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taur

📅 Updated:2026-08-13
🕒 Created:2007-09-07
🆔 ID:71

Description

The body type of a multi-limbed character whose lower body is that of a legged feral creature, and the upper body of an anthro, human, or humanoid. Based on the centaur, a creature from Greek mythology.
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Tagging Notes

  • Taur may also include characters that appear similar to taurs but have flippers in place of legs/ paws.
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Tags About Taurs

Types Of Taur
    • bipedal_taur - A taur whose lower body is a biped feral.
    • feral_taur - A taur whose lower body is a complete specimen of its derivative species.
    • humanoid_taur - A taur whose upper body is human or humanoid.
    • hextaur - A taur who has 6 legs (On a single lower body).
    • long_taur - A taur who has multiple lower bodies connected in a chain.
    • long_neck_taur - A taur whose body halves join thru a long neck.
    • multi_taur - A taur who has multiple separate lower bodies connected to a single upper body or vice versa.
    • rear_taur - A taur whose upper body joins at the lower body's hips.
Taur Species
Non-fictional Species:
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Fictional Species:
"Meta" Tags
Gender & Age
Physical Constitution
Character Interactions & Roles
States Of Clothedness
Unless explicitly specified these tags ignore the state of the lower body.
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See Also:

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Forum Discussion:

    • topic #15776 - Advanced tag discussion: Mutually-exclusive Body Types/Styles (2016)
    • topic #18874 - Bit of Help with Taurs Appreciated (2016)
    • topic #17140 - A bit of a discrepancy in regards to "legged" and "leg-less" taurs (2017)
    • topic #19489 - Taurs n' us (2017) ~ [sub] Should <species>_taur tags be removed? Converting Chakat and other 'lore only defined' fictional species to copyright tag equivalents.[/sub]
    • topic #23174 - Should Taur be a general tag or should Anthro and Feral be species tags? (2019)
      • topic #32385 - Taur as a general tag, not species (2022)
    • topic #31232 - A Very Long Wall of Text Speculating About Body Types (Draconcopodes, Taurs, Weres, Merfolk) (2021) ~ [sub]Single post; drawing the like between what is and isnt a taur, why is taur a species tag?[/sub]
    • topic #44474 - Lapras Taur (2024) ~ [sub]Lapras taur into pokemon taur; discussion on <species>_taur tag validity.[/sub]
    • topic #45782 - Taurs; should there be more wiggle room? ~ [sub]Applying other primary body type tags to taur characters, such as 'anthro'.[/sub]
    • topic #45928 - Duo bodied(taur-like) merfolk on flippers, what would they be? (2024) ~ [sub]Do flippers count as legs in regard to applying taur? The divide between being a tauric lower body or a fish tail..[/sub]