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𝓔 𓈒 ⠀⠀ doenine⠀⠀﹕⠀⠀⠀

ɜ　a gender related to feeling like both a deer and a dog!　𝜚

From the latin words quidam, aliqua, and quis, collectively meaning ‘some,’ especially aliqua; ‘some, by some way or other’

— Definition of Quitherianthropy

“ Quitherianthropy is a subcategory of therianthropy in which a therian does not identify as a distinct species, nor holds a broader identity encompassing an entire genus or family (cladotherianthropy). They are somewhere in between, identifying as all or most species of a specific animal. ”

— Examples of Therianthropy, Cladotherianthropy, and Quitherianthropy

“ Instead of just a single species, e.g. an arctic wolf therian, or an entire genus/family, a canis or canidae cladotherian, a wolf quitherian identifies as all or most species of wolf; gray wolf, red wolf, coastal wolf, arctic wolf, etc., all at once. When it comes down to appearance, the quitherian may believe they are all possible coats of each species, or have a specific colored coat from each species. ”

— Where did it come from?

The term was created by strayhounds (me!) on Tumblr (it/its) after it felt its experiences did not align with normal therianthropy, nor the classic definition of cladotherianthropy. Wanting to create a label that described its experiences in more detail, it coined quitherianthropy in April of 2023.

— Quitherianthrope Flag

Cladotherianthropy relates to any grouping, including broad groups such as taxamonic orders and classes. For example the coiner of the term cladotherian was a reptile cladotherian, identifying as all species of reptiles, a taxonomic class.

Pantherianthropy refers to someone who is similar to a cladotherian but they identify with all, or close to it, species or animals.

Curious because we love learning about more obscure therian-related terms being coined.

We wanted clarification from the coiner just to avoid assumptions or misunderstandings. We'd hate to mention a subterm of therianthropy only to misconstrue the coiner's intent.

the difference between cladotherianthropy and quitherianthropy is specificity. from what i’ve seen, cladotherians will typically identify as something along the lines of a “canine cladotherian”, (sticking with the same example as the og post), including all or most canines — while a quitherian may only identify as a “wolf quitherian”, including all or most subspecies of wolves but not domestic dogs, coyotes, etc. it’s definitely under a cladotherian umbrella!

as @smol-paw mentioned, i hadn’t heard of pantherianthropy when coining this! so if they are the same thing, that is a complete accident and i did not mean in any way to override/rename a pre-existing identity.