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A taur, also known as a quad, is a furspeech word for the mainstream term centaur (Ancient Greek Κένταυροι – "Kéntauroi"), which refers to any creature with an anthro/furry humanoid upper body with a non-anthropomorphic animal body, in the same style as the centaur's human and horse body structure.
Taurs in mainstream[edit]
In addition to the classical centaurs found in Greek and Roman mythology, one finds many instances of taurs in fantasy and science fiction literature such as:
- Poul Anderson's David Falkayne stories of the Polesotechnic League features Wodenites, which are saurian-based quadrupeds with upright torsos. He also created the sapient life-form of Ishtar, depicted in Fire Time, as a vaguely felinoid race.
- Jack L. Chalker wrote a long series of stories called Well World featuring centaurs called Dillians.
- Thomas Burnett Swan's Day of the Minotaur.
- K.A. Applegate's Animorphs book series features Andalites, a species of centaur-like aliens.
- A race of Cat-centaurs appear in Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos series.
- In Iain M. Banks's Look to Windward, some of the main characters are Chelgrian, a race of cougartaur-like creatures. Evolution has caused the Chelgrian middle pair of digits to have fused into a single wide digit.
- In the Netflix animated series Centaurworld, a warhorse goes to colorful world where she meets a group of singing taurs.
- Book four of Tanya Huff's Valor Confederation series includes a quadruped alien species called the Polina, with upright torsos whose lower halves are similar to large cats.
Taurs in furry[edit]
There are many taur species in the furry fandom, many of which are single instances such as a cervitaur (a cervine or deer-like taur). Other variants comprise well-known species group such as:
Most taur forms walk on four legs (quadrupeds), but some have more, such as hextaurs, a taur with six legs. They may have three pairs of legs on one lower feral torso, or across it and the humanoid one (they may be also considered multifurry).
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External links[edit]
- Taur art depository on the Chakona Visions' website
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