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KINGDOM Animalia
PHYLUM Vertebrata
CLASS Mammalia
ORDER Perissodactyla
FAMILY Homoequidæ
GENUS Centaurus
SPECIES Centaurus caballus
THE LEGENDS REGARDING these animals are richly colored and decidedly unfavorable.
is possible the centaur was hunted to extinction. Their remains have been found cut into
pieces and then ceremonially buried, which suggests they had acquired enemies with a fervor
for extravagant punishment. Nevertheless, the centaur prospered long enough to allow for many
descendants in its natural history: the centarus ipotane (humans with horse feet); pterocentaur
(winged centaur); onocentaur (half man and half bull or ass); and possibly many others.
I acquired the research for my specimen in a small village in Bulgaria, east of Sofia, in the
Balkans. There I found a great deal of evidence to suggest that any further excavation and research
will bear great and many anthropological fruits. I was unable to homestead in the beautiful
countryside for as long as I would have desired. Perhaps one day the research of another scientist
will bestow upon the world the secrets of this civilization and the power of the great centaur.