Mano a Mano Fantasy RPG:Beastmen

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Beastmen have a combination of animal and human characteristics. They are often humanoid or at least more anthropomorphic than normal animals.

ape men
Bipedal apes or homonids such as Neanderthals can be considered beastmen. (Because humans are also homonids and apes, it is not totally correct to describe close human relatives as "part human and part animal".) Some types of trolls are very like ape men.
bear folk
Bear folk are sometimes mistaken for wild bears who can also stand upright on their hind legs and tamed bears who are sometimes dressed up and trained to do tricks.

centaur
Centaurs have a human body from the hips upward attached to the body of a horse where the neck should go.

griffiger
The griffiger has the head and wings of an eagle combined with the body of a tiger. The griffiger's tail can't make up it's mind, being long like a cat's tail but stiff and feathered like a bird's pygostyle.

lizard men and serpent folk
Reptilian beastmen such as snakemen, serpent men, lizardmen, and dragon-people are stereotypical foes of fur-clad sword-and-sorcery heroes. Some are humanoid with reptilian faces, others have tails, no legs or even extra limbs such as wings.

seuss
The seuss are beastmen with a combination of dog or rabbit-like features, floppy ears, gangly limbs, narrow shoulders and a low center of gravity.