk, a stocky, awkward ruminant of the plains, tawny, wild, heavy, their haunches marked in red and brown bars, their wide heads bristling with a trident of horns; they had not stood and formed their circle, she's and young within the circle of tridents; they, too, had fled; ~Nomads of Gor, page 138~
Kajira/Kajirus
"As a slave she would indeed be politically valueless. She could be exchanged, or bought and sold, for whatever masters might wish. The slave is not a person before Gorean law but a rightless animal." ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 151~
Kur
"The beast stood there, blinking, bent over the body. Its fir was sable, mottled with white. Its ears, large, pointed and wide, were laid back flat against its head. It was perhaps seven feet tall and weighed four or five hundred pounds. Its snout was wide, leathery. There were two nostrils, slit-like. Its tongue was dark. It had two rows of fangs, four of which were particularly prominent, those in the first row of fangs, above and below, in the position of canines; of these, the upper two were particularly long, and curved. Its arms were longer and larger than its legs; it held the body it was devouring in clawed, paw-like hands, yet six-digited, extra-jointed, almost like tentacles. It hissed, and howled and, eyes blazing, fangs bared, threatened us. "This is a small Kur," said the Forkbeard." ~Marauders of Gor, page 109~
Kurii:
an alien race existing in their space ships, which orbit in the asteroid belts of the outer atmosphere, their 'Steel World'. It is thought that their own world had been destroyed, partially as a result of their advanced technology, ferocity, and greed. They are locked in a war with the Priest-Kings for the domination of Gor and Earth. Their ships have sometimes been shattered and have fallen to the surface. It is the practice of the Priest-Kings to destroy the wrecks, but they do not hunt down and exterminate the survivors. These marooned Kur are allowed to live if they abide by the laws of the Priest-Kings. They are extremely powerful, highly intelligent, fond of killing, and technologically advanced.
Book 9: Marauders of Gor
Book 10: Tribesmen of Gor
Book 13: Explorers of Gor
Larl
"More dangerously, the larl, a tawny leopard-like beast indigenous to the Voltai and several of Gor's ranges, is standing an incredible seven feet high at the shoulder and is feared for its occasional hunger-driven visitations to the civilized plains below." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 147~
Larl, Black -
"The black larl, which is predominantly nocturnal, is manned, both male and female." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 18~
Larl, Jungle -
"On the jungle floor, as well, are found jungle larls and jungle panthers, of diverse kinds, and many smaller catlike predators." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
Larl, Red -
"The red larl, which hunts whenever hungry, regardless of the hour, and is the more common variety, possesses no mane. Females of both varieties 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." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 18~
Larl, Snow -
"I was struck with wonder, though I was careful to keep beyond the range of their chains, for I had never seen white larls before. They were gigantic beasts, superb specimens, perhaps eight feet at the shoulder." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 22~
Leem -
"Leem, a small arctic rodent, some five to ten ounces in weight, which hibernates during the winter." ~Beasts of Gor, page 74~
Long-Tailed Porcupine
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Ost -
"One to be feared even more perhaps was the tiny ost, a venomous, brilliantly orange reptile little more than a foot in length, whose bite spelled an excruciating death within seconds." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Ost, Banded -
"Banded ost is a variety of ost, a small customarily brilliantly orange Gorean reptile. It is exceedingly poisonous. The banded ost is yellowish orange and banded with black rings." ~Assassin of Gor, page 335~
Ost, Uschindi -
"The ost is usually an orange snake, but these were Uschindi osts, which are red with black stripes. Anatomically, and with respect to toxin, I am told they are almost identical to the common ost." ~Beasts of Gor, page 239~
Panther -
"On the jungle floor, as well, are found jungle larls and jungle panthers, of diverse kinds, and many smaller catlike predators." ~Explorers of Gor, page 35~
Prairie simian-
"In spite of the shortness of the legs the Kur can, when it wishes, by utilizing its upper appendages, in the manner of a prairie simian, like the baboon, move with great rapidity." ~Marauders of Gor, page 171~
Priest-Kings:
Sardar; golden insect-like creatures about a yard wide and almost 18 feet tall with six legs and globe-like head. Keepers of the Sacred Place in the Sardar Mountains. The Priest-Kings rule all of Gor and have set the rules for living on Gor. They have limited the use of technology on the planet. Humans are not permitted any weapons of war, but have been allowed to advance technology in the area of medicine. Hence the creation of the serum, a medicine that is injected in Goreans to prolong their lives and wipe out illness. Thanks to the Priest-Kings, sickness is almost non-existent on Gor. The Priest-Kings do fully understand the mind of a human, but they do respect all human life on Gor. The Priest-Kings live in a nest, like a colony of ants on Earth, but they function as a collective like bees. They ultimately follow the will of a Queen, like the bees of Earth, but they are rational creatures capable of amazing reason and wisdom. Many, from the various cities, worship the Priest-Kings as Gods. In fact there is a religious group, known as the Initiates, who try and interpret the will of the Priest-Kings, similar to the ministers of the various religions of Earth. The Priest-Kings are at war with another race of alien life forms known as the Kurii.
