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‘Lycanthropes’, the previous term, suffered a little – it might be easier to say and remember, but it’s inaccurate. “Lycan-” means “wolf,” and therianthropes don’t include wolves. Nobody really knows why wolf shapeshifters don’t follow the same rules as other animal shapeshifters, but they do. For more information on wolf shifters, see werewolves.
