Furry fandom

subculture focused on anthropomorphic animal characters

thumb|alt=Illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl. She is a young girl with blue hair, cat ears and a tail, wearing a maid dress, and is laying down on all fours with one hand forward posing as a cat.|A shōjo| illustration of Wikipe-tan as a catgirl maid, with cat ears and a tail.

thumb|Stylized uwu emoticon as a blushing face|class=skin-invert-image uwu (), also stylized UwU, is an emoticon representing a cute face. The u characters represent closed eyes, while the w represents a cat mouth. It is used to express various warm, happy, or affectionate feelings.

thumb|upright=1.25|A large group of fursuit owners (fursuiters) at a convention in 2007.

A fursona (a portmanteau of "furry" and "persona") is a personally claimed persona resembling an anthropomorphic figure (usually an animal) adopted by a member of the furry fandom. Fursonas can provide numerous roles for the creator, such as improving self-esteem, creativity, and helping them to achieve their character's ideal traits in real life. A majority of fandom members have at least one fursona, with the International Anthropomorphic Research Project estimating that the average furry has between two and three fursonas over the course of their life.

right|thumb|A kemono character, exhibiting animal features such as a muzzle and fur right|thumb|368x368px|A kemonomimi character, exhibiting animal features only in the ears and tail Kemonā () is a Japanese subcultural term used to describe people who are fond of anthropomorphic animal characters, which are referred to as kemono (). These terms emerged during the late 1990s within the manga doujin culture, and they are sometimes claimed to have gained popularity when the term was used in the PlayStation 2 game .hack//G.U., released in 2000s. Interaction among kemonā initially revolved around d

thumb|An example of yiff artwork, of a nude anthropomorphic cheetah. Yiff is a slang term used in the furry fandom to refer to pornographic content of anthropomorphic animal characters. It is considered a tongue-in-cheek term in the furry fandom. The term is also used as a way to insult members of the furry fandom, such as in the phrase "yiff in hell". Additionally, the term is also used in the plushie fetish community.

A formal gathering of members of the furry fandom

Kerfuś () is a mascot of the Carrefour store chain in Poland, in the form of an autonomous delivery robot distributing snacks, with the face of a cartoon cat. The mascot was introduced in stores in Warsaw, Poland, in 2022, as an advertisement campaign in the collaboration between Carrefour and PepsiCo. Since then, it has become a viral phenomenon and an internet meme.

American sex toy manufacturer

online furry art community

2023 narrative adventure game developed by KO_OP

SiegedSec, short for Sieged Security and commonly self-described as the "Gay Furry Hackers", was a black-hat criminal hacktivist group/extremist group, that was formed in early 2022, that committed a number of high profile cyber attacks, including attacks on NATO, Idaho National Laboratory, and Real America's Voice. On July 10, 2024, after attacking The Heritage Foundation, the group announced that they would be disbanding in an effort to avoid closer scrutiny.

Finsterworld is a 2013 German motion picture cringe comedy drama directed by Frauke Finsterwalder, her debut feature film. Co-written by Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht, it follows interconnected, parallel stories over the course of one day in Germany.