Book 3: Priest-Kings of Gor
Quail
"Near one of the green stretches I saw what I first thought was a shadow, but as the tarn passed, it scattered into a scampering flock of tiny creatures, probably the small, three-toed mammals called quail, dun-colored and with a stiff brushy mane of black hair." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 141~
Rock Tharlarion
"I looked at the tiny lamp on the shelf near the door. It smoked, and burned oil, probably from tiny rock Tharlarions, abundant south of Tor in the spring. " ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 222~
Salamander
"Among the lelts, too, were, here and there, tiny salamanders, they, too, white and blind. Like the lelts, they were, for their size, long-bodied, were capable of long periods of dormancy and possessed a slow metabolism, useful in an environment in which food is not plentiful." ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 247~
Sleen, Forest
"The animal was some twenty feet in length, some eleven hundred pounds in weight, a forest sleen, domesticated. It was double fanged and six-legged. It crouched down and inched forward. Its belly fur must have touched the tiles. It wore a leather sleen collar but there was no leash on the leash loop. ~Beasts of Gor, page 12~
Sleen, Hunting
"Commonly such a beast scouts prey, surreptitiously, and then, unless suspecting a trap, as with a tethered victim, perhaps a staked-out girl, used as a lure, .makes its swift, unexpected strike, its kill charge. Such a beast is a tireless and single-minded hunter. Domesticated, it is often used as a tracker. Once it sets out upon a scent it commonly pursues it unwaveringly." ~Slave Girl of Gor, page 40~
Sleen, Prairie
"I saw a pair of prairie sleen, smaller than the forest sleen but quite as unpredictable and vicious, each about seven feet in length, furred, six-legged, mammalian, moving in their undulating gait with their viper's heads moving from side to side, continually testing the winds." ~Nomads of Gor, page 2~
Sleen, Snow
"I thought a snow sleen, one of those long, vicious animals, would surely be puzzled to find itself attached to a sled where there was no snow. " ~Beasts of Gor, page 215~
Sloths
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Snow Lart
"A small 4-legged mammal, about 10 inches high, weighing between 8 and 5 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." ~Beasts of Gor, page 74~
Tabuk
"The tabuk is the most common Gorean antelope, a small graceful animal, one-horned and yellow, that haunts the Ka-la-na thickets of the planet and occasionally ventures daintily into its meadows in search of berries and salt. It is also one of the favorite kills of a tarn." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 56~
Tabuk, Northern
"They were northern tabuk, massive, tawny and swift, many of them ten hands at the shoulder, a quite different animal from the small, yellow-pelted, antelope-like quadruped of the south. On the other hand, they, too, were distinguished by the single horn of the tabuk. On these animals, however, that object, in swirling ivory, was often, at its base, some two and one-hall inches in diameter and better than a yard in length."
