Centauroid

A Centauroid is the typoid classification of creatures exhibiting characteristics similar to creatures from Terran myths known as centaurs. These myths describe centaurs as half man, half horse.

Description (Specifications)

A centauroid is distinguished by a number of characteristics:

• Minimum two segments, one vertical, the other horizontal
• Terran mythological definition is a hexapod with four locomotary limbs and two manipulatory limbs

Specific Species Examples

1. Aion
2. Athar
3. Bwampb
4. Crenduthaar
5. Endimyon AKA Arkaeides
6. Graytch AKA Spidertaur
7. K'kree
8. S'mrii
9. Springer
10. Supraherd T'tnaree
11. Virushi

K'kree or Centaurs?

When the K'kree were first encountered by Terrans, they were initially referred to as the Centaurs because of their centauroid body plan. They remain the most famous and well known centauroids within Charted Space.

See also

Selected Typoids

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A:

• Amoeboid
• Amphibianoid
• Annelidoid
• Arthropodoid
• Avianoid

B:

• Bovinoid

C:

• Canidoid
• Celestoid
• Centauroid
• Cephalopodoid
• Chilopodoid
• Chondrichthoid
• Cnidarianoid
• Cosmoid
• Crustaceanoid

E:

• Echinodermoid
• Equinoid
• Extremophyloid

F:

• Felidoid
• Fungoid

H:

• Hominid

I:

• Infotoid
• Insectoid

J:

• Jovionoid

M:

• Macropodoid
• Mammallianoid
• Mechanimorph
• Microbiotoid
• Molluscoid

O:

• Ophidoid

P:

• Phytoid
• Piscinoid
• Porcinoid
• Procyonidoid

Q:

• Quasi-arachnoid

R:

• Reptillianoid

S:

• Silicoid
• Skiapodoid

U:

• Ungulatoid
• Ursinoid

V:

• Vulpinoid

Z:

• Zoophytoid

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science