Pellucidar is the interior world of the planet Earth.
History
Beneath the surface of earth it is a warm and vibrant environment filled with creatures long since extinct upon the surface.
Geography
Being located within the Earth, Pellucidar has no horizon, the horizon curving upward in the distance. There is no night there within Pellucidar, the core of the earth being a bright sun in the center providing perpetual light.
Wildlife in Pellucidar
The following wildlife resides in Pellucidar where they are either extinct animals or creatures that were created by Edgar Rice Burroughs for the Pellucidar series.
- Ant Bear
- Antelope
- Apatosaurus
- Archaeopteryx
- Archelon (Tola)
- Aurochs (Thag)
- Aztarag
- Brontotherium
- Cave Bear (Ryth)
- Cave Hyena
- Cave Lion (Ta-ho)
- Cotylosaurus (Gorobor)
- Deinotherium
- Dimetrodon
- Dimorphodon
- Diplodocus (Lidi)
- Dire Wolf (Codon)
- Giant Ant
- Goat
- Gomphothere
- Hyaenodon (Jalok)
- Hydrophidian
- Hyracotherium (Orthopi)
- Ichthyosaurus (Azdyryth)
- Labyrinthodontia (Sithic)
- Mastodon (Maj)
- Megatherium (Dyryth)
- Megaloceros
- Phorusrhacos (Dyal)
- Plesiosaurus (Tandoraz, Ta-ho-az)
- Pterodactylus (Thipdar)
- Pteranodon (Thipdar)
- Ramphorhynchus (Mahar)
- Shark
- Smilodon (Tarag)
- Snake
- Stegosaurus (Dyrodor)
- Trachodon
- Triceratops (Gyor)
- Trodon
- Troodon
- Tylosaurus
- Tyrannosaurus (Zarith)
- Whale
- Woolly Mammoth (Tandor)
- Woolly Rhinoceros (Sadok)
Races in Pellucidar
There are different races that reside in Pellucidar: