Talking Animal

Talking animals are animals that can actually talk and be understood by humans whether or not they are speech impaired.  Mere talking animals are usually completely non-anthropomorphic and largely to pretty much think and act like the actual animal species they happen to be.  Also, mere talking animals only do very few to some of the things that usually only humans do.  

Mere talking animals usually don't wear clothes and they occupy their species natural role in the ecosystem.  A lot of talking animals can walk and run on two legs.  They can either be both two legged and four legged, or almost always just be quadrupedal.  Talking animals can also be civilized animals, funny animals, semi-furries, furries, gijinka, animal attibute humans, or even intellectual animals, but they are usually basically normal animals with the ability to talk. 

A variant of talking animal features a normal animal that has been artificially granted the ability to talk through something like science or magic. 

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Mere Talking Animal Examples

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Speech Impaired Examples

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Animal Attribute Human or Kemonomimi

Animal attribute humans, animal attribute people, or kemonomimi, are normal people, but with animal characteristics.  The most common of example of this level is a normal human, but with the ears and tail of the respective animal species (a.k.a. the 10% variety).  Some may have additional features, such as abilities, claws, paws, horns, fangs, and instincts, but they are otherwise completely human.

Since they are basically ordinary humans, but with animal adornments, they wear clothes just like a normal human would.  The type of clothes varies with each setting and culture.  In "modern" or science fiction settings and cultures, they will wear modern-day attire, while in fantasy or "native" settings and cultures, they might wear only a loincloth and jewelry, or even forego clothing entirely. 

Here are the different types of Kemonomimi:

Inumimi: means "dog-ears" in Japanese; doggirl, dogboy, or dogperson
Kitsunemimi: means "fox-ears" in Japanese; foxgirl, foxboy, or foxperson
Nekomimi: means "cat-ears" in Japanese; catgirl, catboy, or catperson
Nezumimi or Nezumi-mimi: means "rat-ears" or "mouse-ears" in Japanese; mousegirl, mouseboy, mouseperson, or ratgirl, ratboy, or ratperson
Usagimimi: means "rabbit-ears" in Japanese; bunnygirl, bunnyboy, bunnyperson, or rabbitgirl, rabbitboy, or rabbitperson

Of all kemonomimi, catgirls (or nekomimi) are the most common examples.

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Examples

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