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==Races and tribes== Pellucidar is also inhabited by enclaves of various non-human or semi-human races one of whom are the stone age humans of the inner world. Among the known races and tribes in Pellucidar are: * '''Ape-Men''' β A race of black-skinned creatures with prehensile tails, receding foreheads, long arms, and short legs who are [[Arboreal locomotion|arboreal]] in nature. They are known for domesticating goats and Hyaenodons.<ref name="ATEC" /> * '''Azarians''' β A race of 7 ft. primitive man-eating [[giant]]s with ugly faces and yellow tusk-like teeth.<ref name="LOT">Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1944). ''Land of Terror''. Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.</ref> * '''Beast-Men''' β ''Also called Brute-Men, see below.'' * '''Bison Men''' β ''Also known as Ganaks, see below.'' * '''Brute-Men''' β A peaceful 7 ft. race of [[ape]]-like farmers. They are also called '''Beast-Men''', and sometimes called "'''Gorilla-Sheep'''" for the sheep-like appearance of their faces which go with the bull-like neck and fangs of a gorilla. * '''Coripies''' β A subterranean race of 5 ft. eyeless [[carrion]]-eaters. They are also known as the '''Buried People'''.<ref name="TOP" /> * '''Ganaks''' β A race of squat stocky humanoids with long brown hair, long horns, and tails with brushy tufts at the end; they are also called the '''[[Bison]]''' '''Men'''. Despite being herbivorous, the Ganaks sometimes capture humans and sacrifice them in a morbid ritual.<ref name="BTTSA" /> * '''Gilaks''' β A tribe of Pellucidarian humans with enhanced homing instincts that is on the level of the [[Stone Age]]. They are sometimes slaves to the Mahars and their servants the Sagoths. * '''Gorbuses''' β A subterranean race of cannibalistic albinos with long white tusks, who are apparently resurrected surface-world serial killers that are confined here as their punishment.<ref name="BTTSA" /> * '''Horibs''' β A race of ferocious Cotylosaurus-riding [[List of reptilian humanoids|reptile men]] with snake-like heads, lizard-like bodies, pointed ears, and two sharp horns. The Horibs are known to hunt humans and Gyor (Triceratops).<ref name="TATEC" /> * '''Jukans''' β An eccentric race of creatures who have short-cropped hairs and flabby mouths. * '''Korsars''' β A tribe of humans who are the descendants of [[Barbary pirates]]. Their ancestors discovered Pellucidar and have been unable to travel back to the surface. They live in the kingdom of Korsar, which is across the '''Sea of Korsar'''. * '''Mahars''' β The master race in Pellucidar who resemble humanoid ''[[Rhamphorhynchus]]''. They enslave the Stone Age Humans of Pellucidar with the help of their servants, the Sagoths. They are also deaf, but have developed a form of βmusicalβ entertainment based on motion. Their guard animals are Pteranodons.<ref name="TOP" /><ref name="ATEC" /><ref name="PEL" /> * '''Mammoth Men''' β A tribe of cave-dwelling natives who use woolly mammoths as their mounts. They reside in the '''Ja-Ru''' region of Pellucidar.<ref name="BTTSA" /> * '''Manats''' β A tribe who live on one side of the '''Island of Tandar''' and often fight with the Tandar. * '''Mezops''' β A race of seafaring islanders, fishermen, and hunters who are similar to the Native Americans. * '''Sabertooth Men''' β A race of cannibalistic black-skinned man-eating creatures with prehensile tails and dagger-like tusks. The Sabertooth Men live in a volcanic crater near '''Kali''' and have a monkey-like language. * '''Sagoths''' β The brown-furred [[gorilla]]-like servants of the Mahars who are lighter in build than a gorilla. Their language is similar to the [[Mangani]].<ref name="TATEC" /><ref name="ATEC" /><ref name="PEL" /> * '''Tandar''' β A tribe who live on the '''Island of Tandar''' and often fight with the Manats. * '''Xexots''' β A tribe of yellow-skinned humans whose culture is based on the [[Bronze Age]]. The Xexots reside in walled cities. The male and female Xexots wear nothing on their torsos. The children and other younger Xexots never wear clothes. Also, the priests are distinguished by their hideous masks and long leather robes.
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