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   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)

   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.

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