Different Branches of Therianthropy/ Otherkinity
So I just spent an hour researching different branches of otherkinity/therianthropy, here's what I learned and how I can describe it best (please don't get mad if I fucked something up, just tell me and I'll fix it)
Cladotherian: May identity as one type of animal but doesn't identity with one species of that animal, and instead identifies with all or none at all.
Example: Identifies as a wolf but not a specific type, but rather all of them.
Contherian: Someone who doesn't experience mental shifts but is in a constant state of balance of their kintype and humanity and it doesn't fluctuate. They are constantly around half human and half animal and that's integrated into them.
Suntherian/Syntherian: Very similar to a contherian, however it's not always an exact balance and instead at one point they can be more animal than human and vice versa they also may experience mental shifts.
Copingkin: Identifying as something, involuntarily, to cope with something.
Copinglink: Identifying as a fictional character knowingly and willingly to cope with something.
Otherhearted: Feeling an insanely strong connection with an animal to the point where you fully understand and relate to it but you do not identify as it but rather identify with it.
Kinfluid: By itself (polykinity not being involved) fluid feelings of humanity and your alterhumanity coming in waves almost
Polytherian: someone who identifies with more than one species of animal
Example: Identifying as a domestic cat, leopard gecko, and arctic fox. (Although two is enough to identify as polytherian)
Shapeshifterkin: someone who has a kintype that's constantly shifting but also prominent and can identify as it
Polymorphkin: someone who doesn't fully identity as any one kintype and they may have a kintype that is more prominent but for them it can change at anytime and for anything they may connect with it can be in completely different ways