Tarsiers
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man. " ~Explorers of Gor, page 321~
Tarsk
"The tarsk, a small one, no more than forty pounds, tasked, snorting, bits of leaf scattering behind it, charged. Such animals are best hunted from the back of kaiila with lances, in the open. They are cunning, persistent and swift. The giant tarsk, which can stand ten hands at the shoulder, is even hunted with lances from tarn" ~Explorers of Gor, page 345~
Tarsk, Giant
"The giant tarsk, which can stand ten hands at the shoulder, is even hunted with lances from tarnback." ~Explorers of Gor, page 346~
Tharlarion, Broad
"The high tharlarions, unlike their draught brethren, the slow-moving, four-footed broad tharlarion, were carnivorous." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 125~
Tharlarion, High
"The high tharlarions, unlike their draught brethren, the slow-moving, four-footed broad tharlarion, were carnivorous. However, their metabolism was slower than that of a tarn, whose mind never seemed far from food and, if it was available, could consume half its weight in a single day. Moreover, they needed far less water than tarns. To me, the most puzzling thing about the domesticated tharlarions, and the way in which they differed most obviously from wild tharlarions and the lizards of my native planet, was their stamina, their capacity for sustained movement. When moving slowly, its stride is best described as a proud, stalking movement, each great clawed foot striking the earth with a measured rhythm. When urged to speed, however, the high tharlarion bounds in great leaping movements that carry it twenty paces a time." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 125~
Tharlarion, Land
"Those approaching were drawn by land tharlarion, plodding on log roads along the edges of the river. The land tharlarion can swim barges across the river, but he is not as efficient as the vast river tharlarion." ~Captive of Gor, page 81~
Tharlarion, Wild
"To me, the most puzzling thing about the domesticated tharlarions, and the way in which they differed most obviously from wild tharlarions and the lizards of my native planet, was their stamina, their capacity for sustained movement." ~Tarnsman of Gor, page 83~
Urt
"It was a giant urt, fat, sleek & white; it bared its three rows of needlelike white teeth at me and squealed in anger two horns, tusks like flat crescents curved from its jaw; another two horns, similar to the first, modifications of the bony tissue forming the upper ridge of the eye socket protruded over those gleaming eyes that seemed to feast themselves upon me." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 86~
Urt, Four-Toes Leaf
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 312~
Urt, Gliding
"Here, too, may be found snakes and monkeys, gliding urts, leaf urts, squirrels, climbing, long-tailed porcupines, lizards, sloths, and the usual varieties of insects, ants, centipedes, scorpions, beetles and flies, and so on." ~Beasts of Gor, page 311~
Urts, Ground
"On the floor itself are also found several varieties of animal life, in particular marsupials, such as the armored gatch, and rodents, such as slees and ground urts. Several varieties of tarsk, large and small, also inhabit this zone. More than six varieties of anteater are also found here, and more than twenty kinds of small, fleet, single-horned tabuk."
Urt, Tree -
"In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits. Monkeys and tree urts, and snakes and insects, however, can also be found in this highest level." ~Beasts of Gor, page 310~
Vart
"Perhaps most I dreaded those nights filled with the shrieks of the vart pack, a blind, bat-like swarm of flying rodents, each the size of a small dog." ~Outlaw of Gor, page 26~
Vart, Jungle
"In the lower branches of the "ground zone" may be found, also, small animals, such as tarsiers, nocturnal jit monkeys, black squirrels, four-toed leaf urts, jungle varts and the prowling, solitary giani, tiny, cat-sized panthers, not dangerous to man." ~Beasts of Gor, page 321~
Verr
"The verr was a mountain goat indigenous to the Voltai. It was a wild, agile, ill-tempered beast, longhaired and spiral-horned. Among the Voltai crags it would be worth one's life to come within twenty yards of one." ~Priest-Kings of Gor, page 63~
Vints
"I detected the odor of kort rinds, matted, drying, on the stones, where they had been scattered from my supper the evening before. Vints, insects, tiny, sand-colored, covered them. On the same rinds, taking and eating vints, were two small cell spiders. " ~Tribesmen of Gor, page 115~
Vulo
"She was a peasant, barefoot, her garment little more than coarse sacking. She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated pigeons raised for eggs and meat." ~Nomads of Gor, page 1~
Zeder
"There is, however, a sleen-like animal, though much smaller, about two feet in length and some eight to ten pounds in weight, the zeder, which frequents the Ua and her tributaries. It knifes through the water by day and, at night, returns to its nest, built from sticks and mud in the branches of a tree overlooking the water." ~Explorers of Gor, page 321~