The furry fandom is a subculture defined by an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters. Members of the fandom, known as furries, often identify with their own personalized characters known as fursonas, and may wear fursuits, engaging with fellow furries on the internet and at furry conventions. Art, literature, digital media, and music all play a part in the furry fandom's identity and interests. Though much of the furry fandom's history and studies on the community have centered on the United States, furry communities exist worldwide. ||Therians, also known as therianthropes, are individuals who identify as one or more nonhuman animals, partially or entirely, on a personal level, which they call their theriotypes.[2][3][4][5] Therians are often considered a subset of otherkin.[6][7] The enduring experience of identifying as a nonhuman animal, as well as the broader lived experience of therians, is commonly referred to as therianthropy.[8] -wikipedia
hence, therians and furries are not the same.
