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File:Critter Unicorn.jpg
Picture from Shadowrun, 2nd Edition

Unicorns (Unicornis validus) resemble large white horses with a single spiralling horn in the center of their forehead. They are allergic to all pollutants, and have paranatural abilities to prevent being attacked off-guard. Due to their mythical status and their paranatural abilities, their horns are sought after by many throughout the world.

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Greater Unicorn
(source: Critters Booklet)

The Greater Unicorn (Unicornus magnus) is a large horse-like creature with a honey-brown coat and pink-tinged hooves. It has large eyes with a golden cast, and a single short horn in the middle of its forehead. Greater Unicorns generally look like tougher, larger versions of unicorns with shorter horns.

Red Deer Unicorn are a species of deer creatures with a single horn in the forehead found throughout Europe.

Africa and Asia Minor have produced the Goat Unicorn. These goat-like creatures likewise have a single spiralling horn protruding from their forehead.

The Water Buffalo Unicorn of China and Southeast Asia also have dermal armor and are believed to be the basis of the legendary chi'lin and kirin of myth.

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