On the tsalmoth animal, this is all the text evidence we have come across: "Tsalmoth maintains though none knows how". "Loiosh woke up with a start, looked around, and jumped down from my shoulder. He began working on the remains of my tsalmoth ribs" The Book of Jhereg, Jhereg, Chapter 6, page 50. Jhereg, Chapter 6, page 68. "I recommend the tsalmoth in garlic butter." The Book of Jhereg, Jhereg, Chapter 8, page 70. Jhereg, Chapter 6, page 98. "one can find the small paths left by the antelope and the tsalmoth." The Phoenix Guards, paperback, Chapter the Second, page 24. "his thoughts running in circles like mating tsalmoths." Book of Athyra, Athyra Chapter 8, pg 92. Athyra, Chapter 8, page 102.