Furry Scale

About

Furry Scale (also referred to as antro scale) refers to charts and discussions about where one draws the line between furries and humans.

Origin

The oldest known online use of the concept of the furry scale is from 1998, from The Code of the Furries ^[1]. In the Document, it has rating system of “where you fall on the human-to-animal scale”

1 : Basically human, with minor furry features (perhaps eyes, nose, ears, claws, some fur, etc)
2 : Humanoid, with significant furry features (muzzle, tail, etc); this includes centaurs and mer-people
3 : Anthropomorphic animal (or taur)
4 : Equally comfortable on two or four legs (or, if you’re a taur, on four or six)
5 : Animal shape, with some unusual features (perhaps hands, speech, etc); this includes most dragons, gryphons, etc
6 : Normal animal shape

Spread

One of the most frequently used images of furry scale originates from Hentai artist known as Po-ju, showing 5 different levels of furry, ranging from fully human to fully cat. The most frequently circulated English captioned image shortens it to 4 images. Various parodies of this translated version circulate on the web, including those that only use the English captions, and do not use Po-Ju’s art.

On June 16th 2010, pixiv user かｂ uploaded a chart which transitions from a girl to a fox up a set of stairs^[2] The most popular translated version of this captions the last image with the phrase Oh shit nigger what are you doing. This image also inspired an infrequently used tag on Pixiv^[3] of similar images.