There's occasionally some confusion on how one refers to various common animals on Pern. This list of translated terms have been excerpted from 'The Dragonlover's Guide to Pern'.

'No analog' indicates that the creature in question did not originally come from Earth.

TERRAN ANIMAL NAME	PERNESE ANIMAL NAME
Genetically Engineered Terran Animals
Horse	Runner, Runnerbeast - a kind of Herdbeast
Cow	Bovine - a kind of Herdbeast
Llama	Llama or Camelid - a kind of Herdbeast
Sheep	Ovine - a kind of Herdbeast
Goat	Caprine - a kind of Herdbeast
Pig/Hog	Porcine (less common)
Dog	Canine
Cat	Feline
Chickens, Geese, Ducks	Fowl (relatively rare, never wild)
Wild Pernese Fauna
No analog; Predatory 4-legged avian	Wherry
No analog; 4-legged avian	Whersport
No analog; Poisonous predatory 6-legged 'snake'; varies in size, some are aquatic, others live on land or in trees; notorious indoor pest	Tunnelsnake
Dragonkind
No analog	Dragon
No analog; A failed attempt to engineer dragons. Photophobic, flightless, used as Hold guards.	Wher, Watchwher
No analog; Native Pernese creature from which both Dragons and Whers were genetically engineered; underwent some engineering of their own (metasynthing) to improve intelligence.	Firelizard
Creatures of the Water
Dolphin	Shipfish NOTE: SouCon does not support the Dolphineer theme; all shipfish should be considered wild though eerily uncanny animals. They cannot be communicated with.
No analog; Many-legged crab	Spiderclaw
No analog; Small carp-like fish	Fingertail
No analog; Poisonous-barbed but edible fish	Packtail
No analog; Edible fish	Yellowtail
Insects, Parasites and Other Beasties
No analog	Grubs, Genetically engineered to devour Thread
Spider	Gossamer spinner, Intentional Terran transplant
No analog; Burrowing/pollen carrying beetle, found in many colors	Trundlebug
No analog; Fly-like bug	VTOL
No analog; Wood louse	Roller
No analog; Clinging, biting insects that hang in a spiral	Spring
No analog; 6-legged gecko	Crawlie
No analog; Similar to earthworms	Sandworm, Earthworm, Segmented